Tales of mystery imagination often rendered as tales of mystery and imagination is a popular title for posthumous compilations of writings by american author essayist and poet edgar allan poe and was the first complete collection of his works specifically restricting itself to his suspenseful and related tales.
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Tales of mystery and imagination edgar allan poe is the debut studio album by british rock band the alan parsons project it was released on 1 may 1976 in the united states by 20th century fox records and on 1 june 1976 in the united kingdom by charisma records the lyrical and musical themes of the album which are retellings of horror stories and poetry by edgar allan poe attracted a cult.
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The alan parsons project s tales of mystery and imagination is one of the best horror themed rock albums ever produced.
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Tales of mystery and imagination edgar allan poe.
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Every track is based on a work by that master of the morbid edgar allan poe and the band actually only two musician songwriters alan parsons and eric woolfson backed up by some outstanding session musicians does a fantastic job of weaving poe s eerie narrative and lurid.
20th century records 6370 243 format.
The app first burst onto the scene with tales of mystery and imagination 1976 an adaptation of edgar allan poe s work that in retrospect makes a later poe tribute lou reed s the raven seem a model of restraint.
The alan parsons project tales of mystery and imagination.
The alan parsons project s tales of mystery and imagination is one of the best horror themed rock albums ever produced.
Immaculately produced and including such luminaries as arthur brown john miles and the band pilot and in the 1987 remix also.