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.
01 Jamaican Farewell 2:50 02 No Encores 3:47 03 Confessions Of A Psycopathic Cowpoke 4:43 04 And I'm Blue 2:51 05 Garden Of The Frenzied Cortinas 7:46 06 Miracle Man 5:29 07 Chicken Shit 4:23 08 Worm-turning Blues 2:56 09 Wheezer Grunter Module Threadaboy / Harry V. Dirchy (god The Man) 4:20 10 Hard Way To Go 3:48 11 And If It Wasn't For You 2:32