The Alan Parsons Project
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The Alan Parsons Project was a British progressive rock band led by audio engineer Alan Parsons and songwriter Eric Woolfson, known for its concept albums and polished, studio-crafted sound in the 1970s and 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Alan Parsons Project canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6042856 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Alan Parsons Project Context triple: [Albedo 0.39 (track), artist, The Alan Parsons Project]
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A.
Deepcut
Deepcut is a village in Surrey, England, best known for its military connections and the presence of the Princess Royal Barracks.
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B.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Emerson, Lake & Palmer was a pioneering British progressive rock supergroup formed in 1970, known for its virtuosic musicianship, elaborate live performances, and fusion of rock with classical and jazz influences.
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C.
Ultravox
Ultravox is a British new wave and synth-pop band best known for their atmospheric, electronic sound and influential role in shaping early 1980s pop music.
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D.
Procol Harum
Procol Harum is an English rock band best known for their 1967 hit single "A Whiter Shade of Pale," a landmark of the psychedelic and progressive rock era.
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E.
Bill Bruford’s Earthworks
Bill Bruford’s Earthworks is the 1987 debut album by drummer Bill Bruford’s jazz fusion group Earthworks, blending acoustic jazz with electronic percussion and progressive rock influences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Alan Parsons Project Target entity description: The Alan Parsons Project was a British progressive rock band led by audio engineer Alan Parsons and songwriter Eric Woolfson, known for its concept albums and polished, studio-crafted sound in the 1970s and 1980s.
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A.
Deepcut
Deepcut is a village in Surrey, England, best known for its military connections and the presence of the Princess Royal Barracks.
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B.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Emerson, Lake & Palmer was a pioneering British progressive rock supergroup formed in 1970, known for its virtuosic musicianship, elaborate live performances, and fusion of rock with classical and jazz influences.
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C.
Ultravox
Ultravox is a British new wave and synth-pop band best known for their atmospheric, electronic sound and influential role in shaping early 1980s pop music.
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D.
Procol Harum
Procol Harum is an English rock band best known for their 1967 hit single "A Whiter Shade of Pale," a landmark of the psychedelic and progressive rock era.
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E.
Bill Bruford’s Earthworks
Bill Bruford’s Earthworks is the 1987 debut album by drummer Bill Bruford’s jazz fusion group Earthworks, blending acoustic jazz with electronic percussion and progressive rock influences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British rock band
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progressive rock band ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1990 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1975 ⓘ |
| album |
Ammonia Avenue
NERFINISHED
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Eve NERFINISHED ⓘ Eye in the Sky NERFINISHED ⓘ Gaudi NERFINISHED ⓘ I Robot NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyramid NERFINISHED ⓘ Stereotomy NERFINISHED ⓘ Tales of Mystery and Imagination NERFINISHED ⓘ The Turn of a Friendly Card NERFINISHED ⓘ Vulture Culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Alan Parsons
NERFINISHED
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Ambrosia NERFINISHED ⓘ Camel NERFINISHED ⓘ Chris Rainbow NERFINISHED ⓘ Colin Blunstone NERFINISHED ⓘ David Paton NERFINISHED ⓘ Eric Woolfson NERFINISHED ⓘ Ian Bairnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Lenny Zakatek NERFINISHED ⓘ Pilot ⓘ Stuart Elliott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | studio project concept ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| debutAlbum | Tales of Mystery and Imagination NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| debutAlbumReleaseYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| formedIn | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founder |
Alan Parsons
NERFINISHED
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Eric Woolfson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
art rock
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pop rock ⓘ progressive rock ⓘ soft rock ⓘ symphonic rock ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Pink Floyd
NERFINISHED
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The Beatles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leader |
Alan Parsons
NERFINISHED
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Eric Woolfson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
concept albums
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studio-crafted sound ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Don't Answer Me
NERFINISHED
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Eye in the Sky NERFINISHED ⓘ Games People Play NERFINISHED ⓘ I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You NERFINISHED ⓘ Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryComposer | Eric Woolfson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLyricist | Eric Woolfson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryProducer | Alan Parsons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
20th Century Records
NERFINISHED
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Arista Records ⓘ Charisma Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalTheme |
literary adaptations
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psychological concepts ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Alan Parsons Project Description of subject: The Alan Parsons Project was a British progressive rock band led by audio engineer Alan Parsons and songwriter Eric Woolfson, known for its concept albums and polished, studio-crafted sound in the 1970s and 1980s.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.