Home Read Classic Album Review: Alan Parsons | The Time Machine

Classic Album Review: Alan Parsons | The Time Machine

This dull batch of prog-pop will make you think Dr. Evil has truly stolen Al's mojo.

This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


First, he was a gag in the time travel-themed Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. Now, he has a new album — his 14th studio disc, for those keeping score — called Time Machine.

Coincidence? Or the work of Dr. Evil? After spinning this stupefyingly dull batch of synth-driven prog-pop, it’s hard not to suspect the latter. With the exception of one decent track — the Lennonesque pop of Press Rewind — these Pink Floyd-lite ditties are as underdeveloped as Mini-Me. Throw us a friggin’ bone here, Alan. Or has Dr. Evil stolen your mojo too?