Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Tales of Mystery and Imagination
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Artist: Alan Parsons Project
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Island / Mercury
Soundtracks:
  1. A Dream Within A Dream (Instrumental)
  2. The Raven
  3. The Tell-Tale Heart
  4. The Cast Of Amontillado
  5. (The System of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether
  6. I Prelude
  7. II Arrival
  8. III Intermezzo
  9. IV Pavane
  10. V Fall
  11. To One In Paradise

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Free Music Review: great stuff
Hit: 5 Stars

A cheesy Pink Floyd knockoff? I don't think so. Any time a band is able to mix dreamy atmospheres with melodic songwriting, they're truly talented. This band not only does that, but they were talented to find ways to do it EVERY SINGLE TIME, that's why many Alan Parsons albums are enjoyable the entire way through without any filler. A gifted band for sure.

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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
Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007.
2007 Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Progressive Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork that was Remastered by Alan Parsons Himself and Partner Eric Woolfson. This Special Package Includes the Remastered Original 1976 Edition, the 1987 Remix (Which Incorporated Dialogue by Orson Welles!) and Eight Previously Unreleased Tracks. Recorded at Abbey Road in 1975 and Released in 1976, the Idea for the Alan Parsons Project Came from Manager and Writer Eric Woolfson, who Saw his Role as an Auteur, Bringing Together Some of the Greatest Talents in Music to Bring to Life to Edgar Allan Poe's Sinister, Gothic Tales. Woolfson Enlisted the White-hot Production Whiz-kid, Fresh from his Work with Wings and Pink Floyd, to Set About Making Dreams Reality. This Spectacular Debut Recording Remains a Singular, Compelling Rock Musical Work that was a Clearly Logical Step for Parsons to Take on his Own after the Accolades of "Dark Side of the Moon".

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