The Best of the Alan Parsons Project is a 1983 greatest hits compilation by the Alan Parsons Project. In addition, it contained a new song "You Don't Believe", which would be included on the next Project album, Ammonia Avenue. In 1986, it had become the first album of the group to be released in the Soviet Union, although the song "Psychobabble" was removed from it. No songs from Tales of Mystery and Imagination were included, presumably because that album had not been released through Arista.
Trivia
The liner notes mention an "in depth book about the Alan Parsons Project" being prepared for publication in 1984, directing readers to register for advance information and providing a P.O.Box address for the purpose. The book was never published.