Alan Parsons Project “Let’s Talk About Me” charted

Let’s Talk About Me The Alan Parsons Project

Writer(s): Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson (see lyrics here) First Charted: February 9, 1985 Peak: 56 US, 10 AR, 89 CN, 1 DF (Click for codes to singles charts.) Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 0.84 video, -- streaming

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About the Song: The Alan Parsons Project were coming off the success of the 1984 Ammonia Avenue producing two top-40 hits, but they’d previously peaked with 1982’s “Eye in the Sky”(#3) from the top-10 album of the same name. While some drop-off was therefore expected, the 1985 Vulture Culture album was still a commercial disappointment. It was their first album since their 1976 debut to fall short of attaining at least gold status. As with every album by the project, there is a loose theme tying the songs together. For Vulture Cuture, the “fallacy of humankind is front and center.” AMG The message is that “everyone lives in a parasitic society, where it’s every man for himself.” AMG The theme is somewhat reflected in the lead single, “Let’s Talk About Me,” whose title alone suggests egocentrism. From a commercial standpoint, the song signalled the end of the band’s top-40 days, peaking at a lowly #56 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Project has been well known for using a slew of different vocalists even within one album. To that end, David Paton takes the lead vocal on “Let’s Talk About Me.” He gained his greatest success with the group Pilot in the 1970s, especially the top-5 hit “Magic.” Resources: DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Alan Parsons DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Eric Woolfson AMG All Music Guide WK Wikipedia Related Links: First posted 7/7/2022; last updated 12/24/2022.