The 1987 reissued version of the song contains a guitar solo near the end, before the "Quoth the Raven"/"Nevermore, nevermore, nevermore, never!" refrains and a few licks between the lyrics. The single appeared on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart peaking at #80 in October 1976. Actor Leonard Whiting performs the lead vocals for the remainder of the song, with Eric Woolfson and a choir as backing vocals. It is also one of the few songs by the band featuring the vocals of Alan Parsons, who sings the first verse through the EMI vocoder. It was one of the first rock songs to use a vocoder, developed by EMS, to distort vocals. The song is based on the Edgar Allan Poe poem of the same name the song was written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, and was originally recorded in April 1975, at Mama Jo's Studio, North Hollywood, Los Angeles and Abbey Road Studios, London. " The Raven" is a 1975 song by the Alan Parsons Project from their album Tales of Mystery and Imagination, and first song of the band. The Alan Parsons Project singles chronology "The Fall of the House of Usher (Prelude)" 1975 single by The Alan Parsons Project "The Raven"įrom the album Tales of Mystery and Imagination
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |