a strange fantastic dream

Ariel was an Australian band that formed from the ashes of Spectrum and Tamam Shud. Released on EMI's progressive imprint Harvest in 1973, A Strange Fantastic Dream, if having certain similarities to early British progressive rock (Procol Harum, Uriah Heap) and the art rock of Supertramp, has a wry, bluesy rock swagger that's distinctly Oz. The album fared well commercially and critically, reaching #12 in the LP charts in February 1974.

Track Listing:

1. Jamaican Farewell
2. No Encores
3. Confessions Of A Psycopathic Cowpoke
4. And I'm Blue
5. Garden Of The Frenzied Cortinas
6. Miracle Man
7. Chicken Shit
8. Worm Turning Blues
9. Wheezer Grunter Module Threadaboy
10. Harry V. Dirchy
11. Hard Way To Go
12. And If It Wasn't For You