Tales Of Mystery And Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe
by The Alan Parsons Project
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The Alan Parsons Project bestography
Tales Of Mystery And Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe is ranked 4th best out of 18 albums by The Alan Parsons Project on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Alan Parsons Project is I Robot which is ranked number 1633 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,051.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Tales Of Mystery And Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Tales Of Mystery And Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | BurndenAce | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 58/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 24/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 68 Music Albums of 1976 | 64/68 | 0 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Progressive Rock #101-200 | 93/100 | - |
| 2026 |  NickVolos | Vinyl Collection, Pt. 4 | 46/99 | - |
| 2026 | Rivera | Best Of Rest 5 | 26/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1976 Pt 2 | 4/14 | - |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1976 | 46/50 | 1 |
| 2026 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 28/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | zags7000 | Overall 101-200 | 81/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 145 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 652 | |||
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Tales Of Mystery And Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/25/2026 22:22 | newt | 817 | 66/100 |
| ! | 08/14/2026 20:13 |  nitomano | 2,292 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/27/2026 18:15 | shawnd27 | 26 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.7/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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Tales Of Mystery And Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe comments
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Surprised to see this in 4th place. Consistently good with a great concept. (Edited)
Leonard 10/21/2015 11:36 | #151802 | TOP COMMENT
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The first album from the alan parsons project was the best!
Goliath 02/21/2022 11:09 | #281656 | TOP COMMENT
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Extraordinary album. Beautiful, haunting, darkly atmospheric, rated far too low. (Edited)
Tier List for my preferences of the tracks on this album:
NOTE: 6 is "The Fall Of The House Of Usher" in its entirety and 7 is "To One In Paradise"
Top: 3-5
High: 1, 2, 6, 7
80/100
Lets remember this guy collaborated on the best Album of all Time!!
very good debut album
(The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether , Top Track
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