Alan Parsons

Šablona:Infobox Hudební umělec Alan Parsons (* 20. prosince 1948 Londýn, Anglie) je britský audio inženýr, muzikant a producent. Spolupracoval na nahrávání mnoha úspěšných alb populární hudby, jako byla například Abbey Road (The Beatles), či The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd). Jeho skupina s názvem The Alan Parsons Project i jeho sólové hudební projekty také zaznamenaly významný komerční úspěch.

V Abbey Road Studios začal Parsons pracovat od října 1967 jako 18-letý. Jeho jméno se poprvé objevilo na albu Abbey Road. Alan Parsons pracoval i na projektech Paula McCartneyho (alba Wild Life a Red Rose Speedway), pěti albech skupiny The Hollies, dvou albech od Pink Floyd, Atom Heart Mother a The Dark Side of the Moon, za které získal svou první nominaci na cenu Grammy

Dnes Alan Parsons pobývá v Santa Barbaře v Kalifornii.

Diskografie

Sólová tvorba

• 1993 - Try Anything Once
• 1997 - On Air A&M/Digital Sound
• 1999 - Time Machine Miramar
• 2004 - A Valid Path

The Alan Parsons Project

• 1976 - Tales of Mystery and Imagination
• 1977 - I Robot
• 1978 - Pyramid
• 1979 - Eve
• 1980 - The Turn of a Friendly Card
• 1982 - Eye in the Sky
• 1983 - The Best of the Alan Parsons Project
• 1984 - Ammonia Avenue
• 1985 - Vulture Culture
• 1985 - Stereotomy Arista
• 1987 - Gaudi Arista
• 1988 - The Best of the Alan Parsons Project, Vol. 2
• 1988 - The Instrumental Works-
• 1990 - Freudiana
• 1989 - Pop Classics
• 1995 - The Very Best Live
• 1997 - Apollo
• 1997 - The Definitive Collection
• 1999 - Sound Check 2
• 1999 - Master Hits - The Alan Parsons Project
• 1999 - Alan Parsons Project - Greatest Hits Live
• 1999 - Eye in the Sky
• 1999 - Eye in the Sky - Encore Collection
• 2000 - Alan Parsons Project - Gold Collection BMG International
• 2002 - Works Audiophile Legends
• 2004 - Ultimate
• 2004 - Extended Versions: The iEncore Collection Live
• 2006 - Days Are Numbers (Kompilácia 3 CD)

Producent

• 1975 - The Best Years of Our Lives (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel) - -
• 1976 - Rebel (John Miles) 171 US
• 1976 - Year of the Cat (Al Stewart) 5 US
• 1976 - Somewhere I've Never Travelled (Ambrosia) - -
• 1978 - Time Passages (Al Stewart) 10 US
• 1984 - Keats

Technik

• 1969 - Abbey Road (The Beatles) 1 UK
• 1970 - Atom Heart Mother (Pink Floyd) 1
• 1973 - The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd) 2
• 1974 - Hollies (The Hollies) 28 US
• 1975 - Another Night (The Hollies) 132 US
• 1975 - Ambrosia (Ambrosia) - -
• 1976 - Year of the Cat (Al Stewart)

Úspěchy

Singly

Singly, které se umístily v Billboard Top 40

# 3 - „Eye in the Sky“ (1982)

#15 - „Time“ (1981)

#15 - „Don't Answer Me“ (1984)

#16 - „Games People Play“ (1980)

#27 - „Damned if I Do“ (1979)

#36 - „I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You“ (1977)

#37 - „(The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether“ (1976)

Singly v kanadských žebríčcích

#62 - „(The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether“ (1976)

#22 - „I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You“ (1977)

#16 - „Damned if I Do“ (1980)

# 9 - „Games People Play“ (1981)

#30 - „Time“ (1981)

# 1 - „Eye in the Sky“ (1982)

#43 - „You Don't Believe“ (1983)

#20 - „Don't Answer Me“ (1984)

#89 - „Let's Talk About Me“ (1985)

Nominace na cenu Grammy

• 1973 - Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon - Cena Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
• 1976 - Ambrosia - Somewhere I've Never Traveled - Cena Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
• 1976 - The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Cena Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
• 1978 - The Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid - Cena Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
• 1979 - Ice Castles - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Cena Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
• 1979 - The Alan Parsons Project - Eve - Cena Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
• 1981 - The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card - Cena Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
• 1982 - The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky - Cena Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
• 1986 - The Alan Parsons Project - "Where's The Walrus?" - Cena Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
• 2007 - Alan Parsons - A Valid Path - Cena Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album

Externí odkazy

• Oficiální web
• An in-depth article about Alan Parsons and the history of The Alan Parsons Project
• Front of House Online article on Parsons mixing live performance of The Dark Side of the Moon by Which One's Pink?
• Alan Parsons (rozhovor z cyklu České televize "Na plovárně") - video on-line v archivu ČT

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