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The Alan Parsons Project discography
Studio albums12
Compilation albums23
Singles38
Music videos9

The following is the complete discography of the Alan Parsons Project. Over the years they have released 12 studio albums, 14 compilation albums and 38 singles.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[4]
GER
[5]
NED
[6]
NZ
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[11]
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
  • Released: 25 June 1976
  • Label: Charisma (#CDS-4003)
  • Formats: LP
56 45 81 11 7 38
I Robot
  • Released: 8 July 1977
  • Label: Arista (#AL-7002)
  • Formats: LP, CS
26 10 23 11 2 13 2 24 9
Pyramid
  • Released: May 1978[16]
  • Label: Arista (#AB-4108)
  • Formats: LP, CS
49 16 17 25 3 23 4 13 22 26
Eve
  • Released: September 1979
  • Label: Arista (#AL-9504)
  • Formats: LP, CS, 8-track
74 14 2 10 1 40 4 6 10 13
The Turn of a Friendly Card
  • Released: 7 November 1980
  • Label: Arista (#AL-9518)
  • Formats: LP, CS
38 24 2 16 2 17 18 11 22 13
Eye in the Sky
  • Released: May 1982
  • Label: Arista (#AL-9599)
  • Formats: LP, CS
27 4 1 3 1 4 3 3 8 7
Ammonia Avenue
  • Released: February 1984
  • Label: Arista (#AL8-8204)
  • Formats: LP, CS
24 16 5 29 1 1 8 5 8 1 15
Vulture Culture
  • Released: December 1984
  • Label: Arista (#PD-8263)
  • Formats: LP, CS, CD
40 32 10 25 1 3 15 9 7 2 46
Stereotomy
  • Released: November 1985
  • Label: Arista (#AL9-8384)
  • Formats: LP, CS, CD
50 15 32 15 13 49 8 21 13 43
Gaudi
  • Released: January 1987
  • Label: Arista (#AL9-8384)
  • Formats: LP, CS, CD
66 61 16 53 6 2 41 8 8 8 57
Freudiana
  • Released: 11 October 1990 (not published by The Alan Parsons Project, only as a side project for Eric Woolfson)
  • Label: EMI (#198-795415 1)
  • Formats: LP, CD
83 51
The Sicilian Defence
  • Released: 23 March 2014
  • Label: Arista
  • Formats: CD

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[22]
GER
[23]
NED
[6]
NZ
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWI
[10]
US
[11]
The Best of the Alan Parsons Project
  • Released: October 1983
  • Label: Arista (#205 509)
99 25 49 19 20 16 53
The Best of the Alan Parsons Project, Vol. 2
  • Released: January 1988
  • Label: Arista (#258 634)
The Instrumental Works
  • Released: November 1988
  • Label: Arista (#259 237)
60
Pop Classics
  • Released: September 1989
  • Label: EVA (#503.623)
7
Anthology
The Best of the Alan Parsons Project
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Arista (#354 547)
12
The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: June 1992
  • Label: EVA (#74321 102672)
32
The Definitive Collection
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Arista (#74321-51746)
95
Gold Collection
  • Released: January 1998
  • Label: BMG (#34685-8)
49
Love Songs
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: BMG (#74321 91680)
The Best of the Alan Parsons Project
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Arista (#BVCM-37344)
Platinum & Gold Collection
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: BMG (#82876 52556)
Ultimate
  • Released: 23 March 2004
  • Label: BMG (#82876 59212)
Extended Versions: The Encore Collection
  • Released: 19 May 2004
  • Label: BMG (#75517486972)
The Dutch Collection
  • Released: September 2006
  • Label: Arista (#82876-89387)
37
The Essential
  • Released: 6 February 2007
  • Label: Sony BMG (#88697043372)
35
The Collection
  • Released: 2010
  • Label: Camden (#88697808482)
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 2015
  • Label: Arista (#88698105387)
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
BEL
[25]
CAN
[26]
GER
[27]
NED
[28]
NZ
[7]
US
[29]
US
Adult

[30]
1976 "(The System of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether" 62 37 Tales of Mystery and Imagination
"The Raven" 80
"To One in Paradise" 108
1977 "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You" 22 36 I Robot
"Don't Let It Show" 71 92
1978 "Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)"
"I Robot"
"Pyramania" Pyramid
"What Goes Up" 87
1979 "Hyper-Gamma-Spaces"
"Lucifer" 4 8 Eve
"Damned If I Do" 16 27
1980 "You Won't Be There" 105
"You Lie Down with Dogs"
"The Turn of a Friendly Card" 90 The Turn of a Friendly Card
"Games People Play" 95 9 16
"The Gold Bug" 15 40
1981 "Time" 30 15 10
"Snake Eyes" 67
1982 "Eye in the Sky" 22 1 38 6 3 3 Eye in the Sky
"Psychobabble" 57
"Old and Wise" 74 31 19 21
1983 "You Don't Believe" 43 54 The Best of the Alan Parsons Project
1984 "Don't Answer Me" 58 43 8 22 7 10 30 15 4 Ammonia Avenue
"Prime Time" 69 34 10
1985 "Let's Talk About Me" 89 32 40 56 Vulture Culture
"Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)" 71 11
"Vulture Culture"
1986 "Limelight" Stereotomy
"Stereotomy" 82
1987 "Standing on Higher Ground" Gaudi
1990 "Freudiana" Freudiana
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Music videos

Live

  • "The Alan Parsons Project at Night of the Proms" (1990)
  • "The Alan Parsons Project Live" (1994)
  • "Alan Parsons Project : The Very Best Live" (1995)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "UK chart peaks". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 229. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ a b "Austrian chart peaks". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  4. ^ Canadian studio albums:
  5. ^ German studio albums:
  6. ^ a b "Dutch chart peaks". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  7. ^ a b c "New Zealand chart peaks". charts.nz. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Norwegian chart peaks". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Swedish chart peaks". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  10. ^ a b "Swiss chart peaks". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  11. ^ a b "The Alan Parsons Project Chart history: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  12. ^ a b c "BPI Certification". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "German Certification" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Canadian Certification". Music Canada. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g "RIAA Certification". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  16. ^ "Great Rock Discography". p. 616.
  17. ^ "New Zealand Certification - "Pyramid"". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  18. ^ "New Zealand Certification - "Eve"". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  19. ^ "New Zealand Certification - "The Turn of a Friendly Card"". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  20. ^ "Kent Music Report No 453 – 28 February 1983 > Platinum Albums 1982 (Continued)". Retrieved 26 December 2022 – via Imgur.com.
  21. ^ "New Zealand Certification - "Eye in the Sky"". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  22. ^ Canadian compilation albums:
  23. ^ German compilation albums:
  24. ^ "New Zealand Certification - "The Best of the Alan Parsons Project"". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  25. ^ "Belgian (Flanders) chart peaks". ultratop.be. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  26. ^ Canadian singles:
  27. ^ German singles:
  28. ^ "The Alan Parsons Project".
  29. ^ "US Hot 100 Singles". Billboard. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  30. ^ "US Adult Contemporary Singles". Billboard. Retrieved 1 October 2016.