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Poll Question: Which of these is the best?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
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32 [23.53%]
30 [22.06%]
39 [28.68%]
4 [2.94%]
3 [2.21%]
1 [0.74%]
2 [1.47%]
1 [0.74%]
4 [2.94%]
1 [0.74%]
1 [0.74%]
7 [5.15%]
3 [2.21%]
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Mirage, followed by Moonmadness and The Snow Goose.
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Top 5
1) Moon Madness
2) Mirage
3) Rain Dances
4) Breathless (it's got Echoes!)
5) The Snow Goose
 
A top notch bunch of excellence (IMHO)
 
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I'll have to go with 'Mirage'. It's got 'Canterbury' written over most of it.
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Mirage for me by a mile.  It was my 1st Camel album and though I bought everything for the next few years, nothing I ever heard from them later measured up.
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Just yesterday I have listened to Rajaz and the debut album. I put the first four and Rajaz at the same level. When I'm in a Camel mood I can take any of their albums (except for The Single Factor)
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Mirage here easily for me. No matter how many times I listen to Moonmadness or Snow Goose (or any other Camel album for the matter) I don't understand why they get so much credit compared Mirage.
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Moonmadness, Mirage, Camel............but on any given day Mirage might beat out Moon.
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Originally posted by HannesHolmqvist HannesHolmqvist wrote:

I'll say Moonmadness, but I must mention Stationary Traveler as an underrated album

this, except I decided to waste my vote and pick Stationary Traveler.  CAMEL really knew how to compile an album, better than almost any other group, and ST is the best example of it.  No weak songs a few great ones, but it's the way they behave together that is peerless
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Moonmadness.
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My top three are the debut, Mirage and Moonmadness. Could easily vote for any of these but today Moonmadness gets the vote.
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Camel-great debut 8.5/10
Mirage-bit disappointing, nimrodel and twister are gems though 7.5/10
Snowgoose-bit experimental, not enough vocal 7.5/10
Moonmadness-classic 9/10
Raindances-love it 9/10
Breathless-pretty good 8.5/10
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I'll say Moonmadness, but I must mention Stationary Traveler as an underrated album
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Mirage for me.


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My top 5 (the Camel albums I have):

1. Moonmadness
2. Mirage
3. Rain Dances
4. Camel
5. The Snow Goose

I've heard some of their others (not all though), and of those Rajazz really struck a chord with me. If I were to put in my list it'd probably be in 3rd, after Mirage.
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Moonmadness overall but all of their first five( yes five) including Rain Dances were excellent. I still love Breathless and feel it gets a lot of unnecessary stick. 
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snow goose. It used to be my favorite album ever. 
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I only like Mirage.
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