Top Camel albums?
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Topic: Top Camel albums?
Posted By: camelisawesome
Subject: Top Camel albums?
Date Posted: September 10 2021 at 06:46
| So i'm wondering what your top albums are by them? My personal top 3 are Moonmadness, The Snow Goose, And Nude |
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 10 2021 at 07:02
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Moonmadness Mirage debut Rain Dances Snow Goose Breathless Nude I Can See your House...
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Posted By: Progishness
Date Posted: September 10 2021 at 07:02
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Snow Goose Mirage Moonmadness s/t I saw them live back in 1975 when they were promoting the Snow Goose and they played it in its entirety for the whole second half of their show. ------------- "We're going to need a bigger swear jar." Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy McCready aka 'Hit Girl' in Kick-Ass 2 |
Posted By: camelisawesome
Date Posted: September 10 2021 at 07:04
| Nice!! If I could choose a time to see them it would be 1976 (i love moonmadness) |
Posted By: Progishness
Date Posted: September 10 2021 at 07:05
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I still rate it as one of the best gigs I've ever been to. ------------- "We're going to need a bigger swear jar." Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy McCready aka 'Hit Girl' in Kick-Ass 2 |
Posted By: camelisawesome
Date Posted: September 10 2021 at 07:09
| I'm hoping that they tour again and hopefully in America (i doubt it will happen) but fingers crossed. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: September 10 2021 at 07:11
I actually saw Camel on the Single Factor tour 1982 or 1983, and they were still playing the full Snow Goose! It was a brutally good show by the way, maybe given that it was the Single Factor period one wouldn't necessarily have expected that. Favourite albums by the way, on about equal level, Moonmadness, Breathless & Mirage, many others close behind.
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Progishness wrote:Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 10 2021 at 07:15
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the "On the Road" live albums are really good, especially "On the Road 1972". "On the Road 1981" has most of Nude played live. http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=326" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=326 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=346" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=346
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Posted By: camelisawesome
Date Posted: September 10 2021 at 07:16
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oh by the way my ranking of Snow Goose Moonmadness and Nude are in no specific order, I love them all for different reasons. |
Posted By: camelisawesome
Date Posted: September 10 2021 at 07:21
| And as far as favorite songs go, I love Who we Are, Drafted, Rhayader/Rhayader goes to town, City Life, Lunar Sea, Aristillus, Song within a Song, and Chord Change. So I know Who we Are is poppy but it holds a special place in my heart as it was one of my first Camel songs. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 10 2021 at 08:11
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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.  1. Moonmadness 2. Rajaz 3. Mirage 4. Nude 5. Rain Dances 6. Stationary Traveller 7. Harbour of Tears |
Posted By: AlanB
Date Posted: September 10 2021 at 09:08
| Mirage, Moonmadness and Snow Goose would be my top 3, with Rain Dances not far behind. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: September 10 2021 at 11:27
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Moonmadness Mirage Snow Goose ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: September 10 2021 at 11:43
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The first 3 are my favourites: Camel Mirage The Snow Goose ------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: camelisawesome
Date Posted: September 10 2021 at 12:44
| So I have a random question real quick, is there a Camel Appreciation thread? And if so can someone send the link? |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: September 10 2021 at 13:19
Welcome to the forum. Try this: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=107825" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=107825 |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: September 10 2021 at 13:41
Same here. |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: September 10 2021 at 15:23
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1. Mirage 2. Camel 3. Moonmadness 4. Snow Goose 5. Nude ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Boojieboy
Date Posted: September 30 2021 at 18:41
| 1 Mirage, 2 Moonmadness, 3 Nude, 4 Camel. |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: September 30 2021 at 19:20
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Moonmadness Snow Goose Stationary Traveller they never made a mediocre album IMO
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: September 30 2021 at 22:39
| I really only know their original line-up albums, but I would expect them to remain my top 4 favourites. |
Posted By: ProfPanglos
Date Posted: October 04 2021 at 12:14
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My faves: 1. Moonmadness 2. Nude 3. Pressure Points 4. Harbour of Tears Edited to add: IMO, the very best version of Lady Fantasy can be found on the "Never Let Go" Live 2CD set, last track on Disc 2. Absolutely incredible, when he hits the slow part mid-song and starts working the guitar volume knob, it gives me shivers every time. Perfection. We caught their Harbour of Tears tour when we lived in Germany and will never forget it, we were right in the front row... Altes Schutzenhaus, Stuttgart, 1997.
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Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: October 04 2021 at 12:19
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My top 5 Mirage Moonmadness Harbour Of Tears Snow Goose Nude
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: October 05 2021 at 12:52
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1) The Snow Goose 2) Moonmadness 3) Rajaz 4) A Nod and a Wink 5) Mirage 6) Stationary Traveller 7) Rain Dances 8) Nude 9) Camel 10) Dust and Dreams 11) Harbour of Tears 12) Breathless 13) The Single Factor 14) I can See Your House From Here ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: October 05 2021 at 15:00
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my top-5: Moonmadness Rajaz A Nod and a Wink Mirage Camel |