The Alan Parsons Project Anthology

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Although the content is interesting there are multiple grammatical errors. It needs some serious editing.

Very good publication as expected.

As a long time fan of The Alan Parsons Project I was thrilled to see that someone had finally written a book about them and I awaited it’s arrival with eager anticipation. Once I started reading it, however, I have to say that I was extremely disappointed.To start with, it’s immediately clear that the book was originally written in a foreign language, (French), and subsequently translated into English. There are numerous instances where the translation is very poor and the overall effect is a narrative that is somewhat simplistic and stilted.This, however, is something of a minor quibble. The main problem is that the author writes with absolutely no authority whatsoever.Normally, when attempting such a project, (excuse pun), one would first undertake extensive research and try to engage the co-operation of persons associated with the band, preferably members, but failing that at least managers, producers, engineers, people who have worked with them in the past, or at the very least, road crew.It is clear, however, that the author has made absolutely no attempt whatsoever to contact anyone associated with the band, so the book contains no inside information or anecdotes at all.Half of the information provided by this book is blatantly obvious to anyone, such as album titles, themes, years of release, track listings etc. and the other half is mundane trivia that anyone could have easily obtained from the internet.The author’s sole research for this book appears to have been to type The Alan Parsons Project into an internet search engine.By far the largest part of the book consists of the author going through each album giving his appraisal of each track. Why he thinks anyone would be interested in knowing why some French bloke who they are never likely to meet likes one track and isn’t quite so keen on another is something of a mystery.His appraisal includes such gems as “the drums kick in at 2.06”. Anyone who’s heard the albums will already know that, and anyone who hasn’t ……well who wants to read a book about a band they’ve never heard?Another example is when referring to an interview given by Eric Woolfson he states that the interview "probably took place at his home." And upon what evidence is this tantalising piece of erudition based? Absolutely none. As far as the author is concerned it could just have easily taken place on the moon or at the bottom of the sea.This is not so much a book about The Alan Parsons Project, but more of a book about why the author likes The Alan Parsons Project.Save your money.

Not what I expected, but a very good read for APP fans...