Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Rolling Stone | (mixed) |
Critical reaction to the album was often mixed; for example, Rolling Stone's Billy Altman concluded that it did not completely accurately reproduce Poe's tension and macabre fear, ending by claiming that "devotees of Gothic literature will have to wait for someone with more of the macabre in their blood for a truer musical reading of Poe's often terrifying works". Still, it was a mildly positive review.
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