Artist	Song
Steely Dan	Aja
from Aja (1999)
Queen	Killer Queen
from Queen: Greatest Hits (1994)
Electric Light Orchestra	10538 Overture
from Strange Magic - The Best of Electric Light Orchestra (1995)
The Alan Parsons Project	I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You
from The Essential Alan Parsons Project (2007)
Supertramp	Bloody Well Right
from The Very Best of Supertramp (1992)
Pink Floyd	One of These Days
from Meddle (Remastered) (2011)
Todd Rundgren	Just One Victory
from The Very Best of Todd Rundgren (2005)
Fleetwood Mac	Tusk
from Greatest Hits (2004)
Roxy Music	Virginia Plain
from The Best of Roxy Music (2001)
Brian Eno	Baby's On Fire
from Here Come the Warm Jets (2004)
Steely Dan	Aja
from Aja (1999)
Queen	Killer Queen
from Queen: Greatest Hits (1994)
Electric Light Orchestra	10538 Overture
from Strange Magic - The Best of Electric Light Orchestra (1995)
The Alan Parsons Project	I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You
from The Essential Alan Parsons Project (2007)
Supertramp	Bloody Well Right
from The Very Best of Supertramp (1992)
Pink Floyd	One of These Days
from Meddle (Remastered) (2011)
Boston	More Than a Feeling
from Boston: Greatest Hits (1997)
Todd Rundgren	Just One Victory
from The Very Best of Todd Rundgren (2005)
Fleetwood Mac	Tusk
from Greatest Hits (2004)
Roxy Music	Virginia Plain
from The Best of Roxy Music (2001)
Brian Eno	Baby's On Fire
from Here Come the Warm Jets (2004)

Comment:

During the '70s industry-standard four-track recorders blew up like a pan of Jiffy Pop, swelling to as many as 24 tracks, and the masters of this new technology, like Todd Rundgren and Brian Eno, often outshone the acts they produced. Alan Parsons, the knob-wielding wizard who'd engineered [i]Abbey Road[/i] and [i]Dark Side of the Moon[/i], fused sci-fi art-rock to a brooding disco-ball beat on "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You." On Queen's "Killer Queen," with its multitracked razor-sharp vocal harmonies and platform-shoe-chunky lead guitar, we first hear the prog-meets-glam roots of [i]A Night at the Opera[/i], the album that cemented their mega-stardom. But 10cc pushed the studio's capabilities almost beyond belief, painstakingly layering vocal overdubs, track upon track, to construct a 256-voice virtual choir that floated through "I'm Not in Love" like a spectral presence. Enjoy the display — these tracks are merely one tiny shelf in our auditory candy shop.

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