Eye In The Sky – Alan Parsons Project | Top 40 Chart Performance, Story and Song Meaning
Chart Performance: Pop (#3) & Adult Contemporary (#3); 1982
Story Behind The Song By Ed Osborne
The multi-talented guitarist/keyboardist/producer Alan Parsons created the “Alan Parsons Project,” a loose cooperative of session players and guest performers, with songwriter Eric Woolfson.
The Project’s first release, 1976’s Tales Of Mystery And Imagination – Edgar Allan Poe, set the tone for subsequent albums, each of which explored a particular theme. I, Robot (#9; 1977), delved into science fiction while The Turn Of A Friendly Card (#13; 1981) dealt with gambling and risk-taking.
Following Card, Alan and Eric broke from the concept album mold and recorded a similarly-formatted album with no overarching theme. Eye In The Sky with its I-can read-your mind lyrics and a vocal by Eric, became the Project’s highest charting single.
As for Alan himself, in addition to being a well-respected recording artist, his greatest claim to fame remains his engineering contributions to two of the best rock albums ever committed to tape: The Beatles‘ Abbey Road and Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon. (b. 12/20/49)
This content and all Song Meaning articles were created and written by Top 40 Contributing Editor Ed Osborne. © 2024 Ed Osborne. All Rights Reserved. In addition to these song meaning articles, Ed has written our “Year in Music 1960s-1990s” articles.
Produced by:
- Alan Parsons
- Eric Woolfson
Lyrics Written by:
- Alan Parsons
- Eric Woolfson
Ed Osborne
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