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〕 | rev2 = Rolling Stone | rev2Score = 〔(Rolling Stone Music | Album Reviews ). Rollingstone.com.〕 }} ''Vulture Culture'' is the eighth studio album by The Alan Parsons Project, released in 1984 via Arista label.〔(Alan Parsons Project, The – Vulture Culture at Discogs ). Discogs.com (14 December 2012).〕 ==Overview== The first side of the LP (CD tracks 1–4) consists entirely of four-minute pop songs, and the second side varies widely, from the subdued funk of the title track to the bouncing "Hawkeye". At the beginning of 1985, the lead single "Let's Talk About Me" reached the Top 40 in Germany (where the album was No. 1〔(charts.de ). charts.de.〕), in Switzerland (where ''Vulture Culture'' was No. 2) and in the Netherlands.〔(The Alan Parsons Project – Let's Talk About Me ). hitparade.ch.〕 The song features voice-over commentary from Lee Abrams, credited on the album as "Mr. Laser Beam" (an anagram of his name). Originally, the album was intended to be the second LP of a double album, with ''Ammonia Avenue'' being the first. After the discs were split into separate albums, ''Vulture Culture'' was given a more modern (for the time) studio treatment with harder-hitting drums and dynamics. "Sooner or Later" was described by Parsons himself as "the third attempt to try and get another hit with the "Eye in the Sky"-esque chugging guitar line – "Prime Time" from ''Ammonia Avenue'' was the second, which I thought was a little more successful in that respect." In the charts, ''Vulture Culture'' was a success in continental Europe, often reaching the Top 10,〔(The Alan Parsons Project – Vulture Culture ). dutchcharts.nl.〕 and in Oceania; whereas it was less successful in North America. It was the last album to be certified Gold. The song "Hawkeye" is an instrumental but does contain a line from Monica, a woman working at the canteen in Abbey Road Studios. The line she says is: "Only what's on the menu". This is the only Project album that does not feature the orchestration of Andrew Powell. ''Vulture Culture'' was the last Project album recorded on analogue equipment, and as with the previous two, mixed directly to the digital master tape. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vulture Culture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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