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Originally Posted by bob_32_116
I only own Tales and I Robot. My general impression of The Alan Parsons Project is that as their career progressed their music became more polished and also less interesting. However I must admit that I only know the title track from Turn of a Friendly Card, and I know it gets a fair bit of respect, so I probably should give it a proper listen sometime.
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This is an interesting conclusion. Are you one of these people who prefers music a little raw or experimental? I can't say that the albums get "more polished": Parsons is a superb engineer and producer and all of the APP albums shine with excellent production, but if you've only heard the ones above then I would recommend
Gaudi, Ammonia Avenue, Eve and to some extent
Eye in the Sky (though I do tend to think that one dines out on its two major singles which support a few not-so-perfect tracks). You could also look into his solo material, which will be posted here in due course, especially
On Air and
Try Anything Once.