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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]

Pyramid
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1978
RecordedSeptember 1977 – February 1978
StudioAbbey Road Studios, London, England
Genre
  • Progressive rock
  • art rock
  • symphonic rock
  • new wave
Length37:46
LabelArista
ProducerAlan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project chronology
I Robot
(1977)
Pyramid
(1978)
Eve
(1979)
Audio
"Hyper-Gamma-Spaces" on YouTube
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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.

Side one
No.TitleVocalsLength
1."Voyager"Instrumental2:24
2."What Goes Up…"David Paton; additional vocals by Dean Ford3:31
3."The Eagle Will Rise Again"Colin Blunstone4:20
4."One More River"Lenny Zakatek4:15
5."Can't Take It with You"Dean Ford; additional vocals by Colin Blunstone5:06
Side two
No.TitleVocalsLength
1."In the Lap of the Gods"Instrumental5:27
2."Pyramania"Jack Harris2:45
3."Hyper-Gamma-Spaces"Instrumental4:19
4."Shadow of a Lonely Man"John Miles; additional vocals by Colin Blunstone5:34

Bonus tracks


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

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

Bonus tracks details



Personnel



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 CertificationCertified 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


  1. DeGagne, Mike. Pyramid at AllMusic[dead link]
  2. "Grammy nominations - Alan Parsons". Grammy. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  3. The Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid. CD Remaster liner notes (2008)
  4. The Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid. CD Remaster liner notes (2008)
  5. The Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid. CD Remaster liner notes (2008)
  6. The Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid. CD Remaster liner notes (2008)
  7. The Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid. CD Remaster liner notes (2008)
  8. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 229. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  9. "RPM Top 100 Albums - September 30, 1978 (page 35)" (PDF).
  10. "Dutchcharts.nl – The Alan Parsons Project – Pyramid" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  11. "Offiziellecharts.de – The Alan Parsons Project – Pyramid" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  12. "Charts.nz – The Alan Parsons Project – Pyramid". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  13. "Norwegiancharts.com – The Alan Parsons Project – Pyramid". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  14. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  15. "Swedishcharts.com – The Alan Parsons Project – Pyramid". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  16. "The Alan Parsons Project | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  17. "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1978. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  18. "Top Selling Albums of 1978 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  19. "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  20. "Canadian album certifications – Alan Parsons Project – Pyramids". Music Canada.
  21. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Alan Parsons Project; 'Pyramids')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  22. "New Zealand album certifications – Alan Parsons Project – Pyramids". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  23. Sólo Éxitos 1959–2002 Año A Año: Certificados 1979–1990 (in Spanish). Iberautor Promociones Culturales. 2005. ISBN 8480486392.
  24. "American album certifications – Alan Parsons Project – Pyramids". Recording Industry Association of America.
  25. "Top Sales - Arista Records". Billboard. 27 January 1979. Retrieved 19 September 2018.

На других языках


[de] Pyramid (Album)

Pyramid ist ein 1978 veröffentlichtes Musikalbum der britischen Progressive-Rock-Band The Alan Parsons Project.
- [en] Pyramid (The Alan Parsons Project album)

[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.

[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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