THE BEST OF ALAN PARSONS PROJECT

Ok, this is NOT the best of Alan Parsons Project. Gosh! why a title like this one? Greatest Hits would be a better fitting and much less misleading than what they pretentiously called this CD. Not that I don´t like the songs themselves: they are good, even if some of them were quite overplayed (like Time). And some inclusions are a bit surprising (the instrumental Lucifer is one). But the band had far better stuff than what is shown here. I had to buy this record in the early 90´s because it was the only way to have something by APP in the CD format in the early 90´s in Brazil. Since I was a big fan I was quite angered by the fact so many great tracks were missing (there´s nothing from their first and best album, Tales of Mystery And Imagination). And if it was for the radio hits, where is Winding Me Up?

I found this collection not only with a wrong title but also with a dubious tracklist. Sure, the obvious hits are here, but not in chronological order and then there are some stuff included that were not hits and can´t say they are APP´s best in any way. So I don´t recommend this compilation to anyone, except those looking for the radio hits (and even those won´t be too satisfied either). 1,5 stars (half star more for the inclusion of an instrumental track, one of their strong points).