The Alan Parsons Challenge’s second album, I Robotic, is to be reissued in a wide range of codecs, together with a restricted version Tremendous Deluxe boxset.
Initially launched on Clive Davis’ Arista Data on the 8 July 1977, I Robotic attracts conceptually on creator Isaac Asimov’s science fiction Robotic tales, exploring philosophical themes relating to synthetic intelligence.
The expanded CD launch features a 2025 remaster of the unique album by Miles Showell at Abbey Highway Studios, alongside 4 extra bonus tracks and a completely illustrated, 12-page booklet containing sleevenotes that includes quotes from Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson in addition to lyric sheet.
As well as, I Robotic may even be launched on numerous vinyl codecs together with 180g basic black vinyl, and restricted version, 180g heavyweight clear vinyl, that includes half-speed remasters by Showell at Abbey Highway Studios.
The restricted version Tremendous Deluxe boxset incorporates 4CDs, 1 Blu-ray Disc and a 180g heavyweight LP vinyl version in a gatefold sleeve. With an extra 70 bonus tracks (47 of them beforehand unreleased) taken from studio periods out-takes, the gathering options Dolby Atmos and 5.1 Encompass Sound mixes by Parsons from the unique multi-track grasp tapes, together with a brand new stereo HD & CD remaster of the unique album by Showell.
Additionally included is a completely illustrated 12” x 12” casebound e-book that includes interviews, full lyrics and commentary on the bonus tracks, an A1 poster and a copy press equipment folder.
Robotic Wars
Recorded at Abbey Highway Studios, I Robotic featured a wide range of completely different lead vocalists together with Steve Harley, Allan Clarke, Lenny Zakatek, Peter Straker, Jack Harris and Jaki Whitren, alongside a number of session musicians together with guitarist Ian Bairnson, bass participant David Paton, drummer Stuart Tosh and naturally, Woolfson on keyboards with preparations by Andrew Powell.
4 singles have been launched from the album, together with I Wouldn’t Need To Be Like You. Within the accompanying music video, Parsons performs the function of a person in a surreal chase with an nameless humanoid performed by Woolfson.
One of many duo’s three albums to make the High 30 within the UK, alongside 1982’s Eye In The Sky and Ammonia Avenue from 1984, I Robotic was a High 10 success within the US, reaching No.9.
A lot of the Stateside success is owed to luck and timing: the primary Star Wars movie had appeared in US cinemas three months earlier than the album’s launch. Woolfson famous, “We introduced out I Robotic nearly precisely concurrently Star Wars was launched. In fact, Star Wars featured robots, and the one report sleeves in shops, particularly in America, that had a robotic on it was ours. Having a robot-like determine on the quilt labored very a lot to our benefit.”
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