On the surface, it appears that an album like "Tales" was indeed "something of a gamble to do this for your first album". It makes more sense, however, when you understand that when they made this album it was not intended to be the first of a string of albums. Rather, this album was in fact "the Alan Parsons project".
I like this album a lot, but it's not an album of grest singles, or songs that could have been singles, except for possibly "To One In Paradise". It's an album for those who like to listen to albums.
"To One In Paradise" is a song I would not mind played at my funeral.
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