Eye In The Sky

“Eye in the Sky” is a 1982 album by “The Alan Parsons Project”.

Songs on this album are in a number of different styles, from cool and funky to lyrical and heavily orchestrated. The sleeve was green with an image of the “Eye of Horus”, which was gold-foil stamped for early pressings of the LP. Variously reported as the band’s best-selling album, although others claim that “Ammonia Avenue” gets this honor.

Vocal performers were Eric Woolfson, David Paton, Chris Rainbow, Lenny Zakatek, Elmer Gantry and Colin Blunstone.

“Eye in the Sky” contained the Project’s greatest hit, the title track, which had lead vocals by Eric Woolfson and hit #3 on the Billboard charts in the US and #6 in Canada. Says Parsons of the song, “…I hated the song when we first started recording it — I was quite ready to drop it altogether. Then we hit upon the hypnotic guitar chugs and it all came together.”

This album also contains the well known instrumental piece “Sirius” which has been featured at sporting events throughout the US. The track is best remembered for its use by the Chicago Bulls to introduce its starting lineup (including Michael Jordan) during its championship years of the 1990s. German football club Eintracht Frankfurt also used the song for player introductions. It is also featured as the entrance music for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, the Iowa State Cyclones, the NFL’s Detroit Lions, legendary professional wrestler Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat and as of the 07/08 Premiership Season for the English football team Manchester City.