THE SNOW GOOSE

I hesitate to give this 5 stars, but it is a personal review so I have to give it that. Admittedly this is quite different from the majority of their catalog. Mostly pretty mellow and delicate. But for me at least, it works beautifully. I would not suggest this as an intro to Camel though. For me, I started with Mirage, which is as good a starting point as any. This was my second Camel album, and an immidiate hit. I have heard Camel accused of being too "safe" for a prog band. I have to say that that is a fair accusation. But I still love their music and find that it fits a lot of different moods depending on the album. This one I have no problem listening to from beginning to end. I will say I prefer the live version on "A Live Record" slighty, but only because it has a bit more drive or bite or something that I can't quite define. Anyway, for me at least, this is definelty a masterpiece of progressive music.