HiRez Poll Alan Parsons Project, The - EYE IN THE SKY [Blu-Ray Audio]

[mandrix]

Although I have had the stand alone Bluray since it was released, it had been a while since I had a listen. I recently played through Ammonia Avenue after a long while, and that prompted me to play this one again. This album was my first introduction to APP as my parents played this record over and over again when I was a kid. It was easy to play the whole album through, as this is how I have always listened to it. I still really like the content, despite the usual couple of tunes that are just ok.

What I was most pleasantly surprised by was the surround mix. I thought I might be disappointed due to the advancements in surround, specifially Atmos (which I have), but the mix is spectacular! Alan did a really great job with this mix, and it is very active and dynamic. I was home alone, so really got to crank it up, and it blew me away. Besides the opening 2 tunes (kinda just 1, really), my faves are 'Silence and I' and 'Psychobabble'. 'Mammagamma' was a lot of fun to listen to as well.

A vote of 10 for me. Next up is to have another listen to 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination'.

All I needed was a gentle nudging. Playing now!

 

[jaybird100]

Although I have had the stand alone Bluray since it was released, it had been a while since I had a listen. I recently played through Ammonia Avenue after a long while, and that prompted me to play this one again. This album was my first introduction to APP as my parents played this record over and over again when I was a kid. It was easy to play the whole album through, as this is how I have always listened to it. I still really like the content, despite the usual couple of tunes that are just ok.

What I was most pleasantly surprised by was the surround mix. I thought I might be disappointed due to the advancements in surround, specifially Atmos (which I have), but the mix is spectacular! Alan did a really great job with this mix, and it is very active and dynamic. I was home alone, so really got to crank it up, and it blew me away. Besides the opening 2 tunes (kinda just 1, really), my faves are 'Silence and I' and 'Psychobabble'. 'Mammagamma' was a lot of fun to listen to as well.

A vote of 10 for me. Next up is to have another listen to 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination'.,

EITS is my favorite APP album, stereo or multichannel. And, yes, the surround mix is excellent.

 

[dabl]

Next up is to have another listen to 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination'.

Now *there* is a good record.

The below all off topic for this thead and just my opinion but I guess I just can't resist since the title was mentioned, as it's a personal favorite of mine and was a huge influence on my own music.

Feel free to ignore/delete/whatever

One again, the original 'Tales' stereo mix kills. The Mobile Fidelity variant is my go to for that. Here was a young producer/engineer at his peak. On *fire*.

Much later, like ZZ Top, Alan got tempted by 'modern' drum sounds and swapped those in for a late 80s mix with, like ZZ Top, *horrifying* results. What were they thinking? . In the case of 'Tales' the late 80s drum sound Alan chose was nowhere near as bad as what ZZ Top did, to be fair.

The more recent multichannel mix of 'Tales' returned the original drum tracks. Yay.

Still, the multi mix of 'Tales' just doesn't have the pure fire and passion the same guy had decades earlier. No surprise really. Still, great to have of course.

We all know the record we're *really* awaiting a multichannel mix for.......

And honestly, I know this might be sacrilegious to some, but I pray Alan hangs up his mixing spurs and just turns that one over to the guy we know who would hit a home run with it......

 

[JulesRules]

Alan hangs up his mixing spurs

He actually started doing Dolby Atmos now, so he's still looking for work!