American Vrs European release
Dale Huntington | Atlanta, GA | 05/30/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I met Alan and the band when they played a concert in Orlando, Fl and what they had to say on the new album is that the European release has sound bites from the movie "The Spy Who Shaged Me" in it and they played that version in the concert. It was awsome! That is the only real difference between the 2 releases. This is the best Alan and the band has done in quite awhile. Even without Eric this album treads new ground for The APP. This is definately a must have for all APP fans!"
Very good. Add to your collection!!
Dale Huntington | 09/27/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This album by APP is one of the best. I especially like the first and third tracks. I bought this one, as well as Try Anything Once, and On Air without first having heard any of the songs that were on them. And I have all the APP albums except Freudonia. i have to put the review here, since there isn't access to review the US release yet. If there is, I couldn't get to it."
Alan Parsons hits his full stride!
Alan Holyoak | In the shadow of the Tetons | 03/10/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
""The Time Machine" (1999) is the 3rd release by Alan Parsons since the end of The Alan Parsons Project (APP) collaborations with Eric Woolfson. "Try Anything Once" was so-so, "On Air" was better, but "The Time Machine" shows Alan Parsons finding solid footing and hitting his full musical stride! This is a solid disc through and through without one stinker in the mix. I'd rate this album as being on par with some of the best APP releases, e.g., "The Turn of a Friendly Card", "Vulture Culture", and even "Eye in the Sky." It's not quite "I Robot" but it's in the running! This is a must have for any Alan Parsons fan, and for other fans of progressive rock.
Parsons again uses the concept album formula to find success with "The Time Machine". The main theme is the time-space continuum, and causes and effects of time in our lives. It's top-notch.
There is something for just about any Parsons fan.
If you like his instrumentals, check out "The Time Machine" pts 1&2 and "Far Ago and Long Away" which are both respectable, but "Rubber Universe" is one of his best instrumentals ever!
If you like Parsons mellow/melancholy sounds, try "Out of the Blue" (featuring Tony Handley of Spandau Ballet in lead vocal), "Ignorance is Bliss", "Call of the Wild" which does have a tempo that picks up toward the end, and "The Very Last Time." I rate those all at either 5/5 or 4/5 stars.
If you are a Parsons progressive rock fan, then give "Call Up", "No Future in the Past", and "Press Rewind" a chance.
Lastly, there's an interesting instrumental voiced over by Prof. Frank Close, Professor of Physics at Oxford. It's only 48 seconds long, but provides a great prologue to "Out of the Blue."
Again, this is a TOP-NOTCH release by Alan Parsons. It was good to hear Parsons music with the same feel and impact as his best APP work!
This disc earns a definite 5/5 stars, and is well worth what you may have to pay to get one of discs...it is, I believe, currently out of print, thus the high price for the few discs that are out there. I hope to see this disc re-released just as the earlier APP work is being remastered and re-released.
5/5 stars from a 30+ year Alan Parsons listener"
Track Listings (12) - Disc #1