Алан Парсонс (р. 20 декабря 1949) добился высокой репутации студийного мастера совместной деятельностью с самыми выдающимися исполнителями на рубеже 60-70-х годов. Свою карьеру в студии он начал, когда " Beatles" взялись за работу над альбомом "Abbey road". В 1971 году Алан появился в качестве звукорежиссера у Пола Маккартни на записи "Wild Life" и "Red Rose Speedway", однако свое настоящее "боевое крещение" получил некоторое время спустя, работая вместе с " Pink Floyd" над легендарным диском "Dark Side Of The Moon". До того, как Парсонс приступил к записи своего первого сольного альбома, он успел еще отметиться сотрудничеством с Аланом Стюартом, Джоном Майлзом и группой " Hollies", а также работал в американских студиях. Там же и родились два его первых сольных альбома. На пластинке "Tales Of Mystery And Imagination Edgar Allan Poe" Парсонс сделал попытку перевода на язык симфонического рока мрачной и загадочной прозы Эдгара По. Такая литература, по мнению Парсонса, представляла идеальный материал для либретто современной роковой оперы.
И действительно - несмотря на то, что все в этом альбоме было нетипичным - начиная с многостраничной, имитирующей пожелтевшую бумагу, вкладки, до обложки с загадочными силуэтами то ли мумий, то ли компьютеров, от психоделических текстов до тяжелой, суперсовременной музыки - диск был хорошо принят и критиками, и слушателями. На втором диске вновь появилась "озвученная философия" Парсонса: пластинка была посвящена опасностям, возникающим, по мнению композитора, при создании роботов.
Парсонс стал первым музыкантом, пробившим барьер отождествления у широкой публики творца роковой музыки с обаятельным и процветающим певцом или инструменталистом, чьи непринужденно-раскованные, неукротимо-темпераментные или дико заросшие, соответственно, позы, фигуры и лица были до мельчайших деталей спроектированы опытнейшими профессионалами. Он показал, что на первом плане может находиться и человек в наушниках, сидящий в студии среди огромного количества приборов, регулирующий уровни и спектр комбинируемых им сигналов и склеивающий куски монтируемой им пленки. Бравурная трактовка техники и электроники, как средства выражения в "новом музыкальном языке", кажется в творчестве Алана Парсонса столь же естественной, как и его постоянные обращения к литературной и философской трактовке, достаточно удаленной от банальной "поп-энд-роковой" музыки. Главным соавтором овеянных ореолом мистицизма пластинок группы Парсонса "Alan Parsons Project", в том числе и последующих "Pyramid" и "Eve", стал Эрик Вулфсон, который являлся не только автором текстов, но также и сокомпозитором большинства созданных группой произведений. Если диск "I Robot" был взглядом из сегодняшнего дня в будущий, то следующий альбом можно назвать взглядом из сегодня в прошлое. Тему египетских пирамид Парсонс и Вулфсон выбрали не случайно. "Вряд ли в последние годы в США писали о чем-нибудь больше, чем о пирамидах и их некоей магической силе", - говорил Вулфсон.
Однако менялся исходный характер концептуальных альбомов. Некоторые песни диска "Pyramid" выпадали из общей темы. На этом же лонгплее выкристаллизовался состав "Alan Parsons Project", почти не менявшийся долгое время: кроме Парсонса и Вулфсона, в нем играли гитарист Йен Бейрсон, басист Дэвид Пэйтон, ударник Стюарт Эллиот и клавишник Дункан Маккей.
Следующие диски не принесли, в общем, ничего нового. Напротив – "Project" стали группой, исполняющей в основном усредненный поп-рок, в котором не хватало оригинальности и изобретательности. Но в коммерческом плане группа изрядно преуспела, особенно на европейском рынке. В 1979 году ансамбль имел в хит-парадах одновременно четыре песни - успех, доступный разве только " Beatles". Меньше удовлетворения выказала профессиональная критика. Об альбоме "Eve", посвященному отношениям мужчины и женщины, стали все чаще раздаваться критические отзывы. Парсонс был обозначен как роковый вариант Перси Фэта и Джеймса Ласта. Но популярности у слушателей он не утратил - это доказал и следующий диск "The Turn Of A Friendly Card", на котором Вулфсон дебютировал в качестве вокалиста. Одновременно это оказался последний диск, обладающий монотематическим характером - о переменчивом счастье в азартной игре, о связи азарта и политики, об эмоциях, связанных с игрой в карты, о мистике, связанной с розыгрышем партий. Двойной "платиновый" статус, завоеванный этим альбомом, показал, что для Парсонса карта и на этот раз легла счастливой стороной. С энтузиазмом был воспринят и диск "Gaudi", посвященный творениям прославленного архитектора.
После альбома "Freudiana" о жизни Зигмунда Фрейда Эрик Вулфсон покинул своего коллегу и занялся работой с другими музыкантами. В 90-х Парсонс вернулся к идее своего "Проекта", выпустив диски "Try Anything Once" (1993), "On Air" (1996) и "Time Machine" (1999) с большим количеством приглашенных вокалистов и других музыкантов, с симфоническим оркестром. Музыка современного Парсонса - красивый "атмосферный" AOR c арт-элементами.
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