Released 27 August 1979 Length 39:23 Release date 27 August 1979 Label Arista Records | Studio Super Bear Studios Artist The Alan Parsons Project Producer Alan Parsons | |
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Recorded December 1978 – June 1979 Eve
(1979) The Turn of a Friendly Card
(1980) Genres Progressive rock, Pop rock Similar The Alan Parsons Project albums, Progressive rock albums |
Eve is the fourth studio album by progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project. It was released in 1979. Eve's focus is on the strengths and characteristics of women, and the problems they face in the world of men. The album had originally been intended to focus on "great women in history", but evolved into a wider concept. The album features several songs from a misogynist point of view, unusual for an Alan Parsons Project album.
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Eve is The Alan Parsons Project's first album with singer Chris Rainbow. The album's opening instrumental "Lucifer" was a major hit in Europe, and "Damned If I Do" reached the US Top 30. "Lucifer" also is used as title track for the German political TV show Monitor.
The alan parsons project eve full album
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson.
Eve was remastered and reissued in 2008 with the following bonus tracks:
- "Elsie's Theme from 'The Sicilian Defence' (the Project that never was)"
- "Lucifer" (demo)
- "Secret Garden" (early rough mix)
- "Damned If I Do" (rough mix)
- "Don't Hold Back" (vocal rehearsal rough mix)
- "Lucifer" (early rough mix)
- "If I Could Change Your Mind" (rough mix)
Personnel
Produced and engineered by Alan Parsons
Mastered by Chris Blair [UK], Wally Traugott [USA]
Executive Production: Eric Woolfson
Cover art
The cover art for Eve by Hipgnosis features two women wearing veils, with their faces partially in shadow. The image wraps around from left side of the front cover to the back. Two of the women are shown on the front cover, with the third on the back. On the shaded part of each woman's face, the shadows and veils partially conceal disfiguring scars and sores.
Songs
1Lucifer5:06
2You Lie Down With Dogs3:48
3I'd Rather Be a Man3:54