The opening track to the Alan Parsons Projects Eye in the Sky remains the most recognized instrumental in sportsfanfare inseparably tied with introducing NBA legend Michael Jordan and his six-time world-champion Chicago Bulls mates before games, and still used by many teams as an energy-raising prelude. Indeed, the subdued grandiosity, cosmic bluster, and lights-out wonder of Sirius sets the table for the bands smash 1982 album, whose hallmark smoothness, lushness, and balance extend to the musics exquisite songwriting, dreamy emotions, and underlying orchestral scope. Credit for the records craft, cohesiveness, and accessibility also falls to Alan Parsons and creative partner Eric Woolfsons knack for recruiting session pros that translate their visions with unquestioned feelingparticularly, vocalists who include former Zombie leader Colin Blunstone and soul singer Lenny Zakatek.

Mastered from the original master tapes, Mobile Fidelitys RTI- pressed 180g 45RPM 2LP and hybrid SACD versions of Eye in
the Sky feature succulent warmth, magnificent balance, low-end heft, and see-through transparency that take you into the studio with Parsons at Abbey Road Studios. Each note seems perfectly placed, every sequence painstakingly considered. Boasting front- to-back depth, concert-hall-level separation, realistic presence, and bang-on accuracy, the reissues illustrate the lasting importance

of perfectionist-minded engineering and recording techniques. These releases will test the capabilities of the worlds finest stereo systems. Theres more information, more texture, more nuance more of everything to be experienced. British progressive rock would never again sound so sophisticated, suave, or steady.