Written by Edgar Allan Poe

Closed on Account of Rabies: Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Various Artists

Album
Closed on Account of Rabies: Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Rating

Release Date
Dec 9, 1997
Label
Mouth Almighty Records
Type
Various Artists
Review
by Jason Ankeny
In the tradition of the Hal Willner-produced tributes to Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus comes Willner's Closed on Account of Rabies: Tales of Edgar Allen Poe,
a two-disc collection of musical and spoken-word interpretations of classic works including "The Raven," "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Conqueror Worm."
Among the contributors are Iggy Pop, Marianne Faithfull, Ken Nordine and Jeff Buckley, as well as actors like Christopher Walken and Gabriel Byrne.
Tracks
Disc 1

Title
Performer
Time
1 Alone Faithfull 1:30
2 The Raven Walken 8:30
3 The Tell-Tale Heart Pop 14:26
4 The Conqueror Worm Nordine 3:00
5 The Black Cat Galas 36:58
6 For Annie Friday 5:21
7 To Helen Sanders 2:29
Disc 2

Title
Performer
Time
1 The Haunted Palace Sanders 5:42
2 Ulalume Buckley 6:13
3 Berenice Doctor John 27:42
4 The City and the Sea Harry, Jazz Passengers 8:04
5 Annabel Lee Faithfull 2:24
6 The Masque of the Red Death Byrne 18:13
7 Raven [Live Excerpt] Ferrara 1:57


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Edgar Allan Poe - Six Short Stories

The Cask of Amontillado
The Conqueror Worm
The Fall House of Usher
The Gold Bug
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Purloined Letter