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The prog hero who links The Pineapple Thief’s Bruce Soord to Pink Floyd and The Beatles
Soord’s inspiration comes from a man who made his name in the studio before releasing a series of acclaimed concept records in his own right
Prog veteran David Paton: I loved working with Alan Parsons, Kate Bush and Rick Wakeman. There’s one band I hated
The singer, bassist and guitarist explains what it was like to make music with legends – and wonders if he retired too soon
The story of Sirius, the dramatic prog anthem played at every World Cup game
The Alan Parsons Project's instrumental Sirius is one of the most famous pieces of music in sport – but its writers don't get the recognition they deserve
Official Alan Parsons Project 50th anniversary book now available for pre-order
She’s spent years looking through late dad Eric Woolfson’s archive, so Joel McIver’s book is full of never-previously-seen material
How a sci-fi icon inspired Pink Floyd’s engineer to make a wild concept album that predicted the AI revolution nearly 50 years ago
The Alan Parsons Projects’ I Robot is a 70s prog classic
The Alan Parsons Project's Eye In The Sky sounds like punk and new wave pop rock never happened
Alan Parsons' most commercially successful album bore fruit with the sports anthem Sirius and the hits Eye In The Sky and Old And Wise
Debate: What was the best prog album of 1976?
Punk might have been on the rise but Rush, Genesis, Jon Anderson, Van der Graaf Generator, Kansas, Alan Parsons, Camel and Soft Machine released records that became all-time greats. But which one is your favourite – and why?
The 20 best prog reissues of 2025
Long-awaited cuts from Pink Floyd, Genesis, Rush, Mike Oldfield and many more got the deluxe treatment over the past 12 months. Is your favourite on our list?
Alan Parsons Project story to be told for first time in official book
Earlybird sign-up for 200-page hardback offers choice of two editions, discount price when pre-order begins, your name in the memoir and fast delivery on publication
“It was a fear I had. It was unfounded”: Studio star reveals big regret to a fan who’s now a star himself
The Pink Floyd collaborator thought his career would last two years. But in the past five decades he’s had surprise hits, overreacted to a myth about tape, and made colleagues believe his ideas had been their own
