| 词条 | The Time Machine (Alan Parsons album) |
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| name = The Time Machine | type = Album | artist = Alan Parsons | cover = The_Time_Machine_(Alan_Parson_solo_album).jpg | alt = | released = 28 September 1999 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Progressive rock | length = 51:50 | label = Miramar | producer = Alan Parsons | prev_title = On Air | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = A Valid Path | next_year = 2004 | misc = {{Singles | name = The Time Machine | type = studio | single1 = Out of the Blue | single1date = September 1999 (Germany and Spain only) | single2 = The Very Last Time | single2date = 1999 (Europe only) | single3 = The Time Machine | single3date = 2000 (Europe only) }} }}{{Album ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[1] | rev2 = | rev2Score = | noprose = yes }} The Time Machine is the third solo album by English rock musician Alan Parsons. While the sound of this album is similar to some of the soft, ethereal tracks by the Alan Parsons Project, none of the writing or performance credits in the sleeve notes (of the CD edition - the vinyl edition's credits are significantly different) go to Alan Parsons, except for one short and simple instrumental part on "Temporalia"; his relation to the album is almost exclusively as producer. The album lacks much of the rock edge of the previous albums up to and including On Air. ConceptThe themes of time, time travel, and memory of the past had been suggested by Parsons as subject matter for the second Alan Parsons Project album, but writing partner Eric Woolfson favoured a purely futuristic theme of robotic beings eventually displacing the human race, which eventually resulted in the album I Robot. "Temporalia" features a narration by professor Frank Close on the idea of the universe itself acting as a sort of time machine; this is an extract of "Equinox – The rubber Universe". "Press Rewind" ponders what he might do if he were able to reverse time, and change decisions he had made. "Out Of The Blue" relates to a time traveller from the future. "Call Up" is about travelling to the past and bringing back all the great people in history, to help change the world. "Ignorance Is Bliss" talks about how sad people are in comparison to ancient and simpler times, and the possibility of change for good to a simple way of life. "Rubber Universe" is related to the expansion of the universe. "The Call Of The Wild" talks about a future when mankind will be one without any separation (ethnicities, faith, nations, etc.). The melody of this song is a variation of the traditional Irish folk song "She Moves Through the Fair". "No Future In The Past" talks about avoiding repeating past mistakes. "The Very Last Time" is a song about people that have gone and never been seen again. The song was written about Bairnson's recently deceased dog, Gemma. "Far Ago And Long Away" is a play on words, as in relativity space = time, so "far away" = "far ago" and "long ago" = "long away". The album cover has several images related to time and popular time-travel icons, including a photography camera, a clock mechanism, a police box as a reference to the TARDIS in Doctor Who, a wormhole-like tunnel effect from the opening sequence, a DeLorean sports car referring to the Back to the Future series, and a child playing with a model ship from the Star Trek franchise. Track listing
On the Japanese release, "The Time Machine" is named "H.G. Force" (a reference to H.G. Wells). "Dr. Evil (edit)," features the voice of Mike Myers from the second Austin Powers movie, The Spy Who Shagged Me, in which The Alan Parsons Project is mentioned. It is available on most releases which feature a bonus track. "Beginnings" is available only on the Japanese release.[2] Personnel
References1. ^{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r431775|first=Bret|last=Adams}} 2. ^http://www.discogs.com/Alan-Parsons-The-Time-Machine/release/4635804
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