The Alan Parsons Project ) Vulture Culture ) 1984 (Arista US)

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Vulture Culture is the 8th studio album by The Alan Parsons Project, released in 1984 (early 1985 in some countries) via the Arista label. Recorded and Mixed at Abbey Road Studios, London between May and July 1984. All songs written and composed by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson.
At the beginning of 1985, the lead single "Let's Talk About Me" reached the Top 40 in Germany (where the album was No. 1), in Switzerland (where Vulture Culture was No. 2) and in the Netherlands. The song features voice-over commentary from Lee Abrams, credited on the album as "Mr. Laser Beam" (an anagram of his name).
Originally, the album was intended to be the 2nd LP of a double album, with Ammonia Avenue being the 1st. After the discs were split into separate albums, Vulture Culture was given a more modern (for the time) studio treatment with harder-hitting drums and dynamics. "Sooner or Later" was described by Parsons himself as "the 3rd attempt to try and get another hit with the "Eye in the Sky"-esque chugging guitar line – "Prime Time" from Ammonia Avenue was the 2nd, which I thought was a little more successful in that respect."
In the charts, Vulture Culture was a success in continental Europe, often reaching the Top 10, and in Oceania; whereas it was less successful in North America. It was the last album to be certified Gold.
The song "Hawkeye" is an instrumental but does contain 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.
Vulture Culture was the last Project album recorded on analogue equipment, and as with the previous two, mixed directly to the digital master tape.

Ian Bairnson – guitar
Colin Blunstone – vocals
Richard Cottle – synthesizer, keyboards, saxophone
Stuart Elliott – percussion, drums
Mr. Laser Beam – vocals, speech/speaker/speaking part
Alan Parsons – keyboards, programming, vocals
David Paton – bass, vocals
Chris Rainbow – vocals
Eric Woolfson – piano, keyboards, vocals
Lenny Zakatek – vocals

🔘 Side 1:
Let's Talk About Me
Separate Lives
Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)
Sooner or Later

🔘 Side 2:
Vulture Culture
Hawkeye
Somebody Out There
The Same Old Sun