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Eve (Remastered/Expanded) | 
| Artist: Alan Parsons Project
Label: Sony/BMG
Category: Music
List Price: £9.99
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 7967
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Extra tracks
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 683861
UPC: 828768386125
EAN: 0828768386125
ASIN: B000NJVWU0
Release Date: September 22, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Lucifer | | • | You Lie Down With Dogs | | • | I'd Rather Be A Man | | • | You Won't Be There | | • | Winding Me Up | | • | Damned If I Do | | • | Don't Hold Back | | • | Secret Garden | | • | If I Could Change Your Mind | | • | Elsie's Theme | | • | Lucifer | | • | Secret Garden | | • | Damned If I Do | | • | Don't Hold Back | | • | Lucifer | | • | If I Could Change Your Mind |
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| Customer Reviews:
 The enigma and genius that is Eve...... October 28, 2008
Friendlycard (Norfolk, UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Ah, the controversial one..... The Project reissue series has reached 'Eve', a controversial album ever since its release in 1979.
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br /Let's not duck the controversy, misplaced though much of it is. The cover - more muted now in CD format than in twelve-inch vinyl - shows three veiled women who, on closer inspection, are disfigured on the shadow sides of their faces. The track titles - 'You Lie Down With Dogs', 'I'd Rather Be A Man', 'Damned If I Do', and so on - seem to underscore the controversial slant. 'Lucifer' - and references to the apple tree - hint that the Eve of the title is Adam's partner (though it now emerges that this may not have been the intention after all).
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br /The album was never 'anti' women as such, but does give an ascerbic take on the power that women can sometimes exercise over men. It's an album about women's strengths, not weaknesses, but the lyrics are undeniably uncomfortable in places.
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br /However, if we assess the album on its musical merits - as surely we should - it's a tour de force. Every track is superb. 'Lucifer' is a stunning, dark and haunting instrumental. Regular vocalist Lenny Zakatek puts real grit and bite into 'You Lie Down With Dogs'. 'I'd Rather Be A Man', sung by bassist David Paton, is another gem. Dave Townsend injects exquisite pathos into 'You Won't Be There', and Chris Rainbow's great vocals perfectly complement the ELO-style orchestral flare of 'Winding Me Up'. Zakatek returns for the ascerbic 'Damned If I Do', which benefits from marvellous orchestration (and was later memorably performed in classical format by Project orchestrator Andrew Powell).
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br /Thankfully, a much softer take on women emerges in the last three tracks on the original album which, unusually for the Project, feature two female lead vocalists. 'Don't Hold Back' is beautifully performed by Clare Torry (of 'Dark Side Of The Moon' fame), 'Secret Garden' is a beautiful piece, and we conclude with another great vocal performance from Lesley Duncan on 'If I Could Change Your Mind'.
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br /As well as being controversial, 'Eve' is sometimes disliked even by those who otherwise like the Project. As far as I'm concerned, it's a superbly crafted and innovative album which fuses great melodies, crisp lyrics, great vocal and instrumental performances and some exquisite orchestrations.
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br /The nicely-remastered reissue contains some great bonus material, and these additional tracks are amply demonstrative of the perfectionism that went into the original production. Forget the controversy, admire and enjoy the music. A great album from a class rock act.
 Another Nice Reissue October 3, 2008
Vaughan (UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
What's going on with this release at Amazon? I had to order these from another site because, even when I'm writing this (two weeks after actually receiving it) you still can't seem to order it through this site....
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br /Anyway, that aside..... this is part of the final three CD set of Alan Parsons Project reissues. I have all three, but this is the first one I've started listening too.
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br /Often referred to as a "missing gem" of APP, I must say I've been enjoying it quite a bit - after four or five listens. First time around though I thought it was a little poorer than the albums that surround it. Whereas the other albums seem to me to be rock albums, wrapped in AOR - there are times when this is more pop orientated, and ever so slightly (bad) disco.
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br /However, five or so listens in, and I'm beginning to appreciate it a little more. The instrumentals are good, and You Lie Down With Dogs and Damned If I Do are actually classic APP tunes. Another interesting song is I'd Rather Be A Man, which starts as though it'll be another instrumental before breaking out into song. Fun.
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br /The booklet is decent - but is carries over the (very) annoying tendency to have text from other booklets included. So maybe a third of the text in the booklet is unique to this release, the rest you've probably read before (assuming, as I do, that if you're buying one of these releases, you're buying them all).
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br /As for the bonus tracks - there's nothing embarrassing here. And as with Vulture Culture, there's actually one rarity that is quite beautiful - Elsie's Theme. This is an instrumental track, played on acoustic piano, no accompaniment. Sounds great (would love to have had more from these sessions).
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br /Sound quality is good, though maybe this one doesn't come up to the standards of the other reissues.
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br /Finally - I wish, given we've had extended booklets, they'd have given us the lyrics. The original (nor bin worthy) release had them, so why not this spanking new version?
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br /Anyway - I'd rate this nearer the bottom of the APP albums. That's mainly because the standards set by the others is very high. I hope Amazon get things sorted out and start selling this title. It's worth your upgrade/money.
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