History YMMV / TheAlanParsonsProject

** The ''Intermezzo'' and ''Fall'' sections of the ''Fall of the House of Usher'' suite in ''Tales of Mystery and Imagination'' are some rather apocalyptic and scary short orchestral segments.
** ''Total Eclipse'', near the end of ''Music/IRobot'' is a creepy orchestral song reminescent of the music heard in ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''.

** In the middle of ''Psychobabble'' from ''Eye in the Sky'', there's an unsettling orchestral rise, similar to what's heard in ''The Voice'' from ''Music/IRobot''.
** Due to its atonal nature, some people may find certain parts of ''The Sicilian Defence'' creepy, like the beginning of ''P-K4'' or ''Kt-B3''.

** "Sirius" is arguably '''the''' Crowning Music amongst NBA fans, due to its use by the Chicago Bulls as their player intro music. Even if you're not a Bulls fan, you do recognize the music. The song even spread to other NBA teams, the NFL, the NCAA and even the Italian soccer team U.S. Sassuolo Calcio.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome[=/=]EarWorm:

* ShoutOut: "And it's cold {{in the heat of the night}}..."

* GeniusBonus: Or rather, Well-Traveled Bonus. The escalators in the cover art for ''Music/IRobot'' are those of [[TheCityOfLight Paris]] Charles [=DeGaulle=] Airport as it stood in the 1970s. (The escalators still exist, but you won't necessarily see them if you go through CDG; they're part of Terminal 1, which used to be the whole airport but is now something of a backwater, only operating flights for airlines not connected to Air France. It's rather a weird experience, whether or not you've seen the ''I Robot'' cover art.)

* HarsherInHindsight: The entire ''Eve'' album. While the band said that ''Eve'' was about "the strengths of women and the shortcomings of men" and was potentially meant to be sympathetic to women, it's essentially an album of [[MisogynySong Misogyny Songs]], due to the perspective that it's sung from. The singles from the album basically said, "You're a slut" ("You Lie Down with Dogs", with the lyric finishing with, "you get up with fleas"), and "You emasculated me" ("Winding Me Up"); the opening song is even called "Lucifer". The album features the only female vocalists on an APP album: one sings a song about chasing one's dreams, but the other sings about dropping their newfound life if their man will take them back. Couple all of this with the album artwork, featuring women wearing veils with open sores on their faces, and it's certainly a package that hasn't aged well.

** "Sirius" is arguably '''the''' Crowning Music amongst NBA fans, due to its use by the Chicago Bulls as their player intro music. Even if you're not a Bulls fan, you do recognize the music. Say it with me now: "Aaaaaaaaaaand now... the starting lineup... for your CHICAGO BULLS!"

* EpicRiff: "(The System of) Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether."

* AwardBaitSong: At least one per album: "To One in Paradise", "Don't Let It Show", "Day After Day", "The Eagle Will Rise Again", "If I Could Change Your Mind", "Time", "Old and Wise", "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You"...

** Among fans, there seems to be general consensus that if Lenny Zakatek is singing on a track, it usually means the song in question is going to be good. Commonly cited evidence includes "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You", "Games People Play" and "You Don't Believe".

** As for non-guitar riffs, "I Robot", "Psychobabble", and "Standing On Higher Ground".

* GeniusBonus: Or rather, Well-Traveled Bonus. The escalators in the cover art for ''I Robot'' are those of [[TheCityOfLight Paris]] Charles [=DeGaulle=] Airport as it stood in the 1970s. (The escalators still exist, but you won't necessarily see them if you go through CDG; they're part of Terminal 1, which used to be the whole airport but is now something of a backwater, only operating flights for airlines not connected to Air France. It's rather a weird experience, whether or not you've seen the ''I Robot'' cover art.)

** "Don't Let it Show" from ''I Robot'', natch.
** Subverted with the song "Old And Wise", which can be this, but according [[WordOfGod to Eric Woolfson]] it's supposed to be an uplifting song.

*** It's also this for Nebraska Cornhuskers football fans. In fact, many people in the state know the song as "Tunnel Walk" long before they have a clue who Alan Parsons even is

* AwardBaitSong: At least one per album: "To One in Paradise", "Don't Let It Show", "Day After Day", "The Eagle Will Rise Again", "If I Could Change Your Mind", "Time", "Old and Wise"...

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome[=/=]EarWorm: "Sirius" is arguably '''the''' Crowning Music amongst NBA fans, due to its use by the Chicago Bulls as their player intro music. Even if you're not a Bulls fan, you do recognize the music. Say it with me now: "Aaaaaaaaaaand now... the starting lineup... for your CHICAGO BULLS!"

* GeniusBonus: Or rather, Well-Traveled Bonus. The escalators in the cover art for ''I Robot'' are those of [[TheCityOfLight Paris]] Charles [=DeGaulle=] Airport as it stood in the 1970s. (The escalators still exist, but you won't necessarily see them if you go through CDG; they're part of Terminal 1, which used to be the whole airport but is now something of a backwater, only operating flights for airlines not connected to Air France. It's rather a weird experience, whether or not you've seen the ''I Robot'' cover art.)

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome/EarWorm: "Sirius" is arguably '''the''' Crowning Music amongst NBA fans, due to its use by the Chicago Bulls as their player intro music. Even if you're not a Bulls fan, you do recognize the music. Say it with me now: "Aaaaaaaaaaand now... the starting lineup... for your CHICAGO BULLS!"

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Sirius" is arguably '''the''' Crowning Music amongst NBA fans, due to its use by the Chicago Bulls as their player intro music. Even if you're not a Bulls fan, you do recognize the music. Say it with me now: "Aaaaaaaaaaand now... the starting lineup... for your CHICAGO BULLS!"

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Sirius" is arguably '''the''' Crowning Music amongst NBA fans, due to its use by the Chicago Bulls as their player intro music. Even if you're not a Bulls fan, you do recognize the music.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Sirius" is arguably '''the''' CMoA amongst NBA fans, due to its use by the Chicago Bulls as their player intro music. Even if you're not a Bulls fan, you do recognize the music.

* GeniusBonus: Or rather, Well-Traveled Bonus. The escalators in the cover art for ''I Robot'' are those of [[TheCityOfLights Paris]] Charles [=DeGaulle=] Airport as it stood in the 1970s. (The escalators still exist, but you won't necessarily see them if you go through CDG; they're part of Terminal 1, which used to be the whole airport but is now something of a backwater. It's rather a weird experience, whether or not you've seen the ''I Robot'' cover art.)

* FaceOfTheBand: Somewhat understandably, the Alan Parsons Project is often referred to as Alan Parsons's 'solo' career despite the equal contribution of singer/songwriter/keyboardist/bloke who came up with all the ideas for the concept albums Eric Woolfson. A fact somewhat underlined by all of the albums following Woolfson's departure being released under the sole name of Alan Parsons.