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DISCID=7808dc09
DTITLE=The Alan Parsons Project / Pyramid (German Pressing)
DYEAR=1978
DGENRE=Pop Rock
TTITLE0=Voyager
TTITLE1=What Goes Up...
TTITLE2=The Eagle Will Rise Again
TTITLE3=One More River
TTITLE4=Can't Take It With You
TTITLE5=In The Lap Of The Gods
TTITLE6=Pyromania
TTITLE7=Hyper-Gamma-Spaces
TTITLE8=Shadow Of A Lonely Man
EXTD=Pyramid (German Pressing)\n\nOriginally Released June 1978\nCD Ed
EXTD=ition Released 1987 ??\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Even with six differ
EXTD=ent vocalists lending their talents to the album, Pyramid still r
EXTD=emains an average bit of material from the Alan Parsons Project. 
EXTD=Not only does the album's theme evolve around the mystique of the
EXTD= pyramid, but it also touches on man's fascination with superstit
EXTD=ion and its powers. The instrumental "Voyager" opens things up, a
EXTD=nd its provocative style sets the tone for the album's supernatur
EXTD=al mood. The bright-sounding "What Goes Up" is one of the highlig
EXTD=hts here, as is "The Eagle Will Rise Again," sung by Colin Blunst
EXTD=one. The anxiety-ridden "Pyramania" enhances the album's concept 
EXTD=the best, accompanied by some excitable keyboard playing and a fr
EXTD=iendly middle. The lesson-learning "Can't Take It With You" teach
EXTD=es that our souls are our most important asset, in typical Parson
EXTD=s-type charm. While not a stellar album, Pyramid completes the ta
EXTD=sk of musically explaining its concept. Its short but slightly co
EXTD=mpelling nature grows after a few listens, but the album itself i
EXTD=sn't a necessity.  -- Mike DeGagne\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\n
EXTD=Good British symphonic pop that is heading in a poppier direction
EXTD= , May 6, 2006\nReviewer: Jeffrey J.Park (Massachusetts, USA)\nRe
EXTD=leased in 1978, the Pyramid album more or less follows the formul
EXTD=a of the very good I Robot album (1977), although it does not see
EXTD=m quite as inspired - to me at any rate. There are however, some 
EXTD=very nice and heavily orchestrated pop songs and atmospheric synt
EXTD=hesizer pieces that make this a very listenable and enjoyable alb
EXTD=um. Conceptually, the album (and I quote from the liner notes) "s
EXTD=eeks to amplify the haunting echoes of the past and explore the u
EXTD=nsolved mysteries of the present" - hence, the Pyramid theme. The
EXTD= musicians on Pyramid include Alan Parsons (acoustic guitar); Dav
EXTD=id Paton (bass guitar and acoustic guitar); Stuart Elliott (drums
EXTD=); Ian Bairnson (electric and acoustic guitars); and Eric Woolfso
EXTD=n (synthesizers and additional vocals). The vocalists (and there 
EXTD=are several, including Colin Blunstone) are pretty good and their
EXTD= voices work well with the track they were selected for. With res
EXTD=pect to the orchestration, string and brass parts are scattered a
EXTD=cross the album, in addition to passages that feature a choir. Bo
EXTD=th the orchestra and the choir were directed by Andrew Powell. Fi
EXTD=nally, although there are saxophone parts on the album, they are 
EXTD=not credited. The nine tracks on the album are in the 2-6 minute 
EXTD=range and alternate atmospheric and interesting instrumentals (Vo
EXTD=yager, Hyper Gamma Spaces, and In the Lap of the Gods), with some
EXTD= very well-written and heavily orchestrated pop songs. Of the nin
EXTD=e tracks, Pyramania is the weakest (it is "quirky" in a contrived
EXTD= new-wave manner) and contributes absolutely nothing to the recor
EXTD=ding, although it does not reduce the overall quality. Alan Parso
EXTD=ns not only produced this album, but engineered extremely well-re
EXTD=corded albums including two by Pink Floyd (Atom Heart Mother (197
EXTD=0) and Dark Side of the Moon (1973)) and as such, the recording q
EXTD=uality of this album is very high. All in all, this is a good alb
EXTD=um of British symphonic pop and is recommended along with Tales o
EXTD=f Mystery and Imagination (1976) and I Robot (1977). This trilogy
EXTD= of albums comprises the most interesting music the entire late 1
EXTD=970's British symphonic pop genre had to offer. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM 
EXTD=CUSTOMER REVIEW\nPyramid Still Stands !!!!!, June 22, 2004\nRevie
EXTD=wer: Nigel "Tom Miller" (Indiana)\nOver the years this has become
EXTD= my favorite album of Alan Parsons!!! The only problem is its und
EXTD=er 40 minutes long !!! Heres something somebody pointed out to me
EXTD= on the song Can't Take It With You hear the backing vocals singi
EXTD=ng One More River!!! From the opening track to the finish just si
EXTD=t back and enjoy a truly great album it doesn't get better than t
EXTD=his !!!!\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nDisappointing..., Augus
EXTD=t 13, 2003\nReviewer: A music fan\nI really don't understand the 
EXTD=5-star reviews on this album! It has none of the almost "mystic" 
EXTD=yet dynamic feel of the "Tales..." album, and lacks any superb tr
EXTD=acks such as the ones found on "I Robot". Furthermore, it seems t
EXTD=hat the APP here tries to get kinda Beatle-esque but failing to a
EXTD= great extent. I hope that this is not what the Beatles would hav
EXTD=e degenerated to had they continued recording into the 70s! The m
EXTD=usic sounds too pseudo-romantic and more appropriate for teenage 
EXTD=girls of the late 70s to early 80s. The only tracks worth anythin
EXTD=g here are "In the lap of the Gods" and the album opener "Voyager
EXTD=". The rest are musically (but not lyrically) boring filler mater
EXTD=ial and can be easily thrown away in a trash basket. For anyone w
EXTD=ishing to find out about the genious of Alan Parsons, please do y
EXTD=ourself a favor and get "Tales of Mystery..." and the "I Robot" a
EXTD=lbums which are far superior to "Pyramid".\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOM
EXTD=ER REVIEW\nA Little Pyramid Power, July 22, 2003\nReviewer: Alan 
EXTD=Caylow (USA)\nThe Alan Parsons Project's third album, 1978's "Pyr
EXTD=amid," is a heavenly delight. With a theme of mysticism, and once
EXTD= again spearheaded by Alan Parsons & his partner Eric Woolfson, t
EXTD=his album is progressive pop/rock at it's very best. Dreamy, melo
EXTD=dic songs are littered all over this one: the classic prog-pop in
EXTD=strumentals "Voyager," "In The Lap Of The Gods," & "Hyper-Gamma S
EXTD=paces," the powerful "What Goes Up," the beautiful "The Eagle Wil
EXTD=l Rise Again," the great rockers "One More River" and the stunnin
EXTD=g "Can't Take It With You," the deliciously quirky "Pyramania," a
EXTD=nd the gorgeous finale, "Shadow Of A Lonely Man." Outstanding son
EXTD=gwriting, production & performances, great orchestrations by Andr
EXTD=ew Powell (can't have a Project album without him!), and great vo
EXTD=cals throughout by the likes of Colin Blunstone, David Paton, Len
EXTD=ny Zakatek, John Miles, and others. With "Pyramid," the Alan Pars
EXTD=ons Project deliver another terrific disc.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOM
EXTD=ER REVIEW\n"If all things must fall ...why build a Pryamid at all
EXTD= ? ", December 6, 2002\nReviewer: ADK (Royal Oak, Mi. United Stat
EXTD=es)\nPyramid is nothing short of a masterpiece. \nBut the Egyptia
EXTD=n overtones and pyramid motif is just a surface, a tangible stage
EXTD= set, if you will. What this album really seems to be about, lyri
EXTD=caly and intellectualy, is man and his quest for eternal life and
EXTD= coming to grips (or not) with one's own inevitable mortality. Ju
EXTD=st look at the song titles... "In the lap of the Gods", "Can't ta
EXTD=ke it with you", "The Eagle will rise again" "One more river" you
EXTD= get the idea. \nHammer dulcimers, timpanis, Egyptian flutes, a h
EXTD=eavy choir, and other exotic instruments blend with rock instrume
EXTD=ntation and the result is one of the greatest recording projects 
EXTD=ever captured on tape. Recorded at Alan's home away from home, EM
EXTD=I Abbey Road studios London, it sounds like is was recorded in an
EXTD=d around the pyramids with echo, atmosphere and grandiosity. \nCo
EXTD=lin Blunstone's sole vocal contribution on "Eagle will rise" is b
EXTD=eautiful, un forced and sorrowful beyond description. One of the 
EXTD=greatest vocal performances ever, to my ears. \nThe instrumental 
EXTD="In the lap of the Gods" is bold, dynamic, exotic, powerful and d
EXTD=amn near overwhelming...Wow! turn up and test your audio system's
EXTD= abilities with that one my friend. \nPyramid is a complete (them
EXTD=e) album and I prefer to listen to it it's entirety from start to
EXTD= finish when possible. \n\nPyramid is like buried, forgotten (Egy
EXTD=ptian) treasure. I bought the original vinyl album on a gamble as
EXTD= a curious teenager on it's first release back in 1978. Good move
EXTD=. I've never come across Pyramid in anyone else's record/cd colle
EXTD=ction since then(?) \nMost people are duly impressed and curious 
EXTD=when I slyly slip it into the car/home stereo. Personaly I never 
EXTD=tire of hearing Pryamid and never will. \nEven the un-remastered 
EXTD=CD sounds incredible. \nOne of the greatest recordings of all tim
EXTD=e. A desert island disc without question. \n\n"If all things must
EXTD= pass even a Pyramid won't last"\n\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIE
EXTD=W\nWorthy followup to I Robot, August 19, 2002\nReviewer: BENJAMI
EXTD=N MILER (Eugene, OR United States)\nI was five years old in 1978 
EXTD=when Pyramid came out. I can still remember songs like "Can't Tak
EXTD=e It With You" and "Pyramania" being played on the radio of my da
EXTD=d's Volkswagen Microbus he had at that time. Flash forward to 198
EXTD=4 and he buys The Best of the Alan Parsons Project, and on there 
EXTD=were the two songs. But I wanted to get the original album those 
EXTD=songs originally came off, and eventually I got this album, Pyram
EXTD=id. Well, I have to say, unsurprisingly, this album is just one n
EXTD=otch below I Robot, but this still remains a rather consistent of
EXTD=fereing of great tunes. Excellent orchestrated progressive pop wi
EXTD=th goodies like the instrumental "Voyage", "What Goes Up", "The E
EXTD=agle Will Rise Again", another instrumental, "In the Lap of the G
EXTD=ods" (with a strong Egyptian bent to the music), and the electron
EXTD=ic "Hyper Gamma Spaces". I have always liked "Can't Take It With 
EXTD=You", even when I was 5 and knew nothing about music, but I thoug
EXTD=ht the lyrics to "Pyramania" was rather silly, about pyramid obse
EXTD=ssion. That song is basically a short pop song. This album is qui
EXTD=te good, but if you're new to the Alan Parsons Project, try I Rob
EXTD=ot first.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nUnderrated great album
EXTD=, sounds better now than in '78, August 11, 2002\nReviewer: Jerry
EXTD= Fry (Freeman, MO USA)\nThe only complaint I have about Pyramid i
EXTD=s that it's only 38 minutes long. Alan Parsons became my favorite
EXTD= group (if you could call them a group) after Pyramid. I bought t
EXTD=he record album about a month after it was released in 1978. I th
EXTD=ought it sounded good then. I listened to it on CD 20 years later
EXTD= on a lot better stereo and now think it is great. I bought Parso
EXTD=ns records as soon as they came out. Starting with "Tales" throug
EXTD=h "Gaudi". They all sound good, and I know that many Parsons list
EXTD=eners won't agree but I think Pyramid sounds the best. His first 
EXTD=three albums I think stand out from the ones that followed in the
EXTD=ir uniqueness. Pyramid has a remarkable beginning and takes you t
EXTD=hrough an experience. "In the Lap of the Gods" is a song that sou
EXTD=nds incredible at high volume. "One More River" and "Can't Take i
EXTD=t With You" have related choruses and "Hyper-Gamma-Spaces" gives 
EXTD=you a space rock feeling. The lyrics are thought provoking. This 
EXTD=record has aged well, it doesn't have a "70's" sound. It can't be
EXTD= associated with any decade. Alot of thought and effort went into
EXTD= Pyramid, its one of the best albums I've ever heard.\n\n\nAMAZON
EXTD=.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\n"Immaculate", January 21, 2001\nReviewer: J
EXTD=on "tesura" (BC, Canada)\nDefinitely at the top of the APP concep
EXTD=t album pyramid (pun intended), nothing but praise can be said fo
EXTD=r the album. It is indeed immaculate. The actual compositions the
EXTD=mselves are some of the most intricate ones that Alan has ever de
EXTD=vised, case in point "Voyager/What Goes Up..." "In The Lap of the
EXTD= Gods" remains one of the most diverse ochestral productions Andr
EXTD=ew Powell has put togther, beginning with a religious ceremony un
EXTD=til culminating with a massive horn driven march of sorts. "Hyper
EXTD=-Gamma Spaces" is also up there for being both simple and effecti
EXTD=ve. Colin Blunstone's deep voice and some excellent guitarwork by
EXTD= Ian Bairnson make "The Eagle Will Rise Again" an APP classic. Th
EXTD=ere are some albums where one could say that a few tracks seemed 
EXTD=out of place or could have been omitted entirely; definetely not 
EXTD=the case with Pyramid.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nAnother w
EXTD=inner from Alan Parsons!, September 23, 2000\nReviewer: Jeffery K
EXTD=. Matheus (Indianapolis, IN United States)\nThe Alan Parsons Proj
EXTD=ect's "Pyramid" is one of those magical albums that just keeps fi
EXTD=nding its way back into my CD player! I have had this CD since 19
EXTD=87, and still get the "craving" to hear it on a regular basis. Th
EXTD=is is just one of those albums with a perfect "flow", where every
EXTD= track just blends together to create a complete musical picture 
EXTD=of the artist. But the songs on "Pyramid" will also stand up well
EXTD= on their own. Tracks like "What Goes Up", "Shadow of a Lonely Ma
EXTD=n", "Can't Take it With You", and "One More River" will stick wit
EXTD=h you long after the album has finished playing. "The Eagle Will 
EXTD=Rise Again" - with its lush production and light airy vocals from
EXTD= The Zombies' Colin Blunstone - is certainly one of Parsons fines
EXTD=t moments ever. I would rate "Pyramid" right alongside Parsons fi
EXTD=nest works, such as "Gaudi", "Eye In the Sky", "Try Anything Once
EXTD=" and "On Air". There are not as many straight-out "rock-n-roll" 
EXTD=songs here as you would find on most other Parsons albums, the mu
EXTD=sic on "Pyramid" is definitely a bit more on the "orchestral rock
EXTD=" side, with its occassional string inturledes, and subtle-sympho
EXTD=nic accompanyment. I think that this album would have a great app
EXTD=eal to fans of British "art rock" bands like The Moody Blues and 
EXTD=Barclay James Harvest, it certainly has many of the same musical 
EXTD=strong points. As you would expect from one of rocks most importa
EXTD=nt record producers, this album is sonically (as well as musicall
EXTD=y) excellent, and the CD format only enhances its clarity. It sou
EXTD=nds like Parsons had a grip a that clean "90's" production sound 
EXTD=all the way back in 1979! Also, in the same way that Parsons inco
EXTD=rperated some influences of Spanish-music into 1987's "Gaudi", he
EXTD=re he plays on the influence of Eastern music on a handful of tra
EXTD=cks. This is an album not to be missed! Take the "voyage", discov
EXTD=er the genius of Alan Parsons!\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nP
EXTD=yrimads and pyramidism anyone?, July 7, 1999\nReviewer: A music f
EXTD=an\nThis is the third album by APP. The theme seems to be derived
EXTD= from the new age popularization of pyramids and their possible c
EXTD=onnections to the unusual and unexplained visions and works of th
EXTD=e ancients. Following on the heels of "Tales of Mystery and Imagi
EXTD=nation" and "I Robot" this album turns to a more steady use of el
EXTD=ectronics woven throughout the album. There are upbeat and smooth
EXTD= tones. My favorite track is probably "Shadow of a Lonely Man" th
EXTD=ough the instrumentals are also quite good. This CD is well worth
EXTD= a listen.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nSymphonic Rock By The
EXTD= Early Master, July 11, 1998\nReviewer: Juergen Voss (vjoss@esote
EXTD=rica.pt) (Portugal)\nThe third record after "Tales of Mystery And
EXTD= Imagination" and "I Robot", this collection of songs in my eyes 
EXTD=and ears represents the very essence of the music from the Alan P
EXTD=arsons Project.\nWhat the two preceding albums had already hinted
EXTD= at, rises to unparalleled heights on this compilation. From medi
EXTD=tative music to rocking smashers, from lyric ballads to weird con
EXTD=cepts -- all the magic and mystery of the ageless wonder of the p
EXTD=yramids is spanned in the variety and the perfection of the songs
EXTD= found here. In my regard, the previous albums were tentative ste
EXTD=ps in some directions: what can be done, what should be done and 
EXTD=how. Now this record takes it all in its stride, featuring some o
EXTD=f the finest arrangements alongside with a variety of singers and
EXTD= musicians. All those tracks, mastered to perfection by Alan Pars
EXTD=ons himself, blend together into a unique sound canvas that can o
EXTD=nly be described as making love to your ears, any which way you l
EXTD=ike it. Although they tried, I think the Project never managed to
EXTD= do better than this. Highly recommended.\n\n\nHalf.com Details \n
EXTD=Producer: Alan Parsons \n\nAlbum Notes\nThe Alan Parsons Project:
EXTD= Alan Parsons (guitar); David Paton (vocals, acoustic guitar, bas
EXTD=s); Colin Blunstone, Dean Ford, Lenny Zakatek, Jack Harris, John 
EXTD=Miles (vocals); Ian Bairnson (guitar); Eric Woolfson, Duncan McKa
EXTD=y (keyboards); Stuart Elliott (drums, percussion).\n\nRecorded at
EXTD= Abbey Road Studios in London, England.\n\n\nROLLING STONE REVIEW
EXTD=\nLacking the wit and melodic appeal of last year's surprisingly 
EXTD=successful I Robot, the Alan Parsons Project's third studio-rock 
EXTD=oratorio is a hollow disappointment. Where I Robot was constructe
EXTD=d on a nifty riddle--it's cinematic space rock flaunted the techn
EXTD=ology its scenario cautioned against--Pyramid uses the mystery of
EXTD= the pyramids as a jumping-off point for some bombastic musings o
EXTD=n the vanity of human wishes and the passing of all things. Produ
EXTD=cer Parsons' aural style remains impressively three-dimensional, 
EXTD=but given musical themes this trite and lyrics this sententious (
EXTD="And the days of my life are but grains of sand/As they fall from
EXTD= your open hand"), the results frequently echo the kitsch soundtr
EXTD=acks of Fifties Hollywood Biblical epics.\n\nThe album's one live
EXTD=ly moment, "Pyramania," spoofs the recent pyramid fad in a mechan
EXTD=ized post-Beatles style. Which suggests that the creators of Pyra
EXTD=mid--Alan Parsons, writer Eric Woolfson and arranger Andrew Powel
EXTD=l--simply chose the pyramid theme because it sounded like a comme
EXTD=rcial "head" subject, not because it particularly fascinated them
EXTD=. (RS 271 -- Aug 10, 1978)  -- STEPHEN HOLDEN
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