Alan Parsons

The Profile

Alan Parsons is a British audio engineer, producer and musician. He engineered Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon and worked at Abbey Road Studios, later co-founding The Alan Parsons Project with Eric Woolfson and releasing acclaimed albums like I Robot, Eye in the Sky and The Turn of a Friendly Card. As a solo artist he issued On Air, The Time Machine, A Valid Path and The Secret.

English producer/engineer and musician; engineered Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon; worked at Abbey Road Studios on projects including The Beatles; co-founded The Alan Parsons Project with Eric Woolfson; notable for concept-driven, highly produced prog-pop; solo albums include On Air (1996), The Time Machine (1999), A Valid Path (2004) and The Secret (2019).

DeBaser’s reviews focus on Parsons’s post-Project albums: On Air, Try Anything Once and The Time Machine earn warm praise for craft and concept, while The Secret is welcomed as a nostalgic late-period return. A Valid Path is criticized for trendy electronics and uneven collaborations. Across the board, production finesse, orchestration, and recurring Project aesthetics are highlighted, with frequent nods to Eric Woolfson and classic-era magic.