Alan Parsons

Alan Parsons
Základné informácie
Popis umelca	britský audio inžinier, hudobník a producent
Narodenie	20. december 1948 (64 rokov) Londýn, Anglicko, Spojené kráľovstvo
Pôsobenie	1967–súčasnosť
Žáner	rock
Vydavateľstvá	Legacy, Arista, Fox, Mercury
Súvisiace články	The Alan Parsons Project
Webstránka	Alan Parsons Music

Alan Parsons (* 20. december 1948 Londýn, Anglicko) je britský audio inžinier, hudobník a producent. Spolupracoval na nahrávaní viacerých úšpešných albumoch populárnej hudby ako boli napríklad Abbey Road (The Beatles), či The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd). Jeho skupina s názvom The Alan Parsons Project, ako aj jeho sólové hudobné projekty tiež zaznamenali významný komerčný úspech.

V hudobných štúdiách na Abbey Road začal Parsons pracovať od októbra 1967 ako 18-ročný. Jeho meno sa objavilo prvýkrát na albume Abbey Road od kupiny The Beatles. Alan Parsons pracoval na projektoch Paula McCartneya (albumy Wild Life a Red Rose Speedway), piatich albumoch skupiny The Hollies, dvoch albumoch skupiny Pink Floyd, Atom Heart Mother a The Dark Side of the Moon, za ktorý získal svoju prvú nomináciu na cenu Grammy

Alan Parsons býva v Santa Barbare v Californii.

Diskografia

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)

Ako 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

Ako 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)

Úspechy

Single

Single, ktoré sa umiestnili 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)

Single v kanadských rebríčkoch

#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)

Nominácie 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

Externé odkazy

• Oficiálne stránky
• 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?