A Valid Path

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A Valid Path is the fourth solo album that Alan Parsons recorded after splitting from his previous group The Alan Parsons Project. The gap between this and his previous album, The Time Machine, was the second greatest period between two consecutive albums, second only to the time between the split of The Alan Parsons Project and Parsons' first solo work.

A Valid Path was released on Audio CD and DualDisc, with the DualDisc containing the album recorded in 5.1 Surround in both DTS and Dolby Digital formats. Other features of the DualDisc include a track commentary by the artist and interviews with Mr. Parsons and the main collaborators on the release including David Gilmour and The Crystal Method.

Track listing

1. "Return to Tunguska" (instrumental featuring Shpongle and David Gilmour) – 8:48
2. "More Lost Without You" (lead vocal P.J. Olsson) – 3:20
3. "Mammagamma '04" (instrumental) – 5:06
4. "We Play the Game" (lead vocal Alan Parsons) – 5:33
5. "Tijuaniac" (instrumental) – 5:21
6. "L'Arc en Ciel" (instrumental) – 5:26
7. "A Recurring Dream Within a Dream" (lead vocal Alan Parsons narration Orson Welles) – 4:06
8. "You Can Run" (lead vocal David Pack) – 3:51
9. "Chomolungma" (instrumental, closing words John Cleese, barking excluded) – 6:35

Personnel

• Alan Parsons – vocals, guitar, keyboards, vocoder
• Jeremy Parsons - guitar
• P.J. Olsson – vocals, programming
• Michele Adamson, Lisa Parsons – vocals
• John Cleese, Orson Welles – spoken vocals
• David Gilmour - guitar on "Return to Tunguska"
• Alastair Greene – guitar
• Scott Kirkland – keyboards, programming
• Ken Jordan, Simon Posford – programming