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Psychedelic Paul 
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 Topic: Top 7 Camel AlbumsPosted: August 01 2020 at 23:34 |
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CAMEL emerged from Guildford like a desert MIRAGE with the release of their first album in 1973. The band have since gone on to become as legendary as the flight of THE SNOW GOOSE, with its annual long migration from Canada to Mexico. Their fourth album was a concept album, released at a time when the concept album was King. When record buyers listened to the final track on the album, Lunar Sea (Lunacy), they may have thought they were experiencing a temporary bout of MOONMADNESS, as the song played on endlessly, in what's known as the "terminal groove" effect. Camel's next critically acclaimed album had their loyal fanbase performing RAIN DANCES of delight and they were BREATHLESS with anticipation for the follow-up album. Who can forget the stark image of the crucified astronaut on the cover of I CAN SEE YOUR HOUSE FROM HERE, where he's metaphorically NUDE and alone in the endless depths of space. THE SINGLE FACTOR determining his fate is whether there's a spacecraft waiting nearby to come to the rescue, or whether he's doomed to drift endlessly through space like a STATIONARY TRAVELLER, when all of his hopes will be crushed like DUST AND DREAMS in a HARBOUR OF TEARS. Camel had a return to form in 1999 with the release of their RAJAZ album, which gave A NOD AND A WINK towards their classic 1970's albums.
 ==================================================================== Here's your chance to help determine the Top 7 Camel albums of all time. Simply list your Top 7 Camel albums in order of preference and then I'll assign the usual system of points to your listings as shown below:- 1st album - 12 points 2nd album - 8 points 3rd album - 6 points 4th album - 4 points 5th album - 3 points 6th album - 2 points 7th album - 1 point Here's my Top 7 to get the Camel race underway:- 1. Moonmadness (12 points) 2. Rajaz (8 points) 3. Mirage (6 points) 4. Nude (4 points) 5. Rain Dances (3 points) 6. Stationary Traveller (2 points) 7. Harbour of Tears (1 point) I hope no one gets the hump with me over posting another Camel poll.  Prog Britannia: A-Z Album Links  1973: Camel - Camel - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzB7y3mSUPLp2mZTAR5S1t3w 1974: Camel - Mirage - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDw40vAYBTtPQ_MBkq8GZrU 1975: Camel - The Snow Goose - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDFDbN3rhYv8iQY6sCSbJ7W 1976: Camel - Moonmadness - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAuzCNKvILcuijiFjsEX0FT 1977: Cemel - Rain Dances - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzA61ssVH79IZ9AzaUir0-qr 1978: Cemel - A Live Record - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAw6XHHlvuiapCLsiuCA9KV 1978: Camel - Breathless - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCBDtE8IeGTn_wNd3IY_NbJ 1979: Camel - I Can See Your House from Here - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzALMhPUYVKwEzm-Xe0PQw0J 1981: Camel - Nude - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCuEWZqA-Xhs87LFawFMC7o 1982: Camel - The Single Factor - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzA4UbXORkdZhDFqMv03a2_s 1984: Camel - Stationary Traveller - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDXkjpukGnhfLIXbDX0wSNS 1984: Camel - Pressure Points - Live in Concert - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDpCamel - ZBnHgTSU5qr7JG4idu2q 1991: Camel - Dust and Dreams - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzA0R_ah5h09_-qRXFeMrURo 1993: Camel - Never Let Go - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzD5y1mXUuvpdyzFfptfBhA3 1995: Camel - Harbour of Tears - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCeSTiQNUrlHUORwP0olfEs 1999: Camel - Rajaz - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzARTviovoV6j_fJSYW_iUOt 2000: Camel - Gods of Light - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAYlQgQ926M9Bc3_ud1PWZp 2002: Camel - A Nod and a Wink - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBe5YsJ6bWzVab1LNOuKJPsEdited by Psychedelic Paul - January 31 2022 at 09:56 |
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Frenetic Zetetic
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Posted: August 02 2020 at 01:39 |
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This guy and his lists!  2. Mirage 3. Snow Goose 4. Rain Dances 5. Rajaz 6. Nude 7. Camel
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Posted: August 02 2020 at 03:07 |
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I'll go with the ones I own
1. The Snow Goose 2. Mirage 3. Moonmadness 4. Stationery Traveller 5. Rajaz 6. Nude
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Posted: August 02 2020 at 03:34 |
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^ Would the "Stationery Traveller" be a postman by any chance?
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Posted: August 02 2020 at 03:36 |
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Cristi knows I have a thing about making lists too. I'll have a Top 7 Pink Floyd albums list coming up for you next.
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hey, don't drag me into this
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Posted: August 02 2020 at 04:07 |
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The first spot is set in stone I think... 2. The Snow Goose 3. Moonmadness 4. Camel 5. Rajaz 6. Rain Dances 7. Stationary Traveller
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I'm ready and waiting for your Gentle Giant albums list (or did I already miss it?!)!
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OMG we have someone like you in my office. Do you laugh at your own jokes as well
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Sorry, I couldn't resist it when I noticed the way you'd spelled "Stationery" with an "e" instead of an "a". Colin Hunt - The Office Joker Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 02 2020 at 04:53 |
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I didn't think you'd mind being given a name-check in my Camelogue.
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Mirage
Camel (1st) Rain Dance Breathless I can see your house from here Snow goose Moon Madness
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I'll have to leave the Gentle Giant albums list to someone else to organise as I'm not a big fan of theirs.
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This is how the Top 7 looks after the first five rounds of voting and it looks like Thief was right about the top spot being set in stone, although I was expecting the Moonmadness album to be leading.
1. Mirage (46 points) 2. Moodmadness (37 points) 3. The Snow Goose (28 points) 4. Rajaz (17 points) 5. Rain Dances (15 points) 6. Camel (13 points) 7. Nude (8 points) 8. Stationary Traveller (7 points)
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It's kind of hard to order them. The first 3 are definitely the first 3 though the order might change. The last 5 also are subject to re-ordering and Camel's last 3 albums could possibly slip into that last slot or two 1. Stationary Traveller2. Moonmadness 3. Snow Goose 4. Mirage 5. I Can See Your House from Here 6. Breathless 7. Dust and Dreams 8. Rain Dances
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The Stationary Traveller is now in motion and leaps straight into the Top 7 after being given a 12 point burst of adrenalin from Keneth Levine.
1. Mirage (50 points) 2. Moodmadness (45 points) 3. The Snow Goose (34 points) 4. Stationary Traveller (19 points) 5. Rajaz (17 points) 6. Rain Dances (15 points) 7. Camel (13 points) 8. Nude (8 points) |
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1. Moonmadness
2. Mirage 3. Camel 4. Rain Dances 5. Breathless 6. The Snow Goose 7. Nude
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Top 7 update. with Prog Aaardvark's votes added:- 1. Mirage (58 points) 2. Moodmadness (57 points) 3. The Snow Goose (36 points) 4. Stationary Traveller (19 points) 4. Camel (19 points) 4. Rain Dances (19 points) 7. Rajaz (17 points) 8. Breathless (9 points) 8. Nude (9 points) After the latest round of voting the first Camel album leaps up the poll, but the Stationary Traveller remains stationary, while the Breathless album makes its first appearance just outside the Top 7. I'm Breathless with anticipation now to see whether Breathless will climb up into the Top 7 and give Rajaz the hump, or will it just turn out to be a desert Mirage.
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^This......and in that order.  |
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Top 7 update, with DrWu23's votes added:-
1. Moodmadness (69 points) 2. Mirage (66 points) 3. The Snow Goose (42 points) 4. Rain Dances (23 points) 5. Camel (20 points) 5. Rajaz (20 points) 7. Stationary Traveller (19 points) 8. Nude (11 points) 9. Breathless (9 points) Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 03 2020 at 00:07 |
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