Alan Parsons Project

The Time Machine

An Album-full of Reminiscing

Review Score:

(10/10)
Remember way back in 1985? The Macintosh had just wowed us with fully DIGITAL sound, and the Alan Parsons Project had a hit on the radio called The Traveller (Days are Numbers). They were my favorite group back then. Then a year or two later came Stereotomy. Wow what a change. At first I didn't like it at all, because it was such a departure from the last few albums. There were more instrumentals, the sound was different, and the whole concept was more high-brow. It took me a while to get used to it, but when I did, I found that I really liked the album after all. The same is true with The Time Machine. Many people complain about the slowness of the album, but when was APP really that heavy or driving? Listen again, and you'll find yourself tapping along to the beat. Yes, its there. Take a listen to all the instrumentation, the arrangements, and finally the vocals. What you're hearing is a reprise of everything Alan Parsons has put his name on, starting with Tales of Mystery and Imagination. Yep, those background singers sound just like the ones he used in "To One In Paradise." And that sound is just like what they used in Pyramid! And then they add just enough new stuff to make the whole thing worthwhile. All you fans who didn't like this the first time around, think about Stereotomy, or any other APP disc that took a while, but now you love. Give Time Machine another go around. Then another. This will fall right into place next to all the other classics.

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