- progressive rock, rock, pop rock, art rock
- 41 min
- 7 tracks
- Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Edgar Allan Poe) is the debut studio album by British rock band the Alan Parsons Project. It was released in April 1976 in the United Kingdom and Ireland by Charisma Records and 20th Century Records in the rest of the world.
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Character
Grave, earnest, bleak and epic.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Rolling Stone(mixed)
- Mojo4/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1A Dream Within a Dream3:42
- A2The Raven3:58
- A3The Tell‐Tale Heart4:35
- A4The Cask of Amontillado4:29
- A5(The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether4:12
- B1The Fall of the House of Usher: I. Prelude / II. Arrival / III. Intermezzo / IV. Pavane / V. Fall15:13
- B2To One in Paradise4:21
7 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Alan Parsons Project
- Label
- Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
- Released
- 1976
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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