Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination
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Artist: Alan Parsons ProjectEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Island / Mercury
Soundtracks:
- Dream Within a Dream [Instrumental]
- Raven
- Tell-Tale Heart
- Cask of Amontillado
- (The System Of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
- Fall of the House of Usher: Prelude [Instrumental]
- Fall of the House of Usher: Arrival [Instrumental]
- Fall of the House of Usher: Intermezzo [Instrumental]
- Fall of the House of Usher: Pavane [Instrumental]
- Fall of the House of Usher: Fall [Instrumental]
- To One in Paradise
Music reviews of Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Music Review: Prog-pop-Poe
Rating: 3 Stars
3 1/2
Interestingly fractured debut from the seminal recorder already had heads turned with Parson's distinct blend of layered compositional catchiness via some of Edgar Allen's more popular summations.
Description of Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007.As unlikely as the idea seems today to use the suspense-filled stories of Edgar Allan Poe as the basis for an album of rock tunes, listeners in the 1970s--who were barraged with such high-flown concepts during the heyday of prog-rock--turned the record into a major hit. The Project actually scored a Top 40 hit with "(The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Feather." Thanks to FM radio overplay, however, "The Raven" is probably the album's best-known track today. The 1987 CD version of "ToMaI" differs somewhat from the original vinyl. Parsons dropped in synthesizer parts to modernize the album, and added an opening recitation by Orson Welles. But the integrity of the original is maintained well enough, and the album remains a classic excuse to dim the lights, pour a glass of sherry (amontillado, natch), and break out the headphones. --Daniel Durchholz
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