Music

The Mechanisms write narrative concept albums, using a blend of folk and traditional songs and original music, in a variety of genres. Each of the studio albums (Once Upon A Time (In Space), Ulysses Dies at Dawn, High Noon over Camelot and The Bifrost Incident) tells a single story through alternating songs and narration. The mini-set Frankenstein is similar, on a smaller scale, and the Tales to be Told compilations (Tales to be Told and Tales to be Told, Volume II) pull together a number of songs telling individual stories, some of which relate to the studio album settings. The Death to the Mechanisms live album is a full recording of the Death to the Mechanisms gig.

Listening Order
Each of the Mechanisms' studio albums tells a story, so each of the four is intended to be listened to in track order (i.e. not on shuffle). However, there is little to no continuity between the four, so it is not required to listen to the four albums in any particular order.

The Tales to be Told compilations are collections of songs which each tell individual short stories, and so the tracks on these albums can be listened to in any order. However, as several of the stories in these songs relate to the settings of the four studio albums, they may make more sense if listened to after the main story sets.