2007 greatest hits album by The Alan Parsons Project
The Essential Alan Parsons Project
Greatest hits album by
The Alan Parsons Project
Released
6 February 2007
Genre
Progressive rock
Length
2:33:17 (2-disc version) 3:40:29 (3-disc version)
Label
Legacy Recordings
Arista
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony BMG
Producer
Alan Parsons
Eric Woolfson
The Alan Parsons Project chronology
The Best of The Alan Parsons Project (2002)
The Essential Alan Parsons Project (2007)
The Sicilian Defence (2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic
(2-disc version)[1]
AllMusic
(3-disc version)[2]
The Essential Alan Parsons Project is a compilation album released by English progressive rock musician Alan Parsons and The Alan Parsons Project on 6 February 2007.[3] It was released through Sony BMG as part of The Essential album series. The album featured some of the band's best known songs as well as some rare tracks.
The Essential Alan Parsons Project is a double-disc album which contains all the band's hits and some of their lesser-known songs, spanning their 10-year career. Disc 1 contains the hits and well-known songs, while Disc 2 contains the rarer and more obscure selections. The album includes songs from all their studio albums, from Tales of Mystery and Imagination to Gaudi, with the exception of the band's final album, Freudiana.
The album includes some of the band's biggest hits such as "Eye in the Sky", "Time", "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You" and "Games People Play", as well as some lesser-known songs such as "Paseo de Gracia".
^The Alan Parsons Project - The Essential Alan Parsons Project (2-disc review) at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
^The Alan Parsons Project - The Essential Alan Parsons Project (3-disc review) at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
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