Tales of Mystery and Imagination The Alan Parsons Project

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  • Release Date: 04/01/2008
  • Original Release: 1975
  • Sales Rank: 92,441
  • Label: VINYL LOVERS
  • UPC: 8013252900280

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Tales of Mystery and Imagination

1LISTENA Dream Within a Dream Instrumental 3:43
2LISTENThe Raven 4:01
3LISTENThe Tell-Tale Heart 4:40
4LISTENThe Cask of Amontillado 4:29
5LISTEN(The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether 4:15
6LISTENFall of the House of Usher: Prelude Instrumental 5:51
7LISTENFall of the House of Usher: Arrival Instrumental 2:36
8LISTENFall of the House of Usher: Intermezzo Instrumental 1:06
9LISTENFall of the House of Usher: Pavane Instrumental 4:44
10LISTENFall of the House of Usher: Fall Instrumental 1:07
11LISTENTo One in Paradise 4:14

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Editorial Reviews

Tales of Mystery and Imagination is an extremely mesmerizing aural journey through some of Edgar Allan Poe's most renowned works. With the use of synthesizers, drums, guitar, and even a glockenspiel, Parsons' shivering effects make way for an eerie excursion into Poe's well-known classics. The instrumental "Dream Within a Dream" has Orson Welles narrating in front of this wispy collaboration of guitars and keyboards. The EMI vocoder is used throughout "The Raven" with the Westminster City School Boys Choir mixed in to add a distinct flair to its chamber-like sound. Parsons' expertise surrounds this album, from the slyness that prevails in "(The System Of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Feather" to the bodeful thumping of the drums that imitate a heartbeat on "The Tell-Tale Heart." "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a lengthy but dazzling array of musicianship that keeps the album's persona intact, while enabling the listener to submerge into its frightening atmosphere. With vocalists Terry Sylvester, John Miles, and Eric Woolfson stretched across each track, this variety of different singing styles adds color and design to the album's air. Without any underlying theme to be pondered upon, Alan Parsons instead paints a vivid picture of one of the most alluring literary figures in history by musically reciting his most famous works in expert fashion. Mike DeGagne, All Music Guide

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Magnificent experimentby JohnQ

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July 30, 2009: This WAS the project, the band had no intentions of making anything after this but what they created was so good that they ended up with a very good career making several very good albums. This, their first, is a masterpiece (and it wouldn't be their last masterpiece either).

This review was written about the CD edition.

A True Classicby Anonymous

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March 05, 2006: This album is a true classic. While almost all the Alan Parsons Project albums are excellent. This is the cream of the crop and belongs in everyone's music collection.

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