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Pyramid (stylized as Pyr△mid) is the third album by progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project, released in 1978. It is a concept album centred on the pyramids of Giza. At the time the album was conceived, interest in pyramid power and Tutankhamun was widespread in the US and the UK.^{[citation needed]} Pyramid was nominated for the 1978 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.[2]

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Pyramid
Studio album by The Alan Parsons Project
Released	June 1978
Recorded	September 1977 – February 1978
Studio	Abbey Road Studios, London, England
Genre	Progressive rock art rock symphonic rock new wave
Length	37:46
Label	Arista
Producer	Alan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project chronology
I Robot (1977) Pyramid (1978) Eve (1979)
Audio
"Hyper-Gamma-Spaces" on YouTube

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The book visible in the cover design is G. Patrick Flanagan - Pyramid Power: The Millennium Science (1973).[3]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson.

Bonus tracks

Pyramid was remastered and reissued in 2008 with the following bonus tracks:

10. "Voyager/What Goes Up/The Eagle Will Rise Again" (instrumental) - 8:55
11. "What Goes Up/Little Voice" (early version demo) - 4:07
12. "Can't Take It with You" (early version demo) - 1:45
13. "Hyper-Gamma-Spaces" (demo) - 2:21
14. "The Eagle Will Rise Again" (alternate version – backing track) - 3:20
15. "In the Lap of the Gods" (Part I – demo) - 3:14
16. "In the Lap of the Gods" (Part II – backing track rough mix) - 1:56

Bonus tracks details

• What Goes Up/Little Voice - Another song called, at the time, Little Voice was included in this demo but was not used in the final album.[4]
• Can't Take It With You (early version demo) - Alan Parsons (unusually) played all the instruments.[5]
• Hyper-Gamma Spaces - The name came from Eric Woolfson's brother Richard, whose Mathematics Doctorial Thesis carried the title Hyper-Gamma Spaces.[6]
• The Eagle Will Rise Again (alternative version-backing track) - Intended as a Reprise Rock Band version demo attempt. This was abandoned as there was already enough material for the album.[7]

Personnel

• David Paton – bass, vocals
• Stuart Elliott – drums, percussion
• Ian Bairnson – electric and acoustic guitars
• Eric Woolfson, Duncan Mackay – keyboards
• Dean Ford, Colin Blunstone, Lenny Zakatek, John Miles, Jack Harris – vocals
• Phil Kenzie – saxophone solos on "One More River"
• Choir: The English Chorale, Choirmaster: Bob Howes
• Produced and engineered by Alan Parsons
• Executive production: Eric Woolfson
• Arrangements: Andrew Powell
• Album cover design: Hipgnosis
• Mastering: Chris Blair

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1978–79)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8]	16
Canada (RPM Magazine)[9]	34
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10]	23
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11]	3
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[12]	4
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[13]	13
Spanish Albums (AFE)[14]	4
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15]	22
UK Albums (OCC)[16]	49

Year-end charts

Chart (1978)	Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[17]	8
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[18]	18
Chart (1979)	Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19]	2

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[20]	2× Platinum	200,000^
Germany (BVMI)[21]	Platinum	500,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[22]	Gold	7,500^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[23]	Gold	50,000^
United States (RIAA)[24]	Gold	500,000^
Summaries
Worldwide	—	2,000,000+ [25]
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

• Pyramid, Alan Parsons Project. Arista Records AB 4180, 1978 (Vinyl LP)

На других языках

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[de] Pyramid (Album)

Pyramid ist ein 1978 veröffentlichtes Musikalbum der britischen Progressive-Rock-Band The Alan Parsons Project.

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- [en] Pyramid (The Alan Parsons Project album)

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[es] Pyramid

Pyramid es el tercer álbum de estudio del grupo de rock inglés The Alan Parsons Project.[1] Fue publicado, al igual que su predecesor en 1977, el 1 de junio de 1978 por Arista Records[2] tras sus antecesores Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976) y I Robot (1977).[3] La portada del álbum corrió a cargo del estudio gráfico Hipgnosis, que ya trabajó con The Alan Parsons Project en otros álbumes.

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[ru] Pyramid (альбом)

Pyramid (рус. Пирамида) — третий студийный альбом английской арт-рок-группы The Alan Parsons Project, изданный в 1978 году. Альбом был номинирован на премию «Грэмми» 1978 года в номинации «Лучшая продюсерская работа в жанре современной музыки». Основной темой альбома стала Великая пирамида Гизы и древнеегипетская культура, находившиеся в США и Великобритании в те годы на пике популярности. Также в этом альбоме ощущается влияние возникшей в те же годы новой волны.

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