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Tales of Mystery and Imagination
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Artist(s)Alan Parsons Project
StudioIsland / Mercury
Release DateOctober 25, 1990
UPC Code042283282025
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Tracks

  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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User Reviews

Average user review: 4.5 (88 reviews)

rating: 5 Quotegreat stuffQuote
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. March 16, 2008

rating: 4 Quotemusic has always been poetry...Quote
This made me pull out my Edgar Allan Poe book of essays and share with my son (age 16) The music just bridges the poetry perfectly. We ended up talking about how the APP group got started, not as a band but as a "project". Just good talking. January 15, 2008

rating: 5 QuoteSOUNDS GOOD 2 ME!Quote
Not sure what the previous reviewers are on about? This is a classic rock album that needs to be heard loud!!!
Sure the remastering mix is a bit more intense that it should be, but that does not detract from the listening experience.
I guess if you listen to this masterpiece on a crappy stereo it will sound awful, but put this through a high end stereo and it shines. Huge sound stage, great depth and texture. They way it should be heard. Enjoy December 28, 2007

rating: 1 QuoteHorrible Remaster!!!Quote
This gives me great sorrow to write this about one of my favorite artists and who prides himself as a recording perfectionist!

We waited 13 years for this masterpiece to be remastered by Alan, who used to be the king of audiophile remasters, and I was stunned and shocked when I played it! The Mobile Fidelity version from 1994 smokes this version. This version is flat, VERY bright and hashy, has no body and warmth, and seems as if it is a compressed MP3 version on CD.

I also bought the Japan mini LP CD of this new release and same big disappointment with the remastering.

All my other latest remasters, such as Rush and Steely Dan, etc., sound way better than their MFSL counterparts, BUT not AP!!

Booklets and Bonus Tracks?? Who cares if the remaster sucks!! It should be about the music not the extras.

I can not believe AP really supervised this remaster, and if so, something must be wrong!

All we can hope for now is that it will be done in DVD-Audio by someone else.

I agree--after this release, I will NOT repurchase the rest of the APP rerelease catalogue!!

What a shame!
November 28, 2007

rating: 1 QuoteNot worth the moneyQuote
The Japanese packaging is interesting and the extra tracks are nice to have, however the recording on the original release is distorted. It sounds like it was recorded at too high a level. October 26, 2007

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