The Raven

Listening to Ron Jolly's radio program today, I was reminded that today was Edgar Allan Poe's birthday. As part of the announcment, he played some of the song "The Raven" from the Alan Parsons album "Takes of Mystery and Imagination of Edgar Allan Poe". A Youtube video of it appears below:



I hadn't heard it for a while, and was glad to hear it. I've come to think that the Alan Parsons Project's "Poe" album is one of the two best rock albums ever made. If you can find the best version, that is. I am not sure it is still available. At one time, it was edited so there is distracting guitar here and there like someone is doing guitar Karaoke. Oh well, I guess that is what they wanted.

The alterations only affect a couple of tracks, and not "The Raven". Give it a listen, and hear how it begins with a Cylon chorus and ends with a very solemn choir.

And, if you want to hear more Cylon voices, listen to this Cylon love song: