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The album is best remembered for the epic instrumental track "I Robot" and the songs "Breakdown", "Some Other Time", "Don't Let It Show" and "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You".
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The album is best remembered for the epic instrumental track "I Robot" and the songs "Breakdown", "Some Other Time", "Don't Let It Show" and "I Wouldn't Want To to Be Like You".
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* ArtificialIntelligence: The robot is intelligent enough to wish he didn't have a human mind, as implied in "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You"
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* ArtificialIntelligence: The robot is intelligent enough to wish he didn't have a human mind, as implied in "I Wouldn't Want To to Be Like You"
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** "Breakdown" makes a lyrical reference to the Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' song "With A Little Help From My Friends":
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** "Breakdown" makes a lyrical reference to the Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' song "With A a Little Help From My Friends":
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** "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You" is used in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''.
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** "I Wouldn't Want To to Be Like You" is used in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''.
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''Freedom! Freedom! Take the wall away!'']]
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!! ''I Wouldn't Want To Trope Like You''''Day after day, the tropes must go on...''
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''I Robot'' is a 1977 album by Music/TheAlanParsonsProject, the second album in their catalogue. As implied by the title it's loosely inspired by the ScienceFiction novels ''Literature/IRobot'' by Creator/IsaacAsimov. The band also spoke with the author, who was enthusiastic about the idea, but since the rights of the story had been granted to a TV/film company all to direct references to the novels were eventually removed from the album, including the title which was subtly changed from ''Literature/IRobot'' to ''I Robot''.
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''I Robot'' is a 1977 the second studio album by Music/TheAlanParsonsProject, the second album released in their catalogue.1977 through Creator/AristaRecords. As implied by the title it's loosely inspired by the ScienceFiction novels ''Literature/IRobot'' by Creator/IsaacAsimov. The band also spoke with the author, who was enthusiastic about the idea, but since the rights of the story had been granted to a TV/film company all to direct references to the novels were eventually removed from the album, including the title which was subtly changed from ''Literature/IRobot'' to ''I Robot''.
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* NeoClassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: "Don't Let It Show" is played on a pipe organ.
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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Deliberately invoked. As noted below, "Genesis, Ch. 1 v32" is an instrumental invocation of what happens after Genesis Chapter 1.
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''I Robot'' is a 1977 album by Music/TheAlanParsonsProject, the second album in their catalogue. As implied by the title it's loosely inspired by the ScienceFiction novels ''Literature/IRobot'' by Creator/IsaacAsimov. The band also spoke with the author, who was enthusiastic about the idea, but since the rights of the story had been granted to a TV/film company all to direct references to the novels were eventually removed from the album, including the title which was subtly changed from ''Literature/IRobot'' to ''I, Robot''.
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''I Robot'' is a 1977 album by Music/TheAlanParsonsProject, the second album in their catalogue. As implied by the title it's loosely inspired by the ScienceFiction novels ''Literature/IRobot'' by Creator/IsaacAsimov. The band also spoke with the author, who was enthusiastic about the idea, but since the rights of the story had been granted to a TV/film company all to direct references to the novels were eventually removed from the album, including the title which was subtly changed from ''Literature/IRobot'' to ''I, ''I Robot''.
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* EtherealChoir: Halfway "I Robot" and "Breakdown" a heavenly choir starts singing. A more haunting chant occurs "Total Eclipse".
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* EtherealChoir: Halfway between "I Robot" and "Breakdown" a heavenly choir starts singing. A more haunting chant occurs accompanies "Total Eclipse".
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* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover, designed by Creator/{{Hipgnosis}}, shows the band members at the UsefulNotes/CharlesDeGaulle airport outside UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}, with a superimposed image of a robot. The escalators still exist, but you won't necessarily see them if you go through the airprot; 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.
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* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover, designed by Creator/{{Hipgnosis}}, shows the band members at the UsefulNotes/CharlesDeGaulle airport outside UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}, with a superimposed image of a robot. robot (drawn by Hipgnosis' frequent collaborator George Hardie). The escalators still exist, but you won't necessarily see them if you go through the airprot; airport; 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.
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* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover, designed by Creator/{{Hipgnosis}}, shows the band members at the UsefulNotes/CharlesDeGaulle airport outside Paris, with a superimposed image of a robot. The escalators still exist, but you won't necessarily see them if you go through the airprot; 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.
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* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover, designed by Creator/{{Hipgnosis}}, shows the band members at the UsefulNotes/CharlesDeGaulle airport outside Paris, UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}, with a superimposed image of a robot. The escalators still exist, but you won't necessarily see them if you go through the airprot; 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.
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* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover, designed by Creator/{{Hipgnosis}}, shows the band members at the UsefulNotes/CharlesDeGaulle airport outside Paris, with a superimposed image of a robot. The escalators still exist, but you won't necessarily see them if you go through the airpot; airprot; 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.
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** Music/ArjenAnthonyLucassen covered "Some Other Time" on his solo album ''Music/LostInTheNewReal''.
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-> ''The story of the rise of the machine and the decline of man, which paradoxically coincided with his discovery of the wheel... and a warning that his brief dominance of this planet will probably end, because man tried to create robot in his own image.''
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* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: From the liner notes:
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* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: From See the liner notes:
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-> ''The story of the rise of the machine and the decline of man, which paradoxically coincided with his discovery of the wheel... and a warning that his brief dominance of this planet will probably end, because man tried to create robot in his own image.''
-> The liner notes.
'''I Robot''' is a 1977 album by Music/TheAlanParsonsProject, the second album in their catalogue. As implied by the title it's loosely inspired by the ScienceFiction novels ''Literature/IRobot'' by Creator/IsaacAsimov. The band also spoke with the author, who was enthusiastic about the idea, but since the rights of the story had been granted to a TV/film company all to direct references to the novels were eventually removed from the album, including the title which was subtly changed from ''Literature/IRobot'' to ''I, Robot''.
The album is best remembered for the epic instrumental track "I Robot" and the songs "Breakdown", "Some Mother Time", "Don't Let It Show" and "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You".
[[AC:Side One]]
# "I Robot" (6:02)
# "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You" (3:22)
# "Some Other Time" (4:06)
# "Breakdown" (3:50)
# "Don't Let It Show" (4:24)
[[AC:Side Two]]
# "The Voice" (5:24)
# "Nucleus" (3:31)
# "Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)" (3:49)
# "Total Eclipse" (3:09)
# "Genesis Ch. 1. V32" (3:28)
'''Personnel'''
* Lenny Zakatek, Allan Clarke, Steve Harley, Jack Harris, Peter Straker, Jaki Whitren, Steve Davies and Dave Townsend: vocals
* David Paton: bass, acoustic guitars
* Stuart Tosh: drums, percussion
* Ian Bairnson: electric and acoustic guitars
* Eric Woolfson, Alan Parsons, Duncan Mackay: keyboards
* B.J. Cole: steel guitar
* John Leach: cimbalom and kantele
!! ''I Wouldn't Want To Trope Like You''
* ArtificialIntelligence: The robot is intelligent enough to wish he didn't have a human mind, as implied in "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You"
--> ''If I had a mind to''
--> ''I wouldn't want to think like you.''
--> ''And if I had time to''
--> ''I wouldn't want to talk to you.''
--> ''I don't care what you do,''
--> ''I wouldn't want to be like you.''
* AsTheGoodBookSays: "Genesis, Ch. 1 v32", is inspired by the Book of Genesis, which only has 31 verses.
* ConceptAlbum: The album is based on Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/IRobot'', but follows a more general theme too about the relationship between man and robot.
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover, designed by Creator/{{Hipgnosis}}, shows the band members at the UsefulNotes/CharlesDeGaulle airport outside Paris, with a superimposed image of a robot. The escalators still exist, but you won't necessarily see them if you go through the airpot; 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.
* EpicInstrumentalOpener: "I Robot", which slowly comes fading in and evolves into an epic robotic sound accompanied by an ethereal choir.
* EtherealChoir: Halfway "I Robot" and "Breakdown" a heavenly choir starts singing. A more haunting chant occurs "Total Eclipse".
* FaceOnTheCover: The band is seen on the cover, but from a far distance.
* {{Instrumental}}: "I Robot", "Nucleus", "Total Eclipse" and "Genesis Ch. 1 V.32"
* IWantSong: Averted with "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You".
* MachineMonotone: The robotic sounds of "I Robot".
* NeoClassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: "Don't Let It Show" is played on a pipe organ.
* OneWordTitle: "Breakdown" and "Nucleus".
* ProperlyParanoid: "The Voice"
--> ''Jumping at shadows that come up from behind''
--> ''Scared of the darkness that's there in your mind''
--> ''You're frightened to move because of what you might find''
--> ''Someone is watching you... (he's gonna get you)''
* {{Retraux}}: A lot of past-meets-future-type-tropes, just from the cover. There's the [[{{Zeerust}} retro-futuristic]]-looking robot, but also 1950s fashions for the men on the escalators (fedoras and suits), and the escalators are very clearly those of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris-Charles_de_Gaulle_Airport Charles de Gaulle Airport]] in Paris[[note]]Or as it is known today, Terminal 1 of Charles de Gaulle; Terminals 2 and 3 are rather different.[[/note]] which was designed in the late 1960s and didn't open until 1974 (i.e. long after fedoras were out of style).
* RoboSpeak: The title track seems to mimick this, without actually pronouncing words.
* SanitySlippageSong: "Breakdown"
--> ''I breakdown in the middle and lose my thread''
--> ''No one can understand a word that I say''
--> ''When I breakdown just a little and lose my head''
--> ''Nothing I try to do can work the same way''
* ShoutOut:
** ''Literature/IRobot'' by Creator/IsaacAsimov, naturally.
** "Breakdown" makes a lyrical reference to the Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' song "With A Little Help From My Friends":
--> ''Any time it happened, I'd get over it''
--> ''With a little help from all my friends''
** "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You" is used in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''.
* TitleTrack: "I Robot".
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: From the liner notes:
--> ''The story of the rise of the machine and the decline of man, which paradoxically coincided with his discovery of the wheel... and a warning that his brief dominance of this planet will probably end, because man tried to create robot in his own image.''
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-> ''The story of the rise of the machine and the decline of man, which paradoxically coincided with his discovery of the wheel... and a warning that his brief dominance of this planet will probably end, because man tried to create robot in his own image.''
-> The liner notes.
'''I Robot''' is a 1977 album by Music/TheAlanParsonsProject, the second album in their catalogue. As implied by the title it's loosely inspired by the ScienceFiction novels ''Literature/IRobot'' by Creator/IsaacAsimov. The band also spoke with the author, who was enthusiastic about the idea, but since the rights of the story had been granted to a TV/film company all to direct references to the novels were eventually removed from the album, including the title which was subtly changed from ''Literature/IRobot'' to ''I, Robot''.
The album is best remembered for the epic instrumental track "I Robot" and the songs "Breakdown", "Some Mother Time", "Don't Let It Show" and "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You".
[[AC:Side One]]
# "I Robot" (6:02)
# "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You" (3:22)
# "Some Other Time" (4:06)
# "Breakdown" (3:50)
# "Don't Let It Show" (4:24)
[[AC:Side Two]]
# "The Voice" (5:24)
# "Nucleus" (3:31)
# "Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)" (3:49)
# "Total Eclipse" (3:09)
# "Genesis Ch. 1. V32" (3:28)
'''Personnel'''
* Lenny Zakatek, Allan Clarke, Steve Harley, Jack Harris, Peter Straker, Jaki Whitren, Steve Davies and Dave Townsend: vocals
* David Paton: bass, acoustic guitars
* Stuart Tosh: drums, percussion
* Ian Bairnson: electric and acoustic guitars
* Eric Woolfson, Alan Parsons, Duncan Mackay: keyboards
* B.J. Cole: steel guitar
* John Leach: cimbalom and kantele
!! ''I Wouldn't Want To Trope Like You''
* ArtificialIntelligence: The robot is intelligent enough to wish he didn't have a human mind, as implied in "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You"
--> ''If I had a mind to''
--> ''I wouldn't want to think like you.''
--> ''And if I had time to''
--> ''I wouldn't want to talk to you.''
--> ''I don't care what you do,''
--> ''I wouldn't want to be like you.''
* AsTheGoodBookSays: "Genesis, Ch. 1 v32", is inspired by the Book of Genesis, which only has 31 verses.
* ConceptAlbum: The album is based on Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/IRobot'', but follows a more general theme too about the relationship between man and robot.
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover, designed by Creator/{{Hipgnosis}}, shows the band members at the UsefulNotes/CharlesDeGaulle airport outside Paris, with a superimposed image of a robot. The escalators still exist, but you won't necessarily see them if you go through the airpot; 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.
* EpicInstrumentalOpener: "I Robot", which slowly comes fading in and evolves into an epic robotic sound accompanied by an ethereal choir.
* EtherealChoir: Halfway "I Robot" and "Breakdown" a heavenly choir starts singing. A more haunting chant occurs "Total Eclipse".
* FaceOnTheCover: The band is seen on the cover, but from a far distance.
* {{Instrumental}}: "I Robot", "Nucleus", "Total Eclipse" and "Genesis Ch. 1 V.32"
* IWantSong: Averted with "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You".
* MachineMonotone: The robotic sounds of "I Robot".
* NeoClassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: "Don't Let It Show" is played on a pipe organ.
* OneWordTitle: "Breakdown" and "Nucleus".
* ProperlyParanoid: "The Voice"
--> ''Jumping at shadows that come up from behind''
--> ''Scared of the darkness that's there in your mind''
--> ''You're frightened to move because of what you might find''
--> ''Someone is watching you... (he's gonna get you)''
* {{Retraux}}: A lot of past-meets-future-type-tropes, just from the cover. There's the [[{{Zeerust}} retro-futuristic]]-looking robot, but also 1950s fashions for the men on the escalators (fedoras and suits), and the escalators are very clearly those of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris-Charles_de_Gaulle_Airport Charles de Gaulle Airport]] in Paris[[note]]Or as it is known today, Terminal 1 of Charles de Gaulle; Terminals 2 and 3 are rather different.[[/note]] which was designed in the late 1960s and didn't open until 1974 (i.e. long after fedoras were out of style).
* RoboSpeak: The title track seems to mimick this, without actually pronouncing words.
* SanitySlippageSong: "Breakdown"
--> ''I breakdown in the middle and lose my thread''
--> ''No one can understand a word that I say''
--> ''When I breakdown just a little and lose my head''
--> ''Nothing I try to do can work the same way''
* ShoutOut:
** ''Literature/IRobot'' by Creator/IsaacAsimov, naturally.
** "Breakdown" makes a lyrical reference to the Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' song "With A Little Help From My Friends":
--> ''Any time it happened, I'd get over it''
--> ''With a little help from all my friends''
** "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You" is used in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''.
* TitleTrack: "I Robot".
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: From the liner notes:
--> ''The story of the rise of the machine and the decline of man, which paradoxically coincided with his discovery of the wheel... and a warning that his brief dominance of this planet will probably end, because man tried to create robot in his own image.''
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