The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1988) [Japan]

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Performer: The Alan Parsons Project
Album: Ammonia Avenue
Label: Arista. Made in JP.
Catalog #: A25D-6
Style: ProgRock, ArtRock, Electronic
Year: 1988
Format: FLAC (image + .cue)
Bitrate: lossless
Covers: in archive
Amount of tracks: 9
Size ZIP: ~ 290 mb
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One of the most interesting aspects about the Alan Parsons Project is the band's ability to forge a main theme with each of its songs, while at the same time sounding extremely sharp and polished. Much of this formula is used in Ammonia Avenue, only this time the songs rise above Parsons' overall message due to the sheer beauty of the lyrics partnered with the luster of the instruments. The album touches upon how the lines of communication between people are diminishing, and how we as a society grow more spiritually isolated and antisocial. But aside from the philosophical concepts prevalent in the lyrics, it is the music on this album that comes to the forefront. The enchanting saxophone of Mel Collins on "Don't Answer Me" adds to its lonely atmosphere, while the briskness of Eric Woolfson's wording throughout "Prime Time" makes it one of the Project's best singles. On "You Don't Believe," the seriousness of the lyrics works well with the song's energetic pace. The subtlety of the ballad comes to life on the elegant "Since the Last Goodbye," which focuses on a failed attempt at a relationship. With Ammonia Avenue, the sum of the parts is greater than the whole product, which can't be said for all of the Alan Parsons Project's albums. Vocalists Eric Woolfson, Chris Rainbow, Lenny Zakatek, and Colin Blunstone equally shine, placing their talents above and beyond the album's main idea.

Tracklist:
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01. The Alan Parsons Project - Prime Time [5:03]
02. The Alan Parsons Project - Let Me Go Home [3:20]
03. The Alan Parsons Project - One Good Reason [3:36]
04. The Alan Parsons Project - Since The Last Goodbye [4:35]
05. The Alan Parsons Project - Don't Answer Me [4:11]
06. The Alan Parsons Project - Dancing On A Highwire [4:23]
07. The Alan Parsons Project - You Don't Believe [4:26]
08. The Alan Parsons Project - Pipeline [3:57]
09. The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue [6:33]
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Total time [00:40:04]