Camel (Official Thread)

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ah the fabulous Andy Latimer and Camel. Great band with quite a few great albums. The four album run in the 70's of Mirage, Snow Goose, Moonmadness, Raindances is their best work. All four albums are excellent. Breathless is a more poppy album but still very good. I also recommend Camel's Harbor of Tears and their 2002 album Nod and a Wink.
Andy Latimer has always been a very underated guitarist I was quite impressed with their live show in 2003 at NEARfest


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I did try `Snow Goose' a few years back. I`m mystified as to why I could never get into it back in the day. Perhaps I had found them too jazzy for my liking but after seeing these above videos, Camel are a band worth revisting.
 
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I'll add another of their best early albums that hasn't been posted in here yet. 1976's concept album "Moonmadness". Under pressure to produce a more commercially viable album from their label, like their contemporaries Pink Floyd etc., Camel released this record. It's a concept album too, but a little more mainstream than Snow Goose. The original four members each had a song to represent themselves in a musical sense, Chord Change is Peter Bardens, Air Born is Andy Latimer, Lunar Sea is Andy Ward, and Another Night is Doug Ferguson. I like this record a lot, I owned the vinyl and now have the CD.

Lunar Sea.





 
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Moonmadness is also a good album. I still havn't gotten around to Rajaz yet. I need to do that.....
 
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Camel is one of those bands I put on when I'm reading, or just lounging around being a bum...:D
 
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Moonmadness is my second favourite, Song Within A Song, Chord Change and Lunar Sea are epic and fantastic tracks! :grinthumb
 
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I have "Mirage" in my library so far and I love that album. Actually wondering how I haven't land my hands on other albums because I love Mirage so much. Shame on me x)
 
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Time for an update in this thread.

I now have:

Camel
Mirage
The Snow Goose
Moonmadness
Rain Dances
Breathless
I Can See Your House From Here
Nude
Dust & Dreams
Harbour Of Tears
Rajaz.

My Camel is going to need a new Tent soon.:grinthumb
 
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