Eye in the Sky: The Encore Collection

Alan Parsons Project | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 3, 1999)
• Original Release Date: July 20, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: BMG Special Products
• ASIN: B00000JS9Y
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #195,051 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Eye In The Sky

2. Time

3. Damned If I Do

4. Standing On Higher Ground

5. Mammagamma

6. Psychobabble

7. Games People Play

8. Stereotomy

9. Sirius

10. Snake Eyes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

47 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Was this CD misnamed or what?! This is NOT "Eye in the Sky", August 31, 2000

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Alan R. Holyoak - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eye in the Sky: The Encore Collection (Audio CD)

"Eye in the Sky" is one of the best APP CDs ever produced, but this is NOT that CD. Don't be fooled. This is a compilation CD, as is aptly pointed out by another reviewer.

This CD has the following tracks:

1. Eye In The Sky (from "Eye in the Sky")

2. Time (from "Turn of a Friendly Card")

3. Damned If I Do (From "Faces of Eve")

4. Standing On Higher Ground (I can't remember...from "Ammonia Avenue"?)

5. Mammagamma (from "Eye in the Sky")

6. Psychobabble (from "Eye in the Sky")

7. Games People Play (from "Turn of a Friendly Card")

8. Stereotomy (from "Stereotomy")

9. Sirius (from "Eye in the Sky")

10. Snake Eyes (from "Turn of a Friendly Card")

So, what this CD amounts to is a compliation of tracks from the first half dozen or so APP albums, with more tracks from "Eye in the Sky" than from any other CD. I'm not even sure I would call it a greatest hits CD. It's just a compilation. That doesn't mean that I dislike any of these tracks...it just means that there are better greatest hits CDs out there.

If it were my money and I were interested in APP music, I would, without hesitation, PASS THIS CD BY and buy the real "Eye in the Sky" or any other APP CD (even compilation CDs).

Don't be fooled.

Happy listening.

Alan Holyoak

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Misleading title award 1999, June 12, 2000

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Richard Laven (Dumfries Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eye in the Sky: The Encore Collection (Audio CD)

This isn't the eye in the sky album with extra tracks. It's a compilation album. You're better off buying the original

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A budget collection of songs from The Alan Parsons Project, February 2, 2005

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Robert Huggins (Suburban Philadelphia, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eye in the Sky: The Encore Collection (Audio CD)

The releasing company for this CD, BMG Special Products, is the budget line for BMG Music and simply repackages previously released music from the many music labels that it owns. In fact, live versions of several of the songs on this compilation can also be found on another budget release from BMG, "Extended Versions: The Encore Collection," which, in turn, is taken from Parsons' 1995 live album. The biggest problem that I have with this release is the sequencing of "Sirius" and "Eye of the Sky." As originally recorded, "Sirius" and "Eye of the Sky" were played as a single piece, one song flowing into the other. On this compilation, they appear separately, completely out of their proper sequence. Whoever compiled this disc has done a disservice to the band and its many fans.

Despite the sequencing issue, this is a decent, inexpensive compilation of mostly "greatest hits" by The Alan Parsons Project. Like the companion budget live CD, this release is recommended for casual fans, or to those looking for a low cost introduction to the band.