| Author |
 Topic Search  Topic Options
|
prog4evr 
Forum Senior Member
Joined: September 22 2005
Location: Wuhan, China
Status: Offline
Points: 1455
|
 Topic: About Camel
Posted: March 20 2009 at 00:25 |
 KingCrimson250 wrote:
I actually haven't heard anything by them, but Moonmadness just came in the mail and so I'll give that a spin as soon as I get a chance.
|
You are in for quite a treat! This is the best album of the Latimer/Bardens collaboration period, IMO...
|
 |
Fleetway
Forum Newbie
Joined: July 14 2008
Status: Offline
Points: 26
|
Posted: March 07 2009 at 15:30 |
A bunch of years ago a friend sent me the song beached from nude as an mp3. I was a big fan of synth music and my fav band was goblin. But for some reason it didnt click the first time i heard it. It was good but i didnt feel like looking up who made it. The day after i relistened to it and it instantly made me google em. I found this site and listened to the songs avaible here. After that i downloaded their discography, ate it up. And now ive slowly been buying their albums aswell as the solo albums by its members.
My fav album is Mirage. But after that it becomes hard to rank em. There are so many great ones like the other 3 of their first 4 albums. Nude and stationery traveler. Harbour of tears and a nod and a wink. Its all sooooo good.
Bottom 3 goes 1: I can see your house from here(More prog then single factor, but i still like the single factor abit more) 2: The single factor (by far their most poppy album. Got afew good songs but overall it doesnt feel anything like camel) 3: Dust and dreams (havnt heard this album in ages so maybe ill change my mind about it if i hear it again. Its one of the few albums i have yet to buy).
Overall i would say even those 3 albums are 2.5 out of 5 stars in my book.
|
|
rosenbach
Forum Senior Member
Joined: January 16 2009
Location: Mexico City
Status: Offline
Points: 311
|
Posted: January 17 2009 at 15:31 |
|
I discovered Camel in 1984 when i bought Stationary Traveller album after listening one song on the radio, then i looked for their 70's albums and since then is one of my favourite bands. The best ones for me are
1. Mirage
2. Snow Goose
3. Moonmadness
I think their weakest albums are: I can see you house from here (with the exception onf the great Ice), Harbour of tears and A nod and a wink.
Andy Latmer is a great guitar player with a caracteristic sound, hope he gets better to see him play alive again.
|
|
PROGMONSTER2008
Forum Senior Member
Joined: December 09 2007
Status: Offline
Points: 610
|
Posted: December 31 2008 at 16:33 |
|
I love Moonmadness. Classic prog album. But Camel have other very cool albums such as Raindances, Camel, Breathless and Nude. They are my fave 5 Camel albums. I really enjoy several songs on I can see your house from here too. Snowgoose is fairly good too after a number of listens. I love Nimrodel and Supertwister, but the rest of Mirage is fairly dated and overrated imo
Edited by PROGMONSTER2008 - December 31 2008 at 16:35
|
|
WorkingMan
Forum Newbie
Joined: May 30 2008
Location: Quebec
Status: Offline
Points: 6
|
Posted: December 31 2008 at 11:28 |
|
I discovered this band 3-4 month ago and I love them!!!! I have Moonmadness, the snow Goose, Rain Dances and Breathless. I can hardly choose which is my favorite. I ordered Mirage.
|
|
Fio
Forum Newbie
Joined: December 26 2008
Location: Madison, WI
Status: Offline
Points: 18
|
Posted: December 28 2008 at 00:23 |
|
I got into Camel about two months ago. I stumbled across them on last.fm and yesterday I picked up Camel, Mirage, Moonmadness, and The Snow Goose. I've been working my way through these albums and I really love what I've been hearing. I can't wait to become more familiar with the material. As of now Mirage is my favorite.
|
|
ghost_of_morphy
Prog Reviewer
Joined: March 08 2007
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 2755
|
Posted: December 27 2008 at 14:44 |
Mirage is easily the best that they released. Breathless or The Single Factor are probably the worst, but I'm not a fan of anything released after Nude or before Rajaz.
I Can See Your House From Here is their most underrated release. It's not nearly as bad as it's rep.
|
|
The Quiet One
Prog Reviewer
Joined: January 16 2008
Location: Argentina
Status: Offline
Points: 15745
|
Posted: December 27 2008 at 10:40 |
DavetheSlave wrote:
Many won't agree with me but I rate Dust and Dreams, Harbour of Tears and A nod and a Wink the best of the Camel albums although I do enjoy their earlier work as well. Loved them for the past 25 odd years. The first album of theirs that I owned was Raindances and the next - The Snowgoose. |
A Nod and a Wink is for me their best album.
|
|
Foolsdrummer
Forum Groupie
Joined: June 20 2008
Status: Offline
Points: 40
|
Posted: December 27 2008 at 05:16 |
|
I actually quite quickly got into Camel. My favourites are Mirage and the Snow Goose.
|
|
J-Man
Prog Reviewer
Joined: August 07 2008
Location: Philadelphia,PA
Status: Offline
Points: 7826
|
Posted: December 24 2008 at 08:26 |
SgtPepper67 wrote:
I have all their albums from Camel to Rain Dances in my PC. I like them but it's like there's something missing in their music to got me really into it. The sung parts are usually a bit boring in my opinion, that's probably it. My favourite album is Moonmadness.
|
Yeah, that's probably why I thought it was just okay too.
|
|
|
|
J-Man
Prog Reviewer
Joined: August 07 2008
Location: Philadelphia,PA
Status: Offline
Points: 7826
|
Posted: December 24 2008 at 08:25 |
|
I bought Snow Goose about a week ago, and kind of like it. Something's kind of missing though, and I don't know what...
Maybe it just needs its time...
|
|
|
|
SgtPepper67
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 17 2007
Location: Argentina
Status: Offline
Points: 530
|
Posted: December 24 2008 at 08:03 |
|
I have all their albums from Camel to Rain Dances in my PC. I like them but it's like there's something missing in their music to got me really into it. The sung parts are usually a bit boring in my opinion, that's probably it. My favourite album is Moonmadness.
Edited by SgtPepper67 - December 24 2008 at 08:05
|
In the end the love you take is equal to the love you made...
|
|
crimson87
Prog Reviewer
Joined: January 03 2008
Location: Argentina
Status: Offline
Points: 1818
|
Posted: December 23 2008 at 14:08 |
micky wrote:
f**king Camel  |
My thoughts , exactly. 
I ve been geeting into Camel beyond their first four albums and there were 2 of them which were really good , Nude and Dust & Dreams. But I haven't heard A Nod and a Wink yet.
They could have been a much better band with Richard Sinclair from the beggining so Latimer doesn't have to sing.
Suming up Camel is an exellent addition to your prog musical collection.
|
|
Avantgardehead
Forum Senior Member
Joined: December 29 2006
Location: Dublin, OH, USA
Status: Offline
Points: 1170
|
Posted: December 23 2008 at 13:48 |
|
Camel is a pleasant listen, but that's it for me.
|
|
http://www.last.fm/user/Avantgardian
|
|
timothy leary
Forum Senior Member
Joined: December 29 2005
Location: Lilliwaup, Wa.
Status: Offline
Points: 5319
|
Posted: December 23 2008 at 10:47 |
|
i like rajaz the best and a bonus is that my woman likes it too so when she suggests listening to yanni i just throw on some camel instead, i don`t do yanni
|
|
Padraic
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: February 16 2006
Location: Pennsylvania
Status: Offline
Points: 31169
|
Posted: December 23 2008 at 10:46 |
|
Haven't listened to this band in a long while...Mirage is my favorite, and I really enjoy the Snow Goose as well.
And, like Rob, I just can't get excited about Moonmadness, it's not terrible or anything, just doesn't contain anything that would make me say "ooh! I really want to put this on!"
Camel are just so neutral for me - do not evoke a tremendous amount of excitement nor do they make me cringe in disgust.
Edited by NaturalScience - December 23 2008 at 10:47
|
|
TGM: Orb
Prog Reviewer
Joined: October 21 2007
Location: n/a
Status: Offline
Points: 8052
|
Posted: December 23 2008 at 10:43 |
 They did Mirage, which is an awesome album. The Snow Goose and Camel are both alright, though not really anything special.  They then did Moonmadness, which is  In my view, Ward is the standout player, though Bardens and Latimer both have their moments every now and then. Not very fond of Doug Ferguson's bass.
|
|
DavetheSlave
Forum Senior Member
Joined: May 23 2007
Location: South Africa
Status: Offline
Points: 492
|
Posted: December 23 2008 at 10:41 |
|
Many won't agree with me but I rate Dust and Dreams, Harbour of Tears and A nod and a Wink the best of the Camel albums although I do enjoy their earlier work as well. Loved them for the past 25 odd years. The first album of theirs that I owned was Raindances and the next - The Snowgoose.
|
|
micky
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: October 02 2005
Location: .
Status: Offline
Points: 46833
|
Posted: December 23 2008 at 10:37 |
Jaja Macca wrote:
Hi, friends.
Despite the resume on Prog Archives, I would like to know your opinion about this wonderful Prog Band.
When and your feelings when you heard them at the first time. Your favorite albuns and music. Favorites members. Worst albums etc.
I think that there will be a lot of good and inteligent answers here.
Thanks.  |
you think so.... my opinion... '2nd division' prog, though not bad. Comitted the GRAVE sin of being eliminating ELP in a contest here, so damned to hell for all eternity in the eyes of some hahhaa f**king Camel that said... big thumbs up for Latimer on the geetar... great player. A big thumbs down for his vocals... even bigger thumbs down for the group not utilizing fully a great vocalist in Richard Sinclair when they got one, like on Raindances favorite album... Snow Goose.. least.. the aforementioned Raindances
Edited by micky - December 23 2008 at 10:37
|
|
The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
|
|
Grobsch
Forum Senior Member
Joined: June 25 2004
Location: Brazil
Status: Offline
Points: 169
|
Posted: December 23 2008 at 10:27 |
|
One of my favourites band!!! I like their albums till Mel Collins and the new ones...
|
|
|
|
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.
/PAlogo_v2.gif "Progarchives.com Homepage")
About Camel
