Eye_in_the_sky_(album)

For other uses, see Eye in the sky (disambiguation).

Eye in the Sky
Studio album by The Alan Parsons Project
Released	June 1982
Recorded	Late 1980-Early 1982 Abbey Road Studios
Genre	Progressive Rock
Length	42:30
Label	Arista
Producer	Alan Parsons
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Music Box link
The Alan Parsons Project chronology
The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980) Eye In The Sky (1982) Ammonia Avenue (1984)

Eye in the Sky is a 1982 album by The Alan Parsons Project.

Songs on this album are in a number of different styles, from cool and funky to lyrical and heavily orchestrated. The sleeve was green with an image of the Eye of Horus. Variously reported as the band\'s best-selling album, although others claim that Ammonia Avenue gets this honor.

Vocal performers were Eric Woolfson, David Paton, Chris Rainbow, Lenny Zakatek, Elmer Gantry and Colin Blunstone.

Eye in the Sky contained the Project\'s greatest hit, the title track, which had lead vocals by Eric Woolfson and hit #3 on the Billboard charts. Says Parsons of the song, "...I hated the song when we first started recording it — I was quite ready to drop it altogether. Then we hit upon the hypnotic guitar chugs and it all came together."

This album also contains the well known instrumental piece "Sirius" which has been featured at sporting events throughout the US. Most notably, this song has been featured as a court-rushing theme for the Chicago Bulls. It is also featured as the entrance music for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, the Iowa State Cyclones, the NFL\'s Detroit Lions, legendary professional wrestler Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat and as of the 07/08 Premiership Season for the English football team Manchester City. A version of this song has also been used on the early 90s football arcade game Super High Impact.

Track listing

1. "Sirius" (instrumental) – 1:54
2. "Eye in the Sky" – 4:36
3. "Children of the Moon" – 4:51
4. "Gemini" – 2:11
5. "Silence and I" – 7:19
6. "You\'re Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned" – 4:22
7. "Psychobabble" – 4:51
8. "Mammagamma" (instrumental) – 3:34
9. "Step By Step" – 3:54
10. "Old And Wise" – 4:55

Eye in the Sky was remastered and reissued in 2007 with the following bonus tracks:

11. "Sirius" (demo) – 1:56
12. "Old And Wise" (Eric Woolfson vocal) – 4:43
13. "Any Other Day" (studio demo) – 1:42
14. "Silence And I" (Eric Woolfson vocal) – 7:33
15. "The Naked Eye" – 10:49
16. "Eye Pieces" (Classical Naked Eye) – 7:51

Charts

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