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Underated, not by me!, 24 May 2007
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.
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A welcome reissue, 8 May 2008
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.
I must emphasise that awarding only four stars is a purely relative judgement - by any standards other than those of the Project's best albums, 'Vulture Culture' would certainly merit all five.
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mellow and melodic, 27 Oct 2007
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.
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