4x CD

I Robot

Album by The Alan Parsons Project

Released 1 June 1977

progressive rock rock

Tracklist

CD 1: Original Album Plus Previously Released Bonus Tracks
1
I Robot
6:02
3.7 ★
2
I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You
3:22
3.8 ★
3
Some Other Time
4:05
4.4 ★
4
Breakdown
3:52
3.9 ★
5
Don’t Let It Show
4:24
3.4 ★
6
The Voice
5:23
3.0 ★
7
Nucleus
3:33
2.8 ★
8
Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)
3:47
3.6 ★
9
Total Eclipse
3:12
2.0 ★
10
Genesis Ch.1 V.32
3:20
3.4 ★
11
US Radio Commercial for I Robot
1:04
1.0 ★
12
I Robot (Boules Experiment)
2:02
3.0 ★
13
I Robot (Hilary Western soprano vocal rehearsal)
1:35
14
Extract 1 from the Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide
1:06
1.0 ★
15
Extract 2 from the Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide
1:00
1.0 ★
16
I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You (backing track rough mix)
3:31
3.0 ★
17
Some Other Time (complete vocal by Jaki Whitren)
3:47
18
Breakdown (early demo of backing riff)
2:11
3.0 ★
19
Extract 3 from the Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide
0:34
1.0 ★
20
Breakdown (The Choir)
1:53
21
Don’t Let It Show (Eric Woolfson demo)
3:29
22
Day After Day (early stage rough mix)
3:40
3.0 ★
23
Genesis Ch.1 V.32 (choir session)
2:20
1.0 ★
24
The Naked Robot
10:19
3.0 ★
CD 2: Previously Unreleased Bonus Tracks
1
I Robot (out take & rough mix)
10:22
2
I Robot (experimental lead guitar part with guide count)
3:54
3
I Robot (John Leach Kantele takes)
1:16
4
I Robot (Ian Bairnson rhythm electric guitar)
3:08
5
I Robot (choir takes)
3:22
6
I Robot (early mix before choir)
5:16
7
I Robot (single edit)
4:10
8
I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You (slower backing out take)
3:00
9
I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You (Eric Woolfson keyboard take)
3:21
10
I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You (Ian Bairnson electric rhythm guitar)
2:34
11
I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You (early mix of backing track)
3:22
12
I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You (Lenny Zakatek alt. vocal)
3:22
13
Some Other Time (Eric Woolfson piano take)
3:34
14
Some Other Time (Ian Bairnson acoustic guitar take)
3:25
15
Some Other Time (Ian Bairnson lead electric guitar takes)
1:17
16
Some Other Time (rough mix - Jaki alt. lyric & ad libs)
4:23
CD 3: Previously Unreleased Bonus Tracks
1
Breakdown (Eric Woolfson keyboard part)
2:51
2
Breakdown (projectron and bass)
1:17
3
Breakdown (Ian Bairnson acoustic guitar takes)
2:12
4
Breakdown (Ian Bairnson electric guitar harmony solo)
0:26
5
Breakdown (strings, brass & horns take)
1:39
6
Breakdown (rough mix + alt. backing out take)
7:51
7
Breakdown (rough mix of backing track)
4:06
8
Don’t Let It Show (Eric Woolfson piano takes)
3:17
9
Don’t Let It Show (Eric Woolfson organ take)
1:46
10
Don’t Let It Show (recorders & horns out take in key of D)
0:59
11
Don’t Let It Show (string section take)
3:09
12
Don’t Let It Show (woodwind take in key of D)
1:35
13
Don’t Let It Show (backing track early rough mix)
4:08
14
Don’t Let It Show (rough mix with alt. orchestra score)
4:52
15
Don’t Let It Show (extended end section)
1:35
16
The Voice (rough mix with extra strings & Alan vocoder)
6:12
17
The Voice (backing track rough mix)
4:08
18
Nucleus (experimenting with sound effects)
4:36
19
Nucleus (talking sound effects)
1:06
20
Nucleus (Stuart Tosh drum take with delay)
1:10
21
Nucleus (projectron only)
4:04
CD 4: Previously Unreleased Bonus Tracks
1
Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (BJ Cole steel out take)
4:27
2
Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (synth experiments)
4:03
3
Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (Eric Woolfson celeste take)
4:05
4
Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (Ian Bairnson acoustic guitar take)
4:00
5
Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (BJ Cole pedal steel take)
3:59
6
Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (backing vocals)
1:46
7
Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (backing track)
4:11
8
Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (single edit)
3:42
9
Total Eclipse & Nucleus (choral experiments)
1:45
10
Total Eclipse (choir only)
4:15
11
Genesis Ch.1 V.32 (Alan Parsons demo)
1:59
12
Genesis Ch.1 V.32 (everything but the choir)
2:40
13
Genesis Ch.1 V.32 (Ian Bairnson acoustic guitars)
1:35
14
Genesis Ch.1 V.32 (strings only)
1:53
15
Genesis Ch.1 V.32 (backing singers & choir takes)
2:20
16
Alan Parsons Spacey Vibraphone
1:37
17
Eric’s Jupiter (start of Gemini idea)
2:52
18
Taking It All Away (Eric Woolfson songwriting diary - 1st version)
3:25
19
I Robot Radio Adverts
1:46

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Release credits

Alan Parsons
acoustic guitar [4], effects [7], engineer [1-10], other instruments [7], producer [1-10], synthesizer [1, 3-4, 6-7], vocoder [6]
Allan Clarke
lead vocals [4]
Andrew Powell
conductor [1-6, 9-10], orchestrator [2]
Chris Blair
assistant [1-10]
Dave Townsend
lead vocals [5]
David Paton
acoustic guitar [3, 10], bass [3], bass guitar [1-2, 4-7, 10]
Duncan Mackay
keyboard [7, 10], synthesizer [1, 4]
Eric Woolfson
Wurlitzer electric piano [4], clavinet [1, 3], keyboard [2, 6-7, 10], organ [5], piano [3]
Hilary Western
soprano vocals [1]
Ian Bairnson
acoustic guitar [3-4, 10], guitar [1-7, 10]
Jack Harris
lead vocals [8]
Jaki Whitren
lead vocals [3]
John Leach
cimbalom [1, 3, 7], kantele [1, 7], zither [3]
John Perry
background vocals [3, 10]
John Wallace
piccolo trumpet [5]
Lenny Zakatek
lead vocals [2]
Pat Stapley
assistant [1-10]
Peter Straker
lead vocals [3]
Philharmonia Chorus
choir vocals [4, 10]
Robert Howes
chorus master [1, 7, 9-10]
Steve Harley
lead vocals [6]
Stuart Calver
background vocals [3, 10]
Stuart Tosh
drums (drum set) [1-7, 10], gong [7], percussion [5-6]
The English Chorale
choir vocals [1, 7, 9]
Tony Rivers
background vocals [3, 10]