| 词条 | I Robot (album) | ||||||||||||
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| name = I Robot | type = studio | artist = The Alan Parsons Project | cover = The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot.jpg | alt = | released = 1 June 1977 | recorded = December 1976–March 1977 | venue = | studio = Abbey Road Studios, London | genre = {{hlist|Progressive rock|art rock[1]}} | length = 41:05 | label = Arista | producer = Alan Parsons | prev_title = Tales of Mystery and Imagination | prev_year = 1976 | next_title = Pyramid | next_year = 1978 }}{{Album ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[1] |rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide |rev2Score = C[2] }} I Robot is the second studio album by English progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project, released on 1 June 1977 by Arista Records. The album draws conceptually on author Isaac Asimov's science fiction Robot trilogy, exploring philosophical themes regarding artificial intelligence.[1] It was re-released on tape/record in 1984 and on CD 2007. Background and conceptThe album was intended to be based on the I, Robot stories written by Asimov, and Eric Woolfson spoke with Asimov himself, who was enthusiastic about the idea. As the rights already had been granted to a TV/movie company, the album's title was altered slightly by removing the comma in "I,", and the theme and lyrics were made to be more generically about robots rather than to be specific to the Asimov universe.[3][4] The cover inlay reads: "I Robot... 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 title of the final track, "Genesis Ch.1 v.32", follows this theme by implying a continuation to the story of Creation, since the first chapter of Genesis only has 31 verses.[5] ArtworkThe album cover photo features the band members in the escalator tubes of the circular Terminal 1 building of the Charles de Gaulle Airport outside of Paris. Over this is superimposed a painting of a robot with a stylised atom for a brain. The robot also appears on the label of the record. The original vinyl release has a gatefold-style cover; the inside spread has the lyrics and a monochrome photograph of Parsons. The pose and angle of the photograph echoes that of the robot on the front cover. SinglesThree singles were released from the album: "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You", "Don't Let it Show" and "Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)". The LP track "Breakdown" went into heavy rotation on AOR stations and continues to be played on classic rock radio. ReissuesI Robot has been reissued multiple times in various formats since its initial release on vinyl, including numerous audiophile releases. Besides the 8-track, vinyl and compact-cassette releases, Arista also released the original aluminium CD along with the rest of the Project albums, up to that time. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL) released the album on standard vinyl (MFSL 1-084), UHQR vinyl (MFQR 1-084), and on aluminium CD (MFCD-1-804). Classic Records has released the album in analogue form on 180-gram vinyl, as well as digitally on HDAD (24 bit/192 kHz and 24 bit/96 kHz DVD-Audio). JVC released the album as a K2 edition, with Ammonia Avenue and Eye in the Sky. In 2007, as part of a larger campaign, Sony released a remastered version along with bonus tracks on CD. It was later released in Japan as an SHM-CD, with the same mastering. The album was re-released under Legacy Recordings as a "legacy edition" in 2013 on CD, with an extra disc with unreleased bonus tracks, mastered by Dave Donelly. There was also a vinyl edition with the same mastering launched one month later. In popular culture"Don't Let It Show" was covered by Pat Benatar for her In the Heat of the Night LP.[6][7] Gail Godwin describes it as "much more sentimental than the usual Alan Parsons".[8] "Some Other Time" was also covered by Arjen Anthony Lucassen in his 2012 album Lost in the New Real. "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You" is featured in the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V on the fictional radio station Los Santos Rock Radio. "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You" is also featured in an episode of the Netflix series Mindhunter. Track listingAll songs written and composed by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, except where noted. {{Track listing| headline = Side one | extra_column = Lead Vocals | total_length = 21:44 | title1 = I Robot | extra1 = The English Chorale | length1 = 6:02 | title2 = I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You | extra2 = Lenny Zakatek | length2 = 3:22 | title3 = Some Other Time | extra3 = Peter Straker & Jaki Whitren | length3 = 4:06 | title4 = Breakdown | extra4 = Allan Clarke | length4 = 3:50 | title5 = Don't Let It Show | extra5 = Dave Townsend | length5 = 4:24 }}{{Track listing | headline = Side two | extra_column = Lead Vocals | total_length = 19:21 | title1 = The Voice | extra1 = Steve Harley | length1 = 5:24 | title2 = Nucleus | extra2 = None | length2 = 3:31 | title3 = Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) | extra3 = Jack Harris | length3 = 3:49 | title4 = Total Eclipse | note4 = Andrew Powell | extra4 = The English Chorale | length4 = 3:09 | title5 = Genesis Ch. 1 V. 32 | extra5 = The New Philharmonia Chorus | length5 = 3:28 }}
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Certifications{{certification Table Top}}{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Alan Parsons Project|title=I Robot|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=1979|relyear=1977}}{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Germany|artist=Alan Parsons Project|title=I Robot|award=Gold|certyear=1978|relyear=1977}}{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Alan Parsons Project|title=I Robot|award=Silver|certyear=1978|relyear=1977}}{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Alan Parsons Project|title=I Robot|award=Platinum|certyear=1978|relyear=1977}}{{Certification Table Bottom}}References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|authorlink=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/i-robot-mw0000650611|title=I Robot – The Alan Parsons Project : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards|publisher=Allmusic. Rovi Corporation|accessdate=16 February 2013}} {{The Alan Parsons Project}}2. ^{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: P|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=P&bk=70|accessdate=March 10, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.alanparsonsmusic.com/|title=Official Website|date=13 March 2014|publisher=}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.the-alan-parsons-project.com/irobot.php |title=I Robot 1977, Alan Parsons Project 2nd Album, Alan Parsons & Eric Woolfson |publisher=The-alan-parsons-project.com |date= |accessdate=23 February 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6Ai2O3TDq?url=http://www.the-alan-parsons-project.com/irobot.php |archivedate=16 September 2012 |df=dmy-all }} 5. ^{{cite web |title=Interview: Alan Parsons: The Artist and Scientist of Sound Recording |url=http://alanparsons-project.blogspot.de/2010/04/interview-alan-parsons-artist-and.html |website=BlogSpot |accessdate=13 October 2018 |date=April 24, 2010}} 6. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author2= |title=Benatar's music creates yearning for life on edge |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,635210345,00.html |quote=Songs such as the title track, "If You Think You Know How to Love Me," "We Live for Love," "Heartbreaker," "So Sincere," a remake of Alan Parsons' "Don't Let It Show" ... |work=Deseret News |date=25 May 2006 |accessdate=29 April 2009 }} 7. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author2= |title=Pat Benatar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AyUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT68&dq=%22Don%27t+Let+It+Show%22+Alan+PArsons&ei=avj4SZj9O5KSzgTBgM2TBQ |quote="Don't Let It Show" is an Alan Parsons song and this tune perhaps ... |work=Billboard |year=1979 |accessdate=29 April 2009 }} 8. ^{{cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |author2= |title=A mother and two daughters |year=1982 |publisher= |page=292 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=36NaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Don%27t+Let+It+Show%22+Alan+PArsons&dq=%22Don%27t+Let+It+Show%22+Alan+PArsons&ei=avj4SZj9O5KSzgTBgM2TBQ&pgis=1 |isbn= }} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.the-alan-parsons-project.com/irobot.php |title=I Robot 1977, Alan Parsons Project 2nd Album, Alan Parsons & Eric Woolfson |publisher=The-alan-parsons-project.com |date= |accessdate=28 August 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6Ai2O3TDq?url=http://www.the-alan-parsons-project.com/irobot.php |archivedate=16 September 2012 |df=dmy-all }} 10. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Robot-Legacy-Alan-Parsons-Project/dp/B00DTVVHPO |title=I Robot (Legacy Edition) by the Alan Parsons Project on Amazon Music - Amazon.com |publisher=amazon.com |date= |accessdate=27 October 2018 |deadurl=no}} 8 : The Alan Parsons Project albums|1977 albums|Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis|Concept albums|Science fiction concept albums|Albums produced by Alan Parsons|Arista Records albums|Albums recorded at Abbey Road Studios |
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