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'''''Stereotomy''''' is the ninth studio album by [[The Alan Parsons Project]], released in 1985.
'''''Stereotomy''''' is the ninth studio album by [[the Alan Parsons Project]], released in 1985.


Not as commercially successful as its predecessor ''[[Vulture Culture]]'', the album is structured differently from earlier Project albums, containing three lengthy tracks ("Stereotomy" at over seven minutes, "Light of the World" at over six minutes, and the instrumental "Where's the Walrus?" running over seven and a half minutes) and two minute-long songs at the end. It is a full digital production and both the LP and CD releases were encoded using the two-channel [[Ambisonic UHJ format]].
Not as commercially successful as its predecessor ''[[Vulture Culture]]'', the album is structured differently from earlier Project albums: containing three lengthy tracks ("Stereotomy" at over seven minutes, "Light of the World" at over six minutes, and the instrumental "Where's the Walrus?" running over seven and a half minutes) and two minute-long songs at the end. It is a full digital production and both the LP and CD releases were encoded using the two-channel [[Ambisonic UHJ format]].


The original vinyl packaging of the album was different from all the reissues: it featured somewhat more elaborate artwork of the paper sleeve supplied with a special color-filter oversleeve. When inserted, the oversleeve filtered some of the colors of the sleeve artwork, allowing four different variations (2 per side) of it. That was supposed to symbolize visual stereotomy. In the reissues, only one variant remained. The artwork was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Recording Package|Best Album Package]] at the [[29th Annual Grammy Awards]].
The original vinyl packaging was different from all the reissues: it featured more elaborate artwork of the paper sleeve supplied with a special color-filter oversleeve. When inserted, the over-sleeve filtered some of the colors of the artwork, allowing four different variations (two per side). That was supposed to symbolize visual stereotomy. In the reissues, only one variant remained. The artwork was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Recording Package|Best Album Package]] at the [[29th Annual Grammy Awards]].


The word [[wikt:stereotomy|"stereotomy"]] is taken from "[[The Murders in the Rue Morgue]]" by [[Edgar Allan Poe]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Review: The Alan Parsons Project, Stereotomy |url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-02-16/entertainment/0200120188_1_stereotomy-alan-parsons-project-i-robot |publisher=Orlando Sentinel |access-date=2021-12-20 |author=Bill Henderson |date=16 February 1986 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301143837/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-02-16/entertainment/0200120188_1_stereotomy-alan-parsons-project-i-robot |archive-date=1 March 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It refers to the cutting of existing solid shapes into different forms; it is used as a metaphor for the way that famous people (singers, actors. etc.) are often 'shaped' by the demands of fame.
The word [[wikt:stereotomy|"stereotomy"]] is taken from "[[The Murders in the Rue Morgue]]" by [[Edgar Allan Poe]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Review: The Alan Parsons Project, Stereotomy |url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-02-16/entertainment/0200120188_1_stereotomy-alan-parsons-project-i-robot |publisher=Orlando Sentinel |access-date=2021-12-20 |author=Bill Henderson |date=16 February 1986 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301143837/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-02-16/entertainment/0200120188_1_stereotomy-alan-parsons-project-i-robot |archive-date=1 March 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It refers to the cutting of solid shapes into different forms, and is used as a metaphor for the way that famous people (singers, actors, etc.) are 'shaped' by the demands of fame. The short track "Chinese Whispers" also references "Rue Morgue" in that although an instrumental, it features Eric Woolfson’s daughters Sally and Lorna reciting a sequence of words from the story.


At the time of release, Parsons said "''Stereotomy'' is really our best album in years". Both him and Woolfson, however, noted that the record suffered from a lack of record label support.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Aikin|first=Jim|last2=Doerschuk|first2=Bob|date=August 1986|title=The Essence of Studio Rock|journal=[[Keyboard Magazine]]}}</ref>
At the time of release, Parsons said, "''Stereotomy'' is really our best album in years." However, he and Woolfson noted that the record suffered a lack of record label support.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Aikin|first=Jim|last2=Doerschuk|first2=Bob|date=August 1986|title=The Essence of Studio Rock|journal=[[Keyboard Magazine]]}}</ref>


''Stereotomy'' earned a Grammy nomination in 1987 for Best Rock Instrumental Performance – Orchestra, Group, or Soloist for the track "Where's the Walrus?"<ref>{{cite web|title=History of The Alan Parsons Project|url=http://www.the-alan-parsons-project.com/history.php|publisher=The-alan-parsons-project.com|access-date=12 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103025903/http://www.the-alan-parsons-project.com/history.php|archive-date=3 November 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
''Stereotomy'' earned a Grammy nomination in 1987 – for Best Rock Instrumental Performance: Orchestra, Group, or Soloist – for the track "Where's the Walrus?"<ref>{{cite web|title=History of The Alan Parsons Project|url=http://www.the-alan-parsons-project.com/history.php|publisher=The-alan-parsons-project.com|access-date=12 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103025903/http://www.the-alan-parsons-project.com/history.php|archive-date=3 November 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


''Stereotomy'' marks the final appearance of [[David Paton]] on bass; he went on to join [[Elton John]]'s touring band, and the first Project release since ''[[Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Alan Parsons Project album)|Tales of Mystery and Imagination]]'' not to feature [[Lenny Zakatek]].
''Stereotomy'' marks the final appearance of [[David Paton]] on bass – he went on to join [[Elton John]]'s touring band – and is the first Project release since ''[[Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Alan Parsons Project album)|Tales of Mystery and Imagination]]'' not to feature [[Lenny Zakatek]].

''[[Musician (magazine)|Musician]]'' reviewer [[J. D. Considine]] wrote simply: "Unnecessary surgery."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=J.D.|last=[[J. D. Considine|Considine]]|title=Stereotomy|magazine=[[Musician (magazine)|Musician]]|date=April 1986}}</ref>


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
All songs written and composed by [[Alan Parsons]] and [[Eric Woolfson]].
All songs written and composed by [[Alan Parsons]] and [[Eric Woolfson]].


{{Track listing
=== Side 1 ===
| headline = Side one
⚫
#"Stereotomy" (lead vocal John Miles up to 5:11, Eric Woolfson 5:11 to 5:50) – 7:18
| extra_column = Lead Vocals
#"Beaujolais" (lead vocal Chris Rainbow) – 4:27
| title1 = Stereotomy
#"Urbania" (instrumental) – 4:59
⚫
| extra1 = [[John Miles (musician)|John Miles]] up to 5:11, Eric Woolfson 5:11 to 5:50
#"Limelight" (lead vocal Gary Brooker) – 4:39
| length1 = 7:18
| title2 = Beaujolais
| extra2 = [[Chris Rainbow]]
| length2 = 4:27
| title3 = Urbania
| extra3 = (Instrumental)
| length3 = 4:59
| title4 = Limelight
| extra4 = [[Gary Brooker]]
| length4 = 4:39
}}


{{Track listing
=== Side 2 ===
| headline = Side two
#"In the Real World" (lead vocal John Miles) – 4:20
| extra_column = Lead Vocals
#"Where's the Walrus?" (instrumental) – 7:31
| title1 = In the Real World
#"Light of the World" (lead vocal Graham Dye, backing vocal Steven Dye) – 6:19
| extra1 = Miles
#"Chinese Whispers" (instrumental) – 1:01
| length1 = 4:20
#"Stereotomy Two" (lead vocal John Miles) – 1:21
| title2 = Where's the Walrus?
| extra2 = (Instrumental)
| length2 = 7:31
| title3 = Light of the World
| extra3 = [[Scarlet Party|Graham Dye]], backing vocal [[Scarlet Party|Steven Dye]]
| length3 = 6:19
| title4 = [[Chinese whispers|Chinese Whispers]]
| extra4 = (Instrumental, spoken word by Sally and Lorna Woolfson)
| length4 = 1:01
| title5 = Stereotomy Two
| extra5 = Miles
| length5 = 1:21
}}


''Stereotomy'' was remastered and reissued in 2008 with the following bonus tracks:
''Stereotomy'' was remastered and reissued in 2008 with the following bonus tracks:
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<LI>"Stereotomy Two" (backing rough mix) – 1:23
<LI>"Stereotomy Two" (backing rough mix) – 1:23
</OL>
</OL>

⚫
== Inspirations ==
⚫
The track "Chinese Whispers" is based on the game of [[Chinese whispers]]. It has some snippets of dialogue heavily overlaid on top of each other. The words are taken from [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s work [[Murders in the Rue Morgue]]:
⚫
<blockquote>"...The larger links of the chain run thus – Chantilly, Orion, Dr. Nichol, Epicurus, Stereotomy, the street stones, the fruiterer."</blockquote>

⚫
The titles of "Urbania" and "Where's the Walrus?" can be attributed to Lee Abrams, a (then) radio programmer for WLUP Radio (Chicago, IL) and friend of Parsons and Woolfson. Eric Woolfson remembers: <blockquote>"He was really quite inspirational in this album [Stereotomy] in telling us what we'd been doing wrong, in his view, on the previous albums... 'Urbania' was one of the words he came out with during the course of a long conversation. Another title he's responsible for... is 'Where's the Walrus,' the other instrumental, 'cause he was really giving us a hard time, I must tell you: 'Your guitar sounds are too soft, and your whole approach is, you know, slack, and your lyrics—there’s no great lyrics anymore! I mean, where's the walrus? I don't hear the walrus!' Referring, of course, to John Lennon's `I am the Walrus’..."</blockquote><ref>{{Cite web|title=Alan Parsons Project List FAQ - Version 1.0|url=http://www.pattifiasco.com/APP/faq/|access-date=2021-12-20|website=www.pattifiasco.com}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=December 2021|reason=original source would be better}}

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Abrams is frequently credited on Project recordings as "Mr. Laser Beam" ("laser beam" being an [[anagram]] of Lee Abrams).


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
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*[[The Philharmonia Orchestra]], leader – Christoffer Warren-Green
*[[The Philharmonia Orchestra]], leader – Christoffer Warren-Green
*Orchestra arranged and conducted by [[Andrew Powell]]
*Orchestra arranged and conducted by [[Andrew Powell]]
*Sally Woolfson – voices on "Chinese Whispers"
*Lorna Woolfson – voices on "Chinese Whispers"
*Vocals: [[John Miles (musician)|John Miles]], [[Chris Rainbow]], [[Gary Brooker]], [[Graham Dye]], [[Steven Dye]], [[Eric Woolfson]]
*Vocals: [[John Miles (musician)|John Miles]], [[Chris Rainbow]], [[Gary Brooker]], [[Graham Dye]], [[Steven Dye]], [[Eric Woolfson]]


==Charts==
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
!Chart (1985–86)
! scope="col" | Chart (1985-1986)
!Peak<br />position
! scope="col" | Peak<br />position
|-
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=229}}</ref>
! scope="row" | Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=229}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 50
| style="text-align:center;"| 50
|-
|-
{{album chart|Austria|15|artist=The Alan Parsons Project|album=Stereotomy|rowheader=true|access-date=July 30, 2024}}
| Canada [[RPM (magazine)|RPM Top 100]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.0642.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Albums - March 8, 1986}}</ref>
⚫
| style="text-align:center;"|32
|-
|-
{{album chart|Canada|32|artist=The Alan Parsons Project|album=Stereotomy|chartid=0642|refname=CAN1|rowheader=true|access-date=July 30, 2024}}
| [[Productores de Música de España|Spanish Albums Chart]]
⚫
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|43|artist=The Alan Parsons Project|access-date=6 January 2022}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|13|artist=The Alan Parsons Project|album=Stereotomy|rowheader=true|access-date=July 30, 2024}}
|-
! scope="row"| Finnish Albums ([[The Official Finnish Charts]])<ref name=FINI>{{cite book|last=Pennanen|first=Timo|title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972|edition=1st|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|year=2006|isbn=978-951-1-21053-5| language= fi}}</ref>
| align="center"| 16
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|15|artist=The Alan Parsons Project|album=Stereotomy|id=349|rowheader=true|access-date=July 30, 2024}}
|-
!scope="row"|Italian Albums (''[[Musica e Dischi]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=[[Musica e Dischi]]|language=it|access-date=July 30, 2024}} Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Alan Parsons Project".</ref>
⚫
| style="text-align:center;"| 17
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|49|artist=The Alan Parsons Project|album=Stereotomy|rowheader=true|access-date=July 30, 2024}}
|-
!scope="row"|Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{Cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|year=2005|isbn=84-8048-639-2|location=|pages=}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|21|artist=The Alan Parsons Project|album=Stereotomy|rowheader=true|access-date=July 30, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|13|artist=The Alan Parsons Project|album=Stereotomy|rowheader=true|access-date=July 30, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|43|artist=The Alan Parsons Project|rowheader=true|access-date=July 30, 2024}}
|}
|}

⚫
== Inspirations ==
⚫
The track "Chinese Whispers" is based on the game of [[Chinese whispers]]. It has some snippets of dialogue heavily overlaid on top of each other. The words are taken from [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s work [[Murders in the Rue Morgue]]:
⚫
<blockquote>"...The larger links of the chain run thus – Chantilly, Orion, Dr. Nichol, Epicurus, Stereotomy, the street stones, the fruiterer."</blockquote>

⚫
The titles of "Urbania" and "Where's the Walrus?" can be attributed to Lee Abrams, a (then) radio programmer for WLUP Radio (Chicago, IL) and friend of Parsons and Woolfson. Eric Woolfson remembers: <blockquote>"He was really quite inspirational in this album [Stereotomy] in telling us what we'd been doing wrong, in his view, on the previous albums... 'Urbania' was one of the words he came out with during the course of a long conversation. Another title he's responsible for... is 'Where's the Walrus,' the other instrumental, 'cause he was really giving us a hard time, I must tell you: 'Your guitar sounds are too soft, and your whole approach is, you know, slack, and your lyrics—there’s no great lyrics anymore! I mean, where's the walrus? I don't hear the walrus!' Referring, of course, to John Lennon's `I am the Walrus’..."</blockquote><ref>{{Cite web|title=Alan Parsons Project List FAQ - Version 1.0|url=http://www.pattifiasco.com/APP/faq/|access-date=2021-12-20|website=www.pattifiasco.com}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=December 2021|reason=original source would be better}}

⚫
Abrams is frequently credited on Project recordings as "Mr. Laser Beam" ("laser beam" being an [[anagram]] of Lee Abrams).


== In popular culture ==
== In popular culture ==
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"Limelight" was used by [[NBC Sports]] for a music video of the 1986 [[New York Mets]] during the postgame show of the [[1986 World Series]] after the Mets defeated the [[Boston Red Sox]] in Game 7 to win the World Championship.
"Limelight" was used by [[NBC Sports]] for a music video of the 1986 [[New York Mets]] during the postgame show of the [[1986 World Series]] after the Mets defeated the [[Boston Red Sox]] in Game 7 to win the World Championship.

in 1989 "Stereotomy", "Where's the Walrus?", and "Chinese Whispers" were used as background music in [[Cuando llega el amor|''Cuando Llega El Amor'']] starring [[Lucero (entertainer)|Lucero]], and [[Omar Fierro]].

"Limelight" was used [[CBC Sports]] for the closing montage of the 1992 Grey Cup where the
[[Calgary Stampeders]] defeated the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] 24-10. Doug Flutie led
Calgary to their first [[Grey Cup]] title in 21 years.


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:The Alan Parsons Project albums]]
[[Category:The Alan Parsons Project albums]]
[[Category:Concept albums]]
[[Category:1980s concept albums]]
[[Category:1985 albums]]
[[Category:1985 albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Alan Parsons]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Alan Parsons]]

Latest revision as of 23:25, 7 August 2024

This article is about a musical album. For the descriptive geometry term, see Stereotomy (Descriptive Geometry).

Stereotomy
Studio album by
The Alan Parsons Project
ReleasedNovember 1985
RecordedOctober 1984 – August 1985
StudioMayfair Studios
Genre
Length41:58
LabelArista
ProducerAlan Parsons and Eric Woolfson
The Alan Parsons Project chronology
Vulture Culture
(1985) 		Stereotomy
(1985) 		Gaudi
(1987)
Alternate cover
Re-release cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]

Stereotomy is the ninth studio album by the Alan Parsons Project, released in 1985.

Not as commercially successful as its predecessor Vulture Culture, the album is structured differently from earlier Project albums: containing three lengthy tracks ("Stereotomy" at over seven minutes, "Light of the World" at over six minutes, and the instrumental "Where's the Walrus?" running over seven and a half minutes) and two minute-long songs at the end. It is a full digital production and both the LP and CD releases were encoded using the two-channel Ambisonic UHJ format.

The original vinyl packaging was different from all the reissues: it featured more elaborate artwork of the paper sleeve supplied with a special color-filter oversleeve. When inserted, the over-sleeve filtered some of the colors of the artwork, allowing four different variations (two per side). That was supposed to symbolize visual stereotomy. In the reissues, only one variant remained. The artwork was nominated for Best Album Package at the 29th Annual Grammy Awards.

The word "stereotomy" is taken from "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe.[3] It refers to the cutting of solid shapes into different forms, and is used as a metaphor for the way that famous people (singers, actors, etc.) are 'shaped' by the demands of fame. The short track "Chinese Whispers" also references "Rue Morgue" in that although an instrumental, it features Eric Woolfson’s daughters Sally and Lorna reciting a sequence of words from the story.

At the time of release, Parsons said, "Stereotomy is really our best album in years." However, he and Woolfson noted that the record suffered a lack of record label support.[4]

Stereotomy earned a Grammy nomination in 1987 – for Best Rock Instrumental Performance: Orchestra, Group, or Soloist – for the track "Where's the Walrus?"[5]

Stereotomy marks the final appearance of David Paton on bass – he went on to join Elton John's touring band – and is the first Project release since Tales of Mystery and Imagination not to feature Lenny Zakatek.

Musician reviewer J. D. Considine wrote simply: "Unnecessary surgery."[6]

Track listing

[edit]

All songs written and composed by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson.

Side one
No.TitleLead VocalsLength
1."Stereotomy"John Miles up to 5:11, Eric Woolfson 5:11 to 5:507:18
2."Beaujolais"Chris Rainbow4:27
3."Urbania"(Instrumental)4:59
4."Limelight"Gary Brooker4:39
Side two
No.TitleLead VocalsLength
1."In the Real World"Miles4:20
2."Where's the Walrus?"(Instrumental)7:31
3."Light of the World"Graham Dye, backing vocal Steven Dye6:19
4."Chinese Whispers"(Instrumental, spoken word by Sally and Lorna Woolfson)1:01
5."Stereotomy Two"Miles1:21

Stereotomy was remastered and reissued in 2008 with the following bonus tracks:

  1. "Light of the World" (backing track) – 6:14
  2. "Rumour Goin' Round" (demo) – 5:01
  3. "Stereotomy" (Eric Woolfson guide vocal) – 6:37
  4. "Stereotomy Two" (backing rough mix) – 1:23

Inspirations

[edit]

The track "Chinese Whispers" is based on the game of Chinese whispers. It has some snippets of dialogue heavily overlaid on top of each other. The words are taken from Edgar Allan Poe's work Murders in the Rue Morgue:

"...The larger links of the chain run thus – Chantilly, Orion, Dr. Nichol, Epicurus, Stereotomy, the street stones, the fruiterer."

The titles of "Urbania" and "Where's the Walrus?" can be attributed to Lee Abrams, a (then) radio programmer for WLUP Radio (Chicago, IL) and friend of Parsons and Woolfson. Eric Woolfson remembers:

"He was really quite inspirational in this album [Stereotomy] in telling us what we'd been doing wrong, in his view, on the previous albums... 'Urbania' was one of the words he came out with during the course of a long conversation. Another title he's responsible for... is 'Where's the Walrus,' the other instrumental, 'cause he was really giving us a hard time, I must tell you: 'Your guitar sounds are too soft, and your whole approach is, you know, slack, and your lyrics—there’s no great lyrics anymore! I mean, where's the walrus? I don't hear the walrus!' Referring, of course, to John Lennon's `I am the Walrus’..."

[7][better source needed]

Abrams is frequently credited on Project recordings as "Mr. Laser Beam" ("laser beam" being an anagram of Lee Abrams).

Personnel

[edit]

Charts

[edit]
Chart (1985-1986) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[8] 50
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9] 15
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[10] 32
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] 13
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[12] 16
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 15
Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi)[14] 17
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[15] 49
Spanish Albums (AFE)[16] 2
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 21
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] 13
US Billboard 200[19] 43
[edit]

A copy of Stereotomy can (very) briefly be seen in The Big Lebowski when Maude tells The Dude to look through her LPs.

"Limelight" was used by NBC Sports for a music video of the 1986 New York Mets during the postgame show of the 1986 World Series after the Mets defeated the Boston Red Sox in Game 7 to win the World Championship.

in 1989 "Stereotomy", "Where's the Walrus?", and "Chinese Whispers" were used as background music in Cuando Llega El Amor starring Lucero, and Omar Fierro.

"Limelight" was used CBC Sports for the closing montage of the 1992 Grey Cup where the Calgary Stampeders defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24-10. Doug Flutie led Calgary to their first Grey Cup title in 21 years.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Stereotomy at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Album Reviews". Rolling Stone.
  3. ^ Bill Henderson (16 February 1986). "Review: The Alan Parsons Project, Stereotomy". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  4. ^ Aikin, Jim; Doerschuk, Bob (August 1986). "The Essence of Studio Rock". Keyboard Magazine.
  5. ^ "History of The Alan Parsons Project". The-alan-parsons-project.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  6. ^ Considine, J.D. (April 1986). "Stereotomy". Musician.
  7. ^ "Alan Parsons Project List FAQ - Version 1.0". www.pattifiasco.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  8. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 229. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  9. ^ "Austriancharts.at – The Alan Parsons Project – Stereotomy" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  10. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0642". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
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