Ultimate The Alan Parsons Project

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UPC Code: 828765921220

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Number of Discs: 1

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Released a few months after the mid-priced compilation Platinum & Gold Collection, Ultimate is a longer, more comprehensive overview than its predecessor, which doesn't necessarily mean that it's a better choice for the casual listener. Platinum ... more Released a few months after the mid-priced compilation Platinum & Gold Collection, Ultimate is a longer, more comprehensive overview than its predecessor, which doesn't necessarily mean that it's a better choice for the casual listener. Platinum & Gold Collection has a concentrated selection of radio hits from the Alan Parsons Project, featuring nearly all of their charting singles, including "You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned," a minor hit missing on Ultimate; for that reason, along with its cheaper list price, it remains a better choice for listeners who want the pop-oriented side of Parsons. Ultimate is for the fans who listened to the Project on album-oriented FM radio, yet never bought the full-length records. While all the big hits are here, the focus is more on the elaborate instrumentals and prog epics that made the group a staple of AOR in the late '70s and early '80s. There are some missing hits here -- not just the aforementioned "You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned" but also "Stereotomy," "Let's Talk About Me," and "Snake Eyes" -- but they're not particularly missed, since all the radio favorites are here, and it's a well-sequenced collection. Anybody looking for something more thorough than Platinum & Gold will be happy with this, but, as mentioned above, if hits are all you need, that cheaper collection will serve you just as well as this. Nevertheless, this is a good comp. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track	Duration
1	A Dream Within A Dream	3:43
2	The Raven	3:58
3	What Goes Up...	3:31
4	I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You	3:23
5	I Robot	6:02
6	(The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether	4:22
7	Lucifer	4:11
8	Damned If I Do	3:34
9	Games People Play	4:25
10	Time	5:05
11	Sirius	1:57
12	Eye In The Sky	4:36
13	Prime Time	5:03
14	Don't Answer Me	4:13
15	Psychobabble	4:50
16	You Don't Believe	4:26
17	Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)	4:09
18	Old And Wise	4:57