Pyramid

Pyramid is a progressive rock album by The Alan Parsons Project. It was released in 1978 (see 1978 in music). At the time this album was conceived, interest in pyramids and so-called pyramid power was very popular. A pyramid could be found on the back of a dollar bill, there were stories in the newspapers about the supposed magical properties of pyramids and of course, the cover of The Dark Side of the Moon (in which Parsons was the sound enginee... more

Release Date:

  • Jun 1978

Running Time:

  • 2,266.96 s (37.7827 min )

Musical Album

Artist

The Alan Parsons Project

The Alan Parsons Project were a British progressive rock band active between 1975 and 1990, founded by Eric Woolfson and Alan Parsons. Englishman Alan Parsons met Scotsman Eric Woolfson in the canteen of Abbey Road Studios in the summer of 1974. Parsons had already acted as assistant engineer on...

Label

Arista Records

Arista Records (pronounced /ˈɛərɪstə/) is an American record label. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operates under the RCA/Jive Label Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records (which would become Sony Music Entertainment...
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