Brooklyn-via-Cape Cod rockers Highly Suspect continue to bang out the rollicking riffs on their second album, coming on hot and heavy with the woozy opening crunch of “My Name Is Human.” They’re positively adrenalized on the swaggering “Postres” and moved by the power of piano on “Chicago,” a dramatic stunner that showcases Johnny Stevens’ passionate vocals. They close things in grand fashion, as the wild “Wolf” eases its way from a glittery soft open to an unhinged finale of blistering, spacey guitar solos.

Tales of Mystery and Imagination is an extremely mesmerizing aural journey through some of Edgar Allan Poe's most renowned works. With the use of synthesizers, drums, guitar, and even a glockenspiel, Parsons' shivering effects make way for an eerie excursion into Poe's well-known classics. On the album's 1987 remix, the instrumental "Dream Within a Dream" has Orson Welles narrating in front of this wispy collaboration of guitars and keyboards (Welles also narrates "Fall of the House of Usher: Prelude"). The EMI vocoder is used throughout "The Raven" with the Westminster City School Boys Choir mixed in to add a distinct flair to its chamber-like sound.