The third album in the discography. Theme of the Egyptian pyramids Parsons
and Woolfson chose not accidental. "It is unlikely that in recent years
in the United States wrote about something more than the pyramids and
some magic power," - said Wolfson. However, to change the original
character concept albums. Some songs disk Pyramid already dropped out of
the general theme. The album featured six different vocalists, allowing
each song sound special.
From an interview Alan Parsons:
Question: Is it possible to describe the sound of the band in those years?
Parsons: Our's sound, we tried to mix all kinds of music genres 70s - art-rock and psychedelia, Spacey rock hard hardovogo guitar riffs, pop music with dance rhythms, as well as to impose on all of this intellectual and philosophical stories told accessible language. Of course, in some places, our music was similar to the music of other composers, and it is natural because I spent countless hours in the studio working on the recording of foreign works.
Question: Working on the design next album «I Robot» (1977), «Pyramid» (1978) and «Eve» (1979), you were counting on their commercial success?
Parsons: Yes, we would very much like this. If I'm not mistaken, the composition «(The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether» of «Tales» even managed to break into the charts Billboard. I tried to make the most comfortable sound for the listener, and Eric caught the inspiration for writing this hit. On our plates spoke, wrote in the press, we were persistent admirers, but this success was not long. We started to slip. There was even one album after plate «Pyramid», that our record company refused to publish. He still lies somewhere in the archives. To record «Eve», it was decided to change the situation and go to Monaco. We worked productively there, the album came out, and, oh my God! - Soared to the top of the charts in Germany. We've got the first real hit single «Lucifer», also climbed to the top!
:
All tracks written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson.
01. Voyager (instrumental) - 2:14
02. What Goes Up ... - 3:40
03. The Eagle Will Rise Again - 4:21
04. One More River - 4:16
05. Can't Take It With You - 5:04
06. In The Lap Of The Gods (instrumental) - 5:28
07. Pyromania - 2:43
08. Hyper-Gamma-Spaces (instrumental) - 4:19
09. Shadow Of A Lonely Man - 5:32
- Alan Parsons - rhodes (01), acoustic guitar (05), wurlitzer & projectron (08,09), backing vocals
- Eric Woolfson - projectron (01), rhodes (02), clavichord & virginal (03), piano (05,06,07,09), organ (06), backing vocals
- Duncan Mackay - synthesizers (01,04,05,07,08)
- Ian Bairnson - electric and acoustic guitars
- David Paton - bass, acoustic guitar (02,04,05,06,09), vocals (02), backing vocals
- Stuart Elliott - drums, percussion
- John Leach - kantele (01), cimbalom (06)
- Orchestra and choir arranged and conducted by Andrew Powell (02,03,04,06,09)
- The English Chorale - choirmaster Bob Howes (02,06)
- Colin Blunstone - vocals (03,09)
- Andrew Powell - autoharp (03)
- Lenny Zakatek - vocals (04)
- Phil Kenzie - saxophone (04)
- Dean Ford - vocals (05), backing vocals
- Jack Harris - vocals (07)
- John Miles - vocals (09)
- Olive Simpson - backing vocals (09)
From an interview Alan Parsons:
Question: Is it possible to describe the sound of the band in those years?
Parsons: Our's sound, we tried to mix all kinds of music genres 70s - art-rock and psychedelia, Spacey rock hard hardovogo guitar riffs, pop music with dance rhythms, as well as to impose on all of this intellectual and philosophical stories told accessible language. Of course, in some places, our music was similar to the music of other composers, and it is natural because I spent countless hours in the studio working on the recording of foreign works.
Question: Working on the design next album «I Robot» (1977), «Pyramid» (1978) and «Eve» (1979), you were counting on their commercial success?
Parsons: Yes, we would very much like this. If I'm not mistaken, the composition «(The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether» of «Tales» even managed to break into the charts Billboard. I tried to make the most comfortable sound for the listener, and Eric caught the inspiration for writing this hit. On our plates spoke, wrote in the press, we were persistent admirers, but this success was not long. We started to slip. There was even one album after plate «Pyramid», that our record company refused to publish. He still lies somewhere in the archives. To record «Eve», it was decided to change the situation and go to Monaco. We worked productively there, the album came out, and, oh my God! - Soared to the top of the charts in Germany. We've got the first real hit single «Lucifer», also climbed to the top!
:
All tracks written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson.
01. Voyager (instrumental) - 2:14
02. What Goes Up ... - 3:40
03. The Eagle Will Rise Again - 4:21
04. One More River - 4:16
05. Can't Take It With You - 5:04
06. In The Lap Of The Gods (instrumental) - 5:28
07. Pyromania - 2:43
08. Hyper-Gamma-Spaces (instrumental) - 4:19
09. Shadow Of A Lonely Man - 5:32
- Alan Parsons - rhodes (01), acoustic guitar (05), wurlitzer & projectron (08,09), backing vocals
- Eric Woolfson - projectron (01), rhodes (02), clavichord & virginal (03), piano (05,06,07,09), organ (06), backing vocals
- Duncan Mackay - synthesizers (01,04,05,07,08)
- Ian Bairnson - electric and acoustic guitars
- David Paton - bass, acoustic guitar (02,04,05,06,09), vocals (02), backing vocals
- Stuart Elliott - drums, percussion
- John Leach - kantele (01), cimbalom (06)
- Orchestra and choir arranged and conducted by Andrew Powell (02,03,04,06,09)
- The English Chorale - choirmaster Bob Howes (02,06)
- Colin Blunstone - vocals (03,09)
- Andrew Powell - autoharp (03)
- Lenny Zakatek - vocals (04)
- Phil Kenzie - saxophone (04)
- Dean Ford - vocals (05), backing vocals
- Jack Harris - vocals (07)
- John Miles - vocals (09)
- Olive Simpson - backing vocals (09)
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