The Alan Parsons Project discography
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The following is the complete discography of The Alan Parsons Project. Over the years they have released 11 studio albums, 14 compilation albums and 38 singles.
Studio albums11
Compilation albums18
Singles38
Music videos9
| The Alan Parsons Project discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 11 |
| Compilation albums | 18 |
| Singles | 38 |
| Music videos | 9 |
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 | 56 | 45 | — | 81 | 11 | — | 7 | — | — | — | 38 | ||
| I Robot | 26 | 10 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 2 | — | 24 | — | 9 | ||
| Pyramid |
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49 | 16 | 17 | 25 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 13 | 22 | — | 26 | |
| Eve |
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74 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 40 | 4 | 6 | 10 | — | 13 | |
| The Turn of a Friendly Card |
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38 | 24 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 22 | — | 13 | |
| Eye in the Sky |
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27 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | — | 7 | |
| Ammonia Avenue |
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24 | 16 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 15 | |
| Vulture Culture |
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40 | 32 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 46 | |
| Stereotomy |
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— | 50 | 15 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 49 | 8 | 21 | 13 | 43 |
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| Gaudi |
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66 | 61 | 16 | 53 | 6 | 2 | 41 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 57 |
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| The Sicilian Defence |
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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 |
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99 | 25 | 49 | 19 | — | 20 | — | 16 | 53 | ||||
| The Best of the Alan Parsons Project, Vol. 2 |
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| The Instrumental Works |
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— | — | — | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Pop Classics |
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— | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Anthology |
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| The Best of the Alan Parsons Project |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | ||||
| The Ultimate Collection |
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— | — | — | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| The Definitive Collection |
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— | — | — | — | 95 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Gold Collection |
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— | — | — | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Love Songs |
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| The Best of the Alan Parsons Project |
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| Platinum & Gold Collection |
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| Ultimate |
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| Extended Versions: The Encore Collection |
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| The Dutch Collection |
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— | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| The Essential |
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— | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | ||||
| The Collection |
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| Greatest Hits |
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| "—" 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 [26] |
CAN [27] |
GER [28] |
NED [29] |
US [30] |
US Adult [31] |
US Rock [32] | ||||||
| 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 | — | 47 | |||||
| 1982 | "Eye in the Sky" | — | 22 | — | — | 1 | 38 | — | 3 | 3 | 11 | Eye in the Sky | |||
| "You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | |||||
| "Psychobabble" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 57 | — | 54 | |||||
| "Old and Wise" | 74 | — | — | 31 | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | |||||
| 1983 | "You Don't Believe" | — | — | — | — | 43 | — | — | 54 | — | 12 | The Best of the Alan Parsons Project | |||
| 1984 | "Don't Answer Me" | 58 | 43 | — | 8 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 15 | Ammonia Avenue | |||
| "Prime Time" | — | — | — | — | — | 69 | — | 34 | 10 | 3 | |||||
| 1985 | "Let's Talk About Me" | — | — | — | — | 89 | 32 | 40 | 56 | — | 10 | Vulture Culture | |||
| "Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 71 | 11 | 30 | |||||
| "Vulture Culture" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1986 | "Stereotomy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 82 | — | 5 | Stereotomy | |||
| "Limelight" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1987 | "Standing on Higher Ground" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | Gaudi | |||
| 1990 | "Freudiana" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Freudiana | |||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
Music videos
- "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You" (1977)
- "What Goes Up" (1978)
- "Lucifer" (1979)
- "Turn of a Friendly Card" (1980)
- "Games People Play" (1980)
- "Time" (1980)
- "The Gold Bug" (1981)
- "Don't Answer Me" (1984)
- "Prime Time" (1984)
- "Sirius/Eye in the Sky" (features clips from Nineteen Eighty-Four) (1984)
- "Let's Talk About Me" (1985)
- "Stereotomy" (1986)
- "Standing on Higher Ground" (1987)
- "Freudiana" (1990)
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)
- "Eye to Eye : Live in Madrid" (2004)
See also
- Ladyhawke soundtrack, composed by Andrew Powell and produced by Parsons
- Freudiana, started production as an Alan Parsons Project album
- Alan Parsons discography
- Eric Woolfson solo discography