http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42557&rws=%2Falan-parsons-project%2Fmusic-videos.rssAlan Parsons came to light as the man to have in the studio in the late '60s/early '70s (he worked on <i>Abbey Road</i> and <i>Dark Side of the Moon</i>). Typical of the studio indulgences of the '70s, the Alan Parsons Project involved themselves in dense fluff with notions of classicism. In 1975, <I>Tales of Mystery and Imagination</I> spelled out their highbrow ambitions on a concept album dedicated to the work of Edgar Allan Poe. <i>Eye in the Sky</i> (and its title track) brought the band their widest success in '82, as well as the indefatigable chorus "I can read your mind" and a record cover that would fool a generation of Siouxsie and the Banshees fans into buying their first soft-rock LP. <I>Ammonia Avenue</I>, released in 1984, balanced classic rock with the electronic inclinations of contemporaries like Hall & Oates. In 1987, the group indulged its most grandiose urges with <I>Gaudi</I>, an audio portrait of the visionary Catalan architect. - Philip SherburneLite Rocken720Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:47:52 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42557&rws=%2Falan-parsons-project%2Fmusic-videos.rss Alan Parsons came to light as the man to have in the studio in the late '60s/early '70s (he worked on <i>Abbey Road</i> and <i>Dark Side of the Moon</i>). Typical of the studio indulgences of the '70s, the Alan Parsons Project involved themselves in dense fluff with notions of classicism. In 1975, <I>Tales of Mystery and Imagination</I> spelled out their highbrow ambitions on a concept album dedicated to the work of Edgar Allan Poe. <i>Eye in the Sky</i> (and its title track) brought the band their widest success in '82, as well as the indefatigable chorus "I can read your mind" and a record cover that would fool a generation of Siouxsie and the Banshees fans into buying their first soft-rock LP. <I>Ammonia Avenue</I>, released in 1984, balanced classic rock with the electronic inclinations of contemporaries like Hall & Oates. In 1987, the group indulged its most grandiose urges with <I>Gaudi</I>, an audio portrait of the visionary Catalan architect. - Philip Sherburne