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Gaudi is an album by the Alan Parsons Project is a British pop-rock group of the late 1970s-early 1980s, founded by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson. Most of their titles, especially the early work, share common traits (probably influenced by Pink Floyds Dark Side of the Moon, on which Alan was the audio... Alan Parsons Project. As the band's last album, it was released in 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. Events Environmental change Varroa destructor, an invasive parasite is found in the US October 15 - Hurricane force winds cause extensive damage in southern England. January January 1 - Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories, changes its name to Iqaluit. In 1999... 1987. Gaudi refers to Antoni Gaud i Cornet (more widely known in the English speaking world under the Spanish version of his first name, as Antonio Gaud , or, just simply, Gaudi), (25 June 1852–10 June 1926) was a Catalan architect famous for his unique designs expressing sculptural and individualistic qualities. His works... Antoni Gaudi, an Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person licensed in the art of planning, designing and overseeing the construction of buildings, or more generally, the designer of a scheme or plan. See architecture or landscape architecture Architects and landscape architects are considered professionals on par with doctors... architect.


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theLogBook.com Music Reviews » Alan Parsons Project (1780 words)
Originally intended to be the name of a single album and not an ongoing band, the Alan Parsons Project was a bold concession to early 70s art-rock and progressive rock, fusing the expansive (and often lengthy) compositions of such acts as Yes with the conceptual cohesion of Pink Floyd and Emerson Lake & Palmer.
And ironically, the idea behind the Project (for the purposes of that first album) was to dispense with the focus on the performers and place the emphasis entirely on the concept.
The album spread its wings to cover everything from the myth of Daedalus and Icarus to the space age, with one song sung by Christopher Cross and another, a lengthy instrumental called “Apollo”, weaving John F. Kennedy’s moonshot directive into a jamming techno piece.
Gaudi: Information from Answers.com (247 words)
Synonyms: Antonio Gaudi, Gaudi i Cornet, Antonio Gaudi i Cornet
Gaudi is an album by The Alan Parsons Project.
Gaudi refers to Antoni Gaudi, an architect, and the opening track references what is probably his best known building, La Sagrada Família.
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