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STEREOTOMY

The Alan Parsons Project

 

Crossover Prog

2.77 | 250 ratings

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Tarcisio Moura
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3 stars Probably the best Alan parsons Project album since The Turn Of A Friendly Card. It was released in a time APP seemed to be closer and closer to the mainstream pop So it was a quite nice surprise for the fans. Critics bashed it merciless, like they always did. What was really unfair I think, since this album is quite inspired and convincing, with much more prog elements here than they had on previous releases. Of course this is not symphonic prog like Yes or Genesis (although it is more focused and intesresting then both of those bands at the time).

It is ok that the drum sound is very 80's, but Parsons, being the seasoned producer he was, managed to make it sound less dated and obvious than most of the that decade's artistis did. In fact, he always used the modern technology in his favour. This is specilly true with the title track, one of their best. But there many stand out tunes as well, like the beautiful ballad (with Procol Harum's Gary Brooker on lead vocals) Limelight. The instrumental Where's The Walrus is another fine song and Beaujolais was always a favorite. The remaining tracks are fine too, but does not match those mentioned.

All in all a very good work of APP at a time the project seemed to be losing ground steadly. Still no up to their first 3 releases, but very good anyway.

Tarcisio Moura | 3/5 |

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