I Robot
by The Alan Parsons Project

Album
I Robot by The Alan Parsons Project
Year: 1977
Release date: 1977-06-08
Overall rank: 1,621st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 259 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1977 (33rd)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (301st)
Award Best albums of all time (1,621st)

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The Alan Parsons Project bestography

I Robot is ranked as the best album by The Alan Parsons Project.

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- This album (1,621st)
I Robot Lower ranked (1,895th) »
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I Robot rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,621st | 1970s rank: 301st | 1977 rank: 33rd  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 259 votes)
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 !		09/30/2026 08:36 Siromynian  Ratings distribution  1,78974/100
 
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 !		08/17/2026 10:02 Liedzeit  Ratings distribution  2,54874/100
 
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 !		07/11/2026 21:41 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  9,05965/100

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90/100
From 07/03/2019 17:01 | #238875 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
95/100

What an album!!!, emotional songs and ambient music, think the guys who ranked this low only listen to Rap or Punk (Edited)
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From 04/22/2019 22:56 | #235403 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Impressive album, my favourite by the Project. The lengthy, instrumental title track/opener stands out particularly, with its funky, synth-disco. I also particularly like the male/female duet of "Some Other Time", Peter Straker(a close friend of Freddie Mercury's) and Jaki Whitren, up there with Phil Lynott and Julie Covington on "The Spirit of Man"(Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds). (Edited)
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70/100
From 03/24/2022 23:39 | #283364 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This is a good album but not one that I really get drawn back to frequently nor is it a record that blows me away when I listen to it. With that being said, there are some brilliant moments on here and the atmosphere the artist creates is extremely unique and feels very techno. The songs are slow and progressive and most of them do reach a very satisfying conclusion. The sound quality of the record and the production is fantastic and the music feels so smooth and it is so easy to glide through the tracks. What is missing for me is those songs that would go beyond being very good and without those the record is kept back. It is too slow at times as well and a few cuts feel unnecessary. Overall, an enjoyable record where I can see the appeal and I do appreciate the music a lot but it just isn't that impressive in my opinion and doesn't stand out against the competition. (Edited)
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85/100
From 10/29/2014 05:51 | #125678 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Anybody that can engineer an all time classic like "dark Side of the moon"
Can have a classic himself ....... and that is "I robot".
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75/100
From 10/17/2019 14:31 | #243852 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The perfect blend of Prog and nostalgic 70's melodies (Edited)
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