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Track Listings
| 1. Let's Talk About Me |
| 2. Separate Lives |
| 3. Days Are Numbers (The Traveller) |
| 4. Sooner Or Later |
| 5. Vulture Culture |
| 6. Hawkeye |
| 7. Somebody Out There |
| 8. The Same Old Sun |
| 9. No Answers Only Questions |
| 10. Separate Lives |
| 11. Hawkeye |
| 12. The Naked Vulture |
| 13. No Answers Only Questions |
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INCL. 5 BONUSTRACKSDISC 11. FAMILY MAN2. MOONLIGHT SHADOW3. HEAVENand#039;S OPEN4. FIVE MILES OUT5. TO FRANCE6. FOREIGN AFFAIR7. IN DULCI JUBILO8. SHADOW ON THE WALL9. ISLANDS10. ETUDE11. SENTINEL12. OMMADAWN (EXCERPT)13. INCANTATIONS (PART 4) (EXCERPT)14. AMAROK (EXCERPT)15. PORTSMOUTH16. LETand#039;S TALK ABOUT ME17. SEPARATE LIVES18. DAYS ARE NUMBERS (THE TRAVELLER)19. SOONER OR LATER20. VULTURE CULTURE21. HAWKEYE22. SOMEBODY OUT THERE23. THE SAME OLD SUN24. NO ANSWERS ONLY QUESTIONS - FINAL VERSION25. SEPARATE LIVES - ALTERNATIVE MIX26. HAWKEYE - DEMO27. THE NAKED VULTURE - EARLY MIXES28. NO ANSWERS ONLY QUESTIONS - FIRST ATTEMPT
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
It's short and sweet, but not a bad album at all if you like the usual Project stuff, but it is very similar to Ammonia Avenue (their previous album) in style and sound. The opening track, 'Let's Talk About Me' is dramatic and lively. It welcomes a fairly rare lead vocal from David Paton.
Eric Woolfson seems to take the lead frequently on this and on 'Ammonia Avenue', and the second track, 'Separate Lives', is the first of 3 tracks on this album where he does so. Bearing in mind that, on this album, there are only 8 tracks, one of which is an instrumental, Eric seems to be doing an awful lot of lead vocals. It's a fairly up tempo song about the end of a relationship.
'Days Are Numbers' is slower and is a good track. The lowest point of the album follows with 'Sooner Or Later' and the title track. The album picks up again, though. The only insrumental on this album is called 'Hawkeye' and is a lively and enjoyable affair. 'Somebody Out There' features the excellent voice of Colin Blunstone (check out 'Old And Wise on the 'Eye In the Sky' album) who seems to have gone rather paranoid at this point. The changes in tempo are welcome in this song. The closing song is a slower number finding Eric feeling rather lonely on his own but deciding that he'll be okay that way. The album ends with a nice guitar playout from Mr. Paton, as most of the Project's albums do.
It's not the best, but it's not bad. One can't help wandering what kind of album they would have done if, rather than churn out 2 albums in close succession, hold on a bit and release an album of the best cuts from the 2 recording sessions. The best tracks from 'Ammonia avenue' and the best tracks from 'Vulture Culture' would have made a good album, better than 'Ammonia Avenue' and 'Vulture Culture individually.... Read more ›
Eric Woolfson seems to take the lead frequently on this and on 'Ammonia Avenue', and the second track, 'Separate Lives', is the first of 3 tracks on this album where he does so. Bearing in mind that, on this album, there are only 8 tracks, one of which is an instrumental, Eric seems to be doing an awful lot of lead vocals. It's a fairly up tempo song about the end of a relationship.
'Days Are Numbers' is slower and is a good track. The lowest point of the album follows with 'Sooner Or Later' and the title track. The album picks up again, though. The only insrumental on this album is called 'Hawkeye' and is a lively and enjoyable affair. 'Somebody Out There' features the excellent voice of Colin Blunstone (check out 'Old And Wise on the 'Eye In the Sky' album) who seems to have gone rather paranoid at this point. The changes in tempo are welcome in this song. The closing song is a slower number finding Eric feeling rather lonely on his own but deciding that he'll be okay that way. The album ends with a nice guitar playout from Mr. Paton, as most of the Project's albums do.
It's not the best, but it's not bad. One can't help wandering what kind of album they would have done if, rather than churn out 2 albums in close succession, hold on a bit and release an album of the best cuts from the 2 recording sessions. The best tracks from 'Ammonia avenue' and the best tracks from 'Vulture Culture' would have made a good album, better than 'Ammonia Avenue' and 'Vulture Culture individually.... Read more ›
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Ade Best
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Reviewing from an entirely biased point of view, of course, this remastered edition freshens up the mid-1980s original well, and deserves a five score. Its theme is declared in the album's title, about those living in a self-created, financially predatory world, echoes of which are all too familiar in 2009.
The musical style benefits from no less than five different lead vocalists, and goes between the more melodic `Separate lives' and `Same old sun' to the crisp and robotic instrumental `Hawkeye', all of which benefit from Parsons' technical skill in providing a superbly-layered sound with some of the best stereo separation you're likely to encounter.
If you're into classical music or heavy metal, APP's probably not going to appeal too much, but APP-ites will relish the quality of this release and the bonus tracks.
The musical style benefits from no less than five different lead vocalists, and goes between the more melodic `Separate lives' and `Same old sun' to the crisp and robotic instrumental `Hawkeye', all of which benefit from Parsons' technical skill in providing a superbly-layered sound with some of the best stereo separation you're likely to encounter.
If you're into classical music or heavy metal, APP's probably not going to appeal too much, but APP-ites will relish the quality of this release and the bonus tracks.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Having had the original CD from its release in 1984 it has always been a valued CD in my collection. After listening to all of Alan Parsons recordings this is one of the best. This is great music for a long car journey.Favourite tracks are 'Separate lives','Days are Numbers','Sooner or Later' and the instrumental title track 'Hawkeye' (which was used by radio and tv producers in the late 80's as backing music; especially sports programmes). If you are new to Alan Parsons' this is a good place to start. If you want something that has great lyrics,musicianship BUY THIS NOW....and at this price point its a bargin.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By D. Moses
Format:Audio CD
An excellent album, with their best ever song included 'The same old sun', never has Eric sounded so good and the melody simply soars. The rest of the tracks are also outstanding. Worth getting, also for the inclusion of 'No questions only answers', which is a demo with acoustic guitars and Eric's lead vocal. It is a fantastic ballad and it would have been fascinating to see how this track had been developed. Why it was not is a mystery to me.
By Friendlycard
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Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
If memory serves, 'Vulture Culture' fell into the LP/CD transition period, and was first issued (in 1984) in both formats. The CD, however, was strangely lacking in atmosphere in comparison with the vinyl version. For me, this remastered issue restores the clarity, brightness and atmosphere of the original album, and, in keeping with others in the reissue series, adds a lot of previously-unreleased material.
'Vulture Culture' was one of the Project's more topical albums, the title neatly reversing the contemporary 'culture vulture' tag to highlight the contemporary issue of predatory greed. 'Vulture Culture' was the first Project album to lack strings, a key ingredient of previous albums - and later offerings (particularly the excellent 'Gaudi') benefited from the return of Andrew Powell's lush orchestration (I can also strongly recommend the Philharmonia's classical take on the Project, conducted by Powell).
To me, this is not one of the Project's very best albums, but this is a strictly relative judgement - most Project albums (including this one) are far, far ahead of most other artists' material, and earlier albums (such as 'Tales', 'I Robot', 'Pyramid' and 'Eve') set an incredibly hard standard to follow. My view is that the earlier albums were best, then, and that the Project peaked with the superlative 'Turn of a Friendly Card'.
'Vulture Culture' might not (quite) match the earlier albums, but there are some great tracks here - I'd highlight 'Let's Talk About Me', the title track and 'Somebody Out There', whilst almost everyone lauds 'Hawkeye'. This remaster, presenting the album in brighter, more immediate and more atmospheric form, is very welcome.... Read more ›
'Vulture Culture' was one of the Project's more topical albums, the title neatly reversing the contemporary 'culture vulture' tag to highlight the contemporary issue of predatory greed. 'Vulture Culture' was the first Project album to lack strings, a key ingredient of previous albums - and later offerings (particularly the excellent 'Gaudi') benefited from the return of Andrew Powell's lush orchestration (I can also strongly recommend the Philharmonia's classical take on the Project, conducted by Powell).
To me, this is not one of the Project's very best albums, but this is a strictly relative judgement - most Project albums (including this one) are far, far ahead of most other artists' material, and earlier albums (such as 'Tales', 'I Robot', 'Pyramid' and 'Eve') set an incredibly hard standard to follow. My view is that the earlier albums were best, then, and that the Project peaked with the superlative 'Turn of a Friendly Card'.
'Vulture Culture' might not (quite) match the earlier albums, but there are some great tracks here - I'd highlight 'Let's Talk About Me', the title track and 'Somebody Out There', whilst almost everyone lauds 'Hawkeye'. This remaster, presenting the album in brighter, more immediate and more atmospheric form, is very welcome.... Read more ›
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