I Robot by Alan Parsons Project

I Robot

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I Robot

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Audio CD (October 25, 1990)

Number of Discs: 1

Label: Arista

Catalog Number: 8040

Reader Reviews
I Robot is my personal favorite of all Parsons albums, in part because it is the concept album in its perfect form. The opener, I Robot, is an outstanding instrumental, perhaps his second best (Lucifer destroys all competition). I Wouldn't Want to be Like You is an excellent song, my second most played of all the Parsons songs I own. If listened to through headphones, the beginning of I Wouldn't Want to be Like You is very cool. The sound switches between earpieces, and the effect sounds amazing. Breakdown has excellent potential, and would be a five star song up with the first two and next two if it weren't for the "Freedom Freedom" garbage. At this point, the song just breaks down completely. Some Other Time is a great song for the album and a great song on its own. Don't Let it Show is another excellent song, one of my favorite Parsons songs. The Voice is the track that best fits the concept, and is a good song on its own. However, the clapping doesn't work. I have heard the suggestion that the clapping represents a monotonous Orwellian society (think 1984), but I don't see it. Nucleus is a good instrumental that sets the mood of the album, but is not particularly interesting on its own. Day After Day is a very good song, followed by the eerie Total Eclipse. Finally, Genesis Ch. 1 V. 32 closes the album with an instrumental that better than the previous two. Listening to the album carefully reveals that each song, especially on the second half of the CD, flows into the next. This is an excellent experience, full of great songs. Beware the Robots!

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