NUDE

Perhaps "I Can See Your House From Here" (1979) and "The Single Factor" (1982) are not bad albums, they're far away from the early 70's Camel's masterpieces and even when "Nude" is not at the top of that list (and not even close to some 90's brilliant releases) still it's a good and enjoyable album.

Based upon the true story of a japanese soldier lost in an abandoned island 29 years after the end of WWII, Andy Latimer and friends built a conceptual album with some delightful highlights plenty of proggy sections and sensitive atmospheres. The album starts with the poppy soft sound of "City Life", the only track that sounds totally out of this conceptual attempt. But then after we face a nice list of tracks closer to neo-prog than the classic symphonic Camel stuff from the 70's, most of them instrumetal.

If I got to pick some highlights I'll choose the soaring "Drafted", which has simple and delicate lyrics and a short but beautiful guitar solo; "Docks" and "Beached" which forms a strong instrumental sonic landscape; the almost tribal sound of "Changing Places"; and the powerful, rhythmical and captivating "Captured".

Not one of the best Camel releases but a nice one to listen and meet Latimer's making some good neo-prog stuff...

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