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From: dkl@usl.UUCP (Dwayne K. Lanclos)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Alan Parsons Project
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Date: Tue, 1-Oct-85 14:54:57 EDT
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In article  <826@gitpyr.UUCP> tynor@gitpyr.UUCP (Steve Tynor) writes:

>In article <865@udenva.UUCP> showard@udenva.UUCP (showard) writes:
>>   Interestingly enough, most APP-fans that I know consider I, Robot to be
>>an inferior album, especially when compared with Tales of Mystery and Imagin-
>>ation. 
>>
>Well, it's inferior to Tales of Mystery... (one of my all time favorite
>LP's), but it's (in my humble opinion) APP's next best album:
>
>     1.) Tales of Mystery and Imagination
>     2.) I, Robot
>     3.) Turn of a Friendly Card
>     4.) Pyramid
>     5.) Eve  [ one song does not an album make ] 
>
>*    Eye in the Sky
>*    Ammonia Avenue
>*    Vulture Culture
>
>(*  I've only heard the singles off these, so I won't rate them)
>
I think _Eye in the Sky_ ranks up there with _I, Robot_ and _Turn of a
Friendly Card_.  I like the first side of _Tales of Mystery and Imagination_,
but not the second side.  _Pyramid_ left me sort of dry after one listening.
_Eve_ is great, too.  _Ammonia Avenue_ panders to pop tastes too much as
APP tries to live off its reputation.  I haven't heard _Vulture Culture_.

Has anyone seen the reviews of APP albums in _The Rolling Stone Record
Buying Guide_?  I believe _I, Robot_ was given three stars (meaning of
interest to those liking that type of music) while _Eve_ and _Turn of a
Friendly Card_ were given little squares (meaning these should never have
been made).  Makes me wonder if the reviewer was listening to the same
records I was.
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dwayne
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