I have never considered making a classification of that brilliant Woolfson-Parsons stage. Those 10 albums are of a similar level. The first as a concept album Tales of Mystery and Imagination is a true masterpiece.

It's great to see some new videos man, its channels like you and others that inspired me to make reviews of my own.

Great ranking Trannon. I Robot I love and I have Pyramid too. I need to hear the rest. Eye In The Sky is a magical song. Fantastic video.

There are two others Try Anything Once and On Air from the late 90's and 2000's. Again some great instrumentals on these. I do listen to Try Anything Once quite a bit.

Love you passion for this music man. Just getting in to APP and man, this gave me a ton of insight. Do more

Wonderful analysis of some seriously underappreciated music.

Nice ranking. You definitely have more love for Stereotomy than I do. For me it would be keeping Vulture Culture company at the bottom. Will give it another listen though, just to see if I've missed something. Stay safe.

10. Eve 9. Vulture Culture 8. Gaudi 7. Tales of Mystery And Imagination 6. Stereotomy 5. Eye In The Sky 4. Pyramid 3. Ammonia Avenue 2. I. Robot 1. Turning of a Friendly Card. Great List Trannon Goble

I was checking out Alan Parsons videos and I ran into this channel. I was quite surprised that you never even mentioned my favorite, Try Anything Once. Agreed that all their music and albums are excellent. But I really believe Try Anything Once hit on all levels. And may be their deepest of all. It's about what they are talking about and the music and lyrics they put with it. It's actually more of a message to everyone...like Dark Side of the Moon...if you get it! Awesome and extremely moving!

Hello. The name of the album is GAUDI (gow-dee). Gaudi was a Spanish architect, famous for the amazing La Sagrada Familia, which is also the opening song on the album.

Respectable list. I will have to give Stereotomy another try. My number one is Turn of a Friendly Card. Hard to rank APP. It is like trying to pick your favorite child.

Great ranking Trannon.I love your channel

Thanks for this. I've only ever owned one of his albums, I Robot, and it sounded amazing, yes. I need to investigate the others too. A well produced and well written and performed album is a sonic treat indeed. Thanks again, Trannon. Jeff

Happened on this as just getting into Alan Parsons and it’s nice to see how passionate you are about his music. Good pointers for me on what order to buy the albums in. Thank you for sharing your opinions.

Great ranking! I don't own every album by them but from the ones I own Tales Of Mystery And Imagination is my favorite. That's actually one of my favorite albums of all time. I Robot is really good too.

Wonderfully enthusiastic review Trannon. My two favourite albums are Turn Of A Friendly Card and Eye In The Sky with Ammonia Avenue coming in close behind. I love Day After Day from I Robot. The man has done so many great songs and has just deservedly received the O.B.E. I actually got into APP via Time in about 1981 which I kept hearing on the radio in Bermuda over and over, (I'm a Brit BTW) I'm probably telling my Grannie how to suck eggs here, but I have an instrumental album by the Andrew Powell Orchestra which is as rare as hen's teeth and has a great version of Time on it. I love the contributions by Christopher Rainbow and the sadly missed Eric Woolfson. (He has a sort of solo album too which is very nice) Thanks again for you post. I've just subscribed to your channel.

I just listened (tonight) to most of their songs (for the very first time haha) on KZfaq from their debut album to ''Eye in the sky'' and it sounded good enough to me !!! At the moment, ''I robot'' is my favorite (which seems to be a very popular choice for no.1) !!! ''Eye in the sky'' might be my 2nd favorite: love the title track (just like your accoustic cover) !!! I remember when that song (Eye in the sky) came out because it was a big hit !!! I heard it so many times on the radio but I never got tired of it !!! Such a beautiful song !!! I'll give a listen to the rest of their discography but at the moment these are my 2 favorite APP albums !!! Glad you're back Trannon and glad too for your new home and wedding !!! Congratulations !!! Cheers !!!

Hi Trannon, oh yes i enjoyed your ranking... i can only agree; very difficult to rank these almost all fantastic albums. As your choice is still "Vulture Culture" my least favorite album. In my opion the only album, where the production doesn't hold the standard of all other albums. Less orchestration; less awesome guitar playing and solos by the great Ian Bairnson and too much cheesy keyboards/synthesizers. A surprise for me is your high rank of "Stereotomy"... but, yes that album was such a highlight after the "disappointing" "Vulture Culture"; the two instrumentals are awesome. (Maybe interesting, here in germany in 1988 a compilation titled "Instrumental Works" was released, cool collection") "Robot" or "Tales" number one? Sure...one of these has to be; they could switch in my ranking; both are so fantastic and timeless. I recommend to you two albums around the Project. Maybe you know the "Freudiana" album from 1990 planned as the eleventh APP album, some tracks in a more musical-style but other could be APP classics. The other one is the "Keats" album from 1984... Pete Bardens from Camel with Ian Bairnson, Colin Blunstone, David Paton and Stuart Elliott; produced by Alan Parsons. No surprise that the album sounds similar to APP. For me this one is the better "Vulture Culture"... APP-Fans, who like "Ammonia Avenue" should listen to it. Hope to see you soon; greetings from germany... bye and take care.

Recently subscribed. Greetings from England ✌️

I love Vulture Culture..... but i agree, I Robot, is the best.

They did put out an instrumental compilation called "THE INSTRUMENTAL WORKS." "Pipeline" is my all-time fave piece of music and the theme music of my life. AMMONIA AVENUE is my fave album.

What about “Freudiana” (1990) and the album that Alan never wanted released, but eventually was, 1979s “The Sicilian Defence?

Hi Trannon . Check out the following albums ....... 25 O' Clock and Psonic Psunspots by The Dukes of Stratosphear. I think you'll really like them . All the best to you.

Nice to see Stereotomy get some love. When that album was released it was flying in the face of the cultural headwinds and so it got discounted at the time, but it was probably the most adventurous and progressive thing they did since I Robot. Alright... Vulture Culture.... one thing to bear in mind VC was originally conceived as disc two of a double LP Ammonia Avenue, so the themes of communication breakdown and alienation are deepened ("Let's Talk About Me", "Somebody Out There"). Production wise it is the only APP album NOT to use an orchestra to flesh out the sound. So everything is done in the studio with the band. To me it is the Pet Sounds of the APP catalog. Ian Bairnson's soaring guitar solo outro on "The Same Old Sun" is easily one of the most stirring things Alan ever recorded. Simply amazing.

Surprised you didn't know as an APP fan, but there IS a 3 CD set of just APP instrumentals. I just seen it as I scrolled down from your vid here. Ask and you shall receive!

My (worst to best) ranking would be: 10. Pyramid 9. Gaudi 8. Eye in the Sky 7. Vulture Culture 6. Tales of Mystery and Imagination 5. Ammonia Avenue 4. Stereotomy 3. Eve 2. The Turn of a Friendly Card 1. I, Robot

I agree: Eye in the Sky is my favorite! Eric sang it in the studio. But I prefer Alan singing it. Games People Play is my 2nd favorite APP song. RIP Eric Woolfson.

I came just up to this vide, but I wondered: Why not ranking ALL the Alan Parsons albums ? There is so much more to love ..... or dislike :-|