Vulture Culture
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| Studio album by The Alan Parsons Project | ||
| Released | March 1985 | |
| Recorded | May 1984 - July 1984 | |
| Genre | Progressive rock | |
| Length | 37:59 | |
| Label | Arista Records | |
| Producer(s) | Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson | |
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| The Alan Parsons Project chronology | ||
| Ammonia Avenue (1984) |
Vulture Culture (1985) |
Stereotomy (1985) |
Vulture Culture is an album by The Alan Parsons Project. The first side of the LP (CD tracks 1-4) consists entirely of four-minute pop songs, and the second side varies widely, from the subdued funk of the title track to the bouncing, desert-like "Hawkeye". Although "Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)" is held to be one of the Project's best songs, no songs or singles from the album reached the Top 40.
Originally, the album was intended to be the second LP of a double album, with Ammonia Avenue being the first. "Sooner Or Later" was recently described by Parsons himself as, "the third attempt to try and get another hit with the "Eye In The Sky"'esque chugging guitar l - Prime Time from Ammonia Avenue was the second, which I thought was a little more successful in that respect."
The song "Hawkeye" is mostly an instrumental but contains a line from Monica, a woman working at the canteen in Abbey Road Studios. The line she says is: "Only what's on the menu".
This is the only Project album that does not feature the orchestration of Andrew Powell.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Eric Woolfson, Alan Parsons, expect where noted.
- "Let's Talk About Me" – 4:29
- "Separate Lives" – 4:59
- "Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)" – 4:31
- "Sooner Or Later" – 4:25
- "Vulture Culture" – 5:22
- "Hawkeye" (instrumental) – 3:49
- "Somebody Out There" – 4:55
- "The Same Old Sun" – 5:25
Vulture Culture was remastered and reissued in 2007 with following bonus tracks:
- "No Answers Only Questions (Final Version)" (Woolfson) – 2:12
- "Separate Lives (Alternative Mix)" – 4:18
- "Hawkeye (Demo)" – 3:18
- "The Naked Vulture" – 10:43
- "No Answers Only Questions (The First Attempt)" (Woolfson) – 2:56
[edit] Trivia
- The album name was referenced in Donkey Kong Country as one of the bonus levels.
