Not Running out of Camel

Looking back, Camel was my entry point to all the Canterbury stuff, via the R Sinclair connection.

Bump - I have now heard the first 7 albums at least once. Everything was good except ICSYHFH. However, all of them had a great song on there. First album had Never Let Go, Mirage had all the tracks with "Lady Fantasy" being the obvious masterpiece for the group, Snow Goose was a great idea for music with my favorite part being either the Rhayader or Dunkirk parts, Moonmadness had a ton of tracks, but my mood foes for Another Night, Rain Dances, perhaps Uneven Song or one of the 5 instrumentals! My favorite track on Breathless is The Sleeper, and ICSYHFH is obviously Ice. 

its more of a you problem than camel, i can see your house from here is a great album top to bottom, fact not an opinion, just thinking about the album made me put on the legendary Wait, dont even get me started on ice and kit watkins, imagine calling i can see your house from here weak, that could never be me!

Edited by MundoReviews - September 29 2021 at 14:24

Although the lyrics in Breathless is pretty crappy, it is still a pretty good record due to the instrumentation. Camel's weak point is the lyrics however, I think their words are about to unfold with their music rather than their voices. Summer Lightning reminds me a bit of Winter Wine, my favorite side A track on In The Land of Grey and Pink.  

Edited by SuperMetro - September 18 2021 at 20:58

Hi,

^ Or the newer Kaipa Do Capo, I think that's actually the one I have enjoyed the most (even if it's not exactly a proper Kaipa album).

I happen to really like "You are the One".  The verses are like "Lies", great bluesy feel with some searing guitar, and the chorus is a jarring shift that I came to enjoy.  In fact, my college friends had to listen to me humming the little bridge between the verse and chorus followed by singing the chorus...then they were over and the song was on and they cracked up!  They said it was much better than I had made it sound

camelisawesome wrote: Yup, Breathless/I can see your house from here are extremely poppy. But it was only because of pressure from the record label. They formed they're own record label in 1991 so they wouldn't have to deal with that. So try Dust and Dreams, or if you want something earlier that's still progressive I would suggest Nude. Now obviously nothing beats Moonmadness/The Snow Goose, but you can still find those progressive elements in they're later albums. (Once again, Dust and Dreams, Harbour of Tears, etc.)

Edited by SuperMetro - September 10 2021 at 09:28

Yup, Breathless/I can see your house from here are extremely poppy. But it was only because of pressure from the record label. They formed they're own record label in 1991 so they wouldn't have to deal with that. So try Dust and Dreams, or if you want something earlier that's still progressive I would suggest Nude. Now obviously nothing beats Moonmadness/The Snow Goose, but you can still find those progressive elements in they're later albums. (Once again, Dust and Dreams, Harbour of Tears, etc.)

SuperMetro wrote: I feel conflicted if I should listen to The Single Factor at all. There is a couple of tracks with Genesis's first guitarist on it and one track with Peter Bardens on it which baits me. But then, everyone thinks it is their worst album.

As has been pointed out, there's only about three tracks on 'Factor that are appealing. Everything else was ill-advised.