The Alan Parsons Project – Vulture Culture

In my opinion, this is not one of the best Alan Parsons Projects outings. In fact, it is my least favorite. But I do love this pressing. It is very well done, one of the quietest LPs I own. It is very dynamic and has fantastic sound across the board. Production and mixing are exquisite, as you would expect from Mr. Parsons.

Instrumentation is great and the more I listen to it, it sinks in more, it just doesn't have the strong set of catchy songs most APP albums have. Soundwise, it is gorgeous - deep blacks, crystalline guitars and cymbals, thick bass, great vocals...just a wonderful recording.

First I heard it, then held it up to the light. Translucent Quiex II vinyl. 🙏

This is a German DMM (Direct Metal Mastering) pressing and sounds great. This DMM pressing sounds better than Europian/Holland/Scandinavian pressings because here is better balanced sound, more transparent and airy. Everything is better here.

Here we have a soft pop-style album by APP and sounds very good. This is Scandinavian (Nordic) issue but pressing is made in Holland.

Very nice lovely sound quality on this release, except for some sibilance on a few tracks. Pressing is great too.
I made a needledrop of one of the tracks from this vinyl record - You can find it on the right side in the videos - Under the name:
The Alan Parsons Project - Vulture Culture (1986 Italian Vinyl)

Very nice sound quality on this release. Pressing is good too.
I made a needledrop of one of the tracks from this vinyl record - You can find it on the right side in the videos - Under the name:
Separate Lives (1985 Scandinavian Vinyl)

Solid album. I have other Alan Parsons Project's albums and not sure why people don't rate this one higher

Do I only have the impression that "Lets Talk About Me" occasionally lacks low frequencies or the bass? It sounds a bit like various traces have disappeared.

Absolutely no Prog left on this album, commercial arrangements on each and every song in the vein of Miami Vice or David Bowie's Let's Dance just like the last album...this is the synthesizer pop period (though not fullblown synth-pop) and why I haven't heard it until now, nothing like APP back in the day.

I'll never quite understand (or even want to) how a band starting out just as good as Goblin or Carpenter's music with the Poe themed debut would end up as a more high brow Duran Duran on the last two efforts (after this one). But I guess it was the times, even Van Halen went through a 25 year "break" playing pop music...must be a record much worse than Parsons.

My guess is it's due to the rights permission (NCB). Regarding the rights, to me this is a Dutch release even if it's pressed for Scandinavia.