Some of the young 'uns out there will hear the name "The Alan Parsons Project" and immediately think of a funny quip they heard in an Austin Powers film. Well, Scott Evil was spot on about them being a band. And an interesting band they are. Deriving their name from their founder, Alan Parsons, who was perhaps better known for his engineering work on albums such as Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. But even the famous Abbey Road engineer felt the urge to make some music of his own. And he did. The result was The Alan Parsons Project. This particular album from 1982, Eye In The Sky contains, in my opinion, some of their better material. If you are familiar with the basketball team the Chicago Bulls, the introductory instrumental "Sirius" will spring to mind as soon as you hear it. "Sirius" itself is a prelude to another song, the title track, "Eye in the Sky", one of their better known songs. But there's better songs to be heard on the album apart from the obvious two - "Children of the Moon", "Mammagamma" and "Gemini" also deserve your ear's attention. All in all, not a bad album, one that turned out to be much better than I initially thought it would be. B+
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