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Best of the first four Camel albums
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Poll Question: Which is your favorite?
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I'm not sure why, but every time I listen to Mirage, I feel like a cigarette... BTW, the Goose is probably the best composed album from Camel. The re-recording is even better...
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Mirage, if only for Lady Fantasy and the Nimrodel suite.
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

1. Moonmadness
2. Mirage
3. Camel
4. The Snow Goose
same

sorry all, but TSG is borderline elevator muzak to me, never got the appeal
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Originally posted by Prog-jester Prog-jester wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

1. Moonmadness
2. Mirage
3. Camel
4. The Snow Goose
same

sorry all, but TSG is borderline elevator muzak to me, never got the appeal


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I like them all, but Monmadness sounds like sheer perfection to me. Even "minor" tracks, like Spirit Of The Water, are fabulous.
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1.Moonmadness
2.The Snow Goose
3. Camel / Mirage
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moonmadness for sure!
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Moonmadness....but....it's like this really:

1) Moonmadness
1a) Snow Goose
1b) Mirage
1c) Camel

Hard to choose the most perfect of perfection.
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1) Snow Goose
2) Moonmadness
3) Mirage
4) Camel

As much as I care for all 4, I think Snow Goose stands out. By the way, I don't believe I've heard the new version yet but I've been reading it might even be better than the original. Guess I'll have to listen...
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The Snow Goose really excels for me.

1. The Snow Goose
2. Mirage
3. Camel
4. Moonmadness
Duos for fave acts
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Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:


I think some people don't fully understand that the Snow Goose is an adaption of a novella by Paul Gallico and that, in order to actually appreciate it fully, you HAVE to have read that story.
It tells a story without words, and that's incredible.
The only vaguely comparable piece I can think of is Peter and the Wolf, which still has to use a narrator to link the instrumental sections.


I always liked the fact that the music was inspired by this story. I read it a while ago and I'm not entirely sure it changed my perception of the album, but I very much dig the themes and the imagery. It's sort of cinematic and in my mind it's like listening to Garofano Rosso by BMS or some Goblin albums.
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The Snow Goose - by a mile IMO.
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Originally posted by Floydoid Floydoid wrote:

The Snow Goose - by a mile IMO.

I'm not sure I would go that far because Mirage is really great but TSG is definitely the best of their 70s albums imo. Moonmadness is very good but aside from Lunar Sea it doesn't have much of the "wow" factor for me. The Snowgoose has that in spades. 
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I'm possibly a bit biased because I saw them live in 1975, and was at one of the few gigs when they played TSG in its entirety to promote the album... my 'by a mile' comment you can probably take with a pinch of salt, all things considered.
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