This debut established his tradition of making only concept albums (mostly composedĪ revolving cast of guest vocalists and sessionmen. Suspenseful strings and no drums, ending with a cascade of lugubrious organ chords. Towering over the songs, the five-movement suite The Fall Of The House Of Usher that floats over simple melodies, mostly with The Yes-style Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether, etc. The orchestral operetta-style aria of The Cask of Amontillado, The Deep Purple-esque hard-rock of The Tell-tale Heart, The languid and folk-ish A Dream Within a Dream, In 1976 he and keyboardist Eric Woolfson formed the Alan Parsons ProjectĪnd released Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Arista, 1976), a conceptĪlbum based on Edgar Allan Poe's stories that borrowed from different genres He then became an equally successful producer. The Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of the Moon, two of the most lushly The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980), 6.5/10Īlan Parsons worked as a sound engineer on the Beatles' Abbey Road and Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976), 7/10 ( Copyright © 1999-2022 Piero Scaruffi | Terms of use) Alan Parsons: biography, discography, reviews, ratings, best albums
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