What do the do the albums Abbey Road (The Beatles) and Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd) have in common? Answer: Alan Parsons as recording engineer.
While working at Abbey Road studios, Alan Parsons recorded a variety of top selling albums. In 1975 he declined Pink Floyd’s offer to work on “Wish You Were Here” and started the Alan Parson Project.
Though the Alan Parson Project never really toured, their line-up of studio musicians produced a variety of innovative hits.
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| 1969 | Abbey Road (The Beatles) | 1 | UK US |
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| 1970 | Atom Heart Mother (Pink Floyd) | 1 55 |
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| 1973 | The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd) | 2 1 |
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| 1974 | Hollies (The Hollies) | 28 | US | |||
| 1975 | Another Night (The Hollies) | 132 | US | |||
| 1975 | Ambrosia (Ambrosia) | 20TH Century | 22 | US | ||
| 1976 | Year of the Cat (Al Stewart) | 5 | US | |||
| 2013 | The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories) (Steven Wilson) | Kscope | ||||