THE BEST OF ALAN PARSONS PROJECT

The trouble with any "Best of" collection when it comes to Alan Parsons is, it merely serves to accentuate the radio friendly, commercial appeal of selected tracks from each album. When part of the whole of the original studio albums, these tracks slip nicely into place. Placed consecutively on the same album though, they become something approaching a chart compilation.

Now don't misunderstand me, this music here is well composed, well performed, and highly enjoyable. At the risk of sounding like a prog nerd, the problem however is that there simply isn't any challenge to the listening. This is music to listen to while you're washing the dishes, going for a jog, etc. You can tap your toes to the lightly up-beat numbers, sing heartily to the ballads, and all the while not need to pay the slightest bit of attention to what you are hearing.

There can be no criticism of the tracks selected for this compilation, other than the fact that there are too few of them. A running time of 48 minutes for a CD compilation is simply not good enough, even if it was originally released in LP format. Anyone remotely familiar with the work of the Alan Parsons Project will know these songs well. Bizarrely though, there are no tracks from what many consider to be their best album, "Tales of mystery and imagination".

This is music for the masses. It is a lazy compilation which does nothing to promote the work of this fine band (or project, call it what you will).

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