Album · Alan Parsons Project
I Robot by Alan Parsons Project
I Robot is an album by Alan Parsons Project, released in 1977. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You”, on 2 lists with a best position of #837.
I Robot, the second album from the Alan Parsons Project, landed on Arista on 8 July 1977, and it's a concept record that took its reading list straight from Isaac Asimov's robot stories. Parsons produced it himself at Abbey Road Studios, and the man whose name is on the marquee is a one-stop shop: keyboards, bass, acoustic guitar, flute, lead vocals and a vocoder that makes a human voice sound freshly bolted together.
Under the gleaming studio chrome sits a genuinely brainy question: what happens when the machines start to think, and what does that make of us? The record turns it over like a late-night dorm-room debate with a rhythm section, swinging from progressive rock pomp to moody art-rock tableaux to a surprisingly funky strut. It's cool, cerebral and immaculately sanded down, a head trip you can also tap your foot to.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from I Robot on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You | 2 | #837 | – | 2002–2020 | |
| 2 | I Robot | 1 | #1928 | – | 2020 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.