Main Takeaway: Limelight, the fourth track on The Alan Parsons Project’s ninth studio album Stereotomy (1985), serves as a poignant meditation on fame’s double-edged nature—its glow and its glare—and continues to resonate with anyone grappling with the tension between outward success and inner authenticity. Artistic and Historical Context Released in December 1985, Stereotomy marked a turning point for The Alan Parsons Project. No longer achieving the commercial heights of earlier works, the duo of producer-engineer Alan Parsons and pianist-songwriter Eric Woolfson pivoted toward a more digital, layered sound, integrating synthesisers (PPG Wave, Fairlight CMI, DX7) with orchestral arrangements1. Amidst this

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