History YMMV / TheAlanParsonsProject

** They also have quite alot of Creator/EdgarAllanPoe [[ShoutOut shout-outs,]] such as most of ''Tales Of Mystery and Imagination'', ''The Gold Bug'' from ''Turn Of A Friendly Card'' and ''Stereotomy'' being a word taken from {{Literature/The Murders in The Rue Morgue}}.

* 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.
** The band's record label started pushing Eric Woolfson to be the face by [[ExecutiveMeddling pushing him to sing more and more on each subsequent album]].

* UnfortunateImplications: The entire ''Eve'' album. While the band said that ''Eve'' was "an appreciation of the strengths and characteristics of women in general and the problems they face in the world 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.

* ValuesDissonance: The entire ''Eve'' album. While the band said that ''Eve'' was "an appreciation of the strengths and characteristics of women in general and the problems they face in the world 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.

* HarsherInHindsight: The entire ''Eve'' album. While the band said that ''Eve'' was "an appreciation of the strengths and characteristics of women in general and the problems they face in the world 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.

** They're also popular in Spain, being the only country *Gaudi* peaked in and went gold there.

* ShoutOut: "And it's cold Film/InTheHeatOfTheNight..."

* {{BrokenBase}}: The fanbase seems to have varied opinions on post-''Eye In The Sky'' albums and ''Eve'', Especially ''Stereotomy''.

* NightmareFuel: Quite some examples, surpringly.

* TearJerker: "Shadow Of A Lonely Man", the last track on "Pyramid", is particularly... depressing.
** "Don't Let it Show" from ''Music/IRobot'', natch.
** "If I Could Change Your Mind" from "Eve" is this as well, due in no small measure to Lesley Duncan's lead vocal.
** 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.

** ''Eve'' opens with a creepy orchestral part.