The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe
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Artikel Name: Tales of Mystery and Imagination: Edgar Allan PoeGenre: Rock englischsprachig Produkt Typ: LP (Vinyl) Label: Mercury Titelanzahl: 11
Trackliste LP - 1
Alan Parsons Project, The - A Dream Within A Dream (1987 Remix) 4:13 Alan Parsons Project, The - The Raven (1987 Remix) 3:58 Alan Parsons Project, The - The Tell-Tale Heart (1987 Remix) 4:39 Alan Parsons Project, The - The Cask Of Amontillado (1987 Remix) 4:33 Alan Parsons Project, The - (The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether (1987 Remix) 4:21 Alan Parsons Project, The - The Fall Of The House Of Usher: Prelude (1987 Remix) 7:02 Alan Parsons Project, The - The Fall Of The House Of Usher: Arrival (1987 Remix) 2:40 Alan Parsons Project, The - The Fall Of The House Of Usher: Intermezzo (1987 Remix) 1:00 Alan Parsons Project, The - The Fall Of The House Of Usher: Pavane (1987 Remix) 4:37 Alan Parsons Project, The - The Fall Of The House Of Usher: Fall (1987 Remix) 0:51 Alan Parsons Project, The - To One In Paradise (1987 Remix) 4:46Beschreibung
Beschreibung
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. On the album's 1987 remix, the instrumental "Dream Within a Dream" has Orson Welles narrating in front of this wispy collaboration of guitars and keyboards (Welles also narrates "Fall of the House of Usher: Prelude"). 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
Mike DeGagne
Mitwirkende
- Artist: The Alan Parsons Project
- Record Label: Mercury
- Record Label: Universal Import
- Record Label: Universal Distribution
- Guest Artist: David Paton
- Guest Artist: Orson Welles
- Guest Artist: Arthur Brown
- Guest Artist: John Miles
- Guest Artist: Jack Harris
- Guest Artist: Terry Sylvester
- Guest Artist: Stuart Tosh
- Guest Artist: Billy Lyall
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