CAMEL

I always had a special relationship with CAMEL's debut. Very naive in its simplicity and poor production, the music is still very catchy and inspiring. They were to develop their composing and performing skills up till "Moonmadness", but this first album is in many respects unbeatable. Except for extremely dull "Separation", all the album contains some of the nicest melodies I heard in prog! While I am not a big fan of this band and they are surely not much original artists, their first record keeps a special place in my heart! ***1/2