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Eye in the Sky
Studio album by The Alan Parsons Project
Released June 1982
Recorded Late 1980-Early 1982, Abbey Road Studios
Genre Progressive rock, Pop rock
Length 42:30
Label Arista
Producer Alan Parsons
Professional reviews
* Allmusic 4.5/5 stars
* Music Box 2/5 stars
Eye in the Sky is a 1982 album by The Alan Parsons Project. The 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, which was gold-foil stamped for early pressings of the LP. 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.
"Mammagamma" is an instrumental piece performed almost entirely on a Fairlight CMI computer. Astute listeners have noticed this track's melodic similarity to Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall". A disco remix featuring portions of both songs was released in 1982 by an Italian disco production team under the name "Pink Project".
Track listing
All tracks written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson
Sirius
This album contains the well known instrumental piece "Sirius", which has become a staple of many big-time college and professional sporting arenas throughout North America. It is perhaps most well known for its use by the Chicago Bulls to introduce its starting lineup (including Michael Jordan) during its championship years of the 1990s
Notable uses of "Sirius" include the following:
* Player introductions for Chicago Bulls during the 1990s (mentioned above)
* Used as entrance music by the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, as part of the "Tunnel Walk".
* Used by German football club VfL Wolfsburg for player introductions.
* Often played at Toronto Blue Jays home games at Rogers Centre during the 9th inning.
* Used as entrance music by ECHL hockey team, the Alaska Aces.
* Used as theme song by professional wrestler Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
* As of the 07/08 Premiership Season, it was used by English football team Manchester City.
* A version of this song has also been used on the early 90s football arcade game Super High Impact.
* Used during the 82nd National FFA Convention during the National FFA Officer Team announcement during the last session,
* Used during the 2009 CBR Tour Finale's Light Show at the American Royal on October 30, 2009.
* A version of the song was also featured in the 2006 movie Beerfest and the 2009 movie Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
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