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Ariel – A Strange Fantastic Dream (VG+/VG+)
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A Strange Fantastic Dream is an LP by Ariel from 1973 released on the EMI label.
About this album
A Strange Fantastic Dream is a cult 1973 prog rock album that showcases Ariel 13’s eccentric, off-kilter songwriting and loose, inventive energy. Built from barbed humour, rustic storytelling and abrupt shifts in mood, the record sits comfortably within early-1970s progressive rock while sounding too quirky to be easily contained by the genre. Its mix of twisted country inflections, bluesy detours and left-field titles gives the album a distinctly outsider character, and that singular personality is what has kept it of interest to collectors and genre fans. Rather than aiming for polish, Ariel lean into idiosyncrasy, making the album a snapshot of prog’s more oddball and experimental edge.
Genre: Pop & Rock
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A1 Jamaican Farewell
A2 No Encores
A3 Confessions Of A Psycopathic Cowpoke
A4 And I'M Blue
A5 Garden Of The Frenzied Cortinas
B1 Miracle Man
B2 Chicken Shit
B3 Worm Turning Blues
B4a Wheezer Grunter Module Threadaboy
B4b Harry V. Dirchy
B5 Hard Way To Go
B6 And If It Wasn'T For You