Eye in the Sky (album)

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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 in the US and #6 in Canada. 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 and as player introduction theme for the German football club Eintracht Frankfurt. 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

All tracks written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson

1. "Sirius" (instrumental) – 1:54
2. "Eye in the Sky" (lead vocal Eric Woolfson) – 4:36
3. "Children of the Moon" (lead vocal David Paton) – 4:51
4. "Gemini" (lead vocal Chris Rainbow) – 2:11
5. "Silence and I" (lead vocal Eric Woolfson) – 7:19
6. "You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned" (lead vocal Lenny Zakatek) – 4:22
7. "Psychobabble" (lead vocal Elmer Gantry) – 4:51
8. "Mammagamma" (instrumental) – 3:34
9. "Step By Step" (lead vocal Lenny Zakatek) – 3:54
10. "Old And Wise" (lead vocal Colin Blunstone) – 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

Year	Chart	Position
1982	The Billboard 200	7
1982	UK Albums Chart	28

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