From The New World

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The different singers throughout are not distracting, and it would seem that Parsons has very carefully chosen what songs fit the vocalist. However, the best vocals on the album, however, come from Parsons himself. “Don’t Fade Now” features his vulnerable vocals and is the high point of the album, and one of the best songs he has ever created. As good as the guests are, one cannot help but wish that Parsons sang lead more often. It is a brilliant song, lyrically and musically. The song, like much of the album, centres on viewing the past, and one’s place in the present. It was a bit of a frustration for me that I didn't get all the engineering credit," Parsons remarked of Dark Side of the Moon, "because Chris [Thomas] came in as mixing supervisor… I had been working on the album for a year and I obviously knew it inside-out by the mixing stage… There were times when I thought Chris was wrong, particularly about the use of limiting and compression on the mix, which I've never been a fan of… Although, later, I got the opportunity to mix the album the way I wanted when I did the quadraphonic version." [5] A few years ago, when Alan Parsons released what was being hinted as his final studio album, The Secret, I must admit that upon my first few listens I was underwhelmed. By no means was this late career offering “bad” or even “mediocre”. It just didn’t resonate with me the same way as those classic 70s and 80s Alan Parsons Project albums do, which is an unfair judgement considering one half of the Project, and their primary songwriter/vocalist at that, Eric Woolfson, is no longer with us. Hence why while the musical and recording practices of the Project remain alive and well, the moniker does not. This is purely Parsons’s vision.

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Parsons and Which One's Pink". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007 . Retrieved 21 September 2022. From the New World is, Parsons explains, a particularly significant title for him, chosen based on several factors. All in all, From the New World, apart from the cheap cover artwork, is a nice late addition to the canon of this 73-years old gentleman, whose right hand I once had the great pleasure to shake after a show here in Hamburg in 2004, when he tirelessly wrote autographs, until everybody was satisfied.Parsons engineered the third solo album by Steven Wilson, The Raven that Refused to Sing (And Other Stories), released on 25 February 2013. This is a strong album, full of brilliant songs, which are beautifully produced. The guest artists contribute to that sound. Listen to Joe Bonamassa’s solo in “Give ‘Em My Love”, on which he shows great restraint and plays the solo that fits with Alan Parsons. Then spin “Uroboros”, on which Tommy Shaw (Styx) contributes vocals that are perfect for the project. Basically, Parsons creates a very consistent sound with various artists, which he has done so often in the past, both with The Alan Parsons Project and solo. n9l95LTBMYA_JpmTmaGfbjbuo_wYOGlCj7QGY8THLz9paoJ2riOBrStla5B2Ftn53Ku9W8yxULTfZOp80XHymyg4Jk0bo2Ku.p0Wpde I have a certain idea, why he did so. The original song was written and produced by the (in)famous Phil Spector. I presume, that that guy was one of Parson's most important musical heroes, and "Don't Answer Me", The Alan Parsons Project's greatest hit from 1984, maybe was influenced by "Be My Baby" and other Spector classics. Just a notion. It’s a complete mystery to me how people seem to think that I have a sound,” he says. “I just work on instincts. It’s uncanny how people can be listening to a song that I produced or worked on, and they say, ‘That’s Alan Parsons.’ I’m baffled by that. I don’t set out to make myself sound like myself.”

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There are songs here though that show a nod to more recent groups - The Secret could even be The Stone Roses on a good day, Halos has a mid eighties feel, ultimately though the sound belongs to Alan Parsons, witnessed most pleasingly on You Are The Light.Opener "Fare Thee Well" is a moving homage to Parsons' former musical partner Eric Woolfson in The Alan Parsons Project, who passed away in 2009. Great lyrics, but unfortunately a bland chorus and an unnerving saxophone solo.