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MIRAGECamelSymphonic Prog4.42 | 3169 ratings |
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Let's just start by saying that Camel is my favorite band and Andrew Latimer is my favorite musician ever. Fan or not, we can essentially all agree Mirage is a masterpiece. It doesn't revolutionize anything nor is it the most impressive album technically, but it just does everything right. I would almost argue it's one of the best starting point to prog, it's complex enough to really get the essence of the genre and accessible enough to not be too jarring as a starting point.
It's one of the greatest symphonic prog albums of all time, let's go in depth: Freefall is an amazing starter, and probably the most different track on this album. It's very energetic, uses a lot of odd time signatures, and is probably a big piece to swallow as the starting track of an album. While the first listen might be intense, it gets better everytime, it's an amazing opening (6/6) Supertwister is named after the band Supersister which Camel quite loved. It's a slower piece, and crams a lot of stuff in it for a 3 min track. Latimer's flute is beautiful and it represents the essence of Camel perfectly. (3/3) NImrodel, do I even have to say more? It's the greatest track on this album, and just overall one of the greatest tracks of all time. It just does everything right. (9/9) Earthrise will be the only track to not get a perfect on my review. Some parts are great, but it's a bit too stretched out and is one of those jam songs that I'm not the biggest fan of. It's still very cool and probably the track that shows the virtuosity the best, but it's very clearly the worst track on this album (5/7) The only reason Lady Fantasy is not my favorite camel track is because Nimrodel exists. It's another masterpiece with an instantly recognizable guitar melody, it's another absolute gem, another prog rock classic. (13/13) FINAL SCORE: 36/38 = 94. Easy 5 Stars, arguably the greatest symphonic prog album of all time
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