Camel top 50 songs
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Topic: Camel top 50 songs
Posted By: wilmon91
Subject: Camel top 50 songs
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 17:44
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I was originally intending to do a top 20 list, but it became a top 50 list instead. I thought there were a top 20 thread somewhere, but I couldn't find a single top Camel tracks thread! At last it's ready (I think) after comparing each song with each song, moving them up and down in the list....
I list the albums because it gives a better orientation, you can check out how songs from a particular album are "ranked" and you can quickly see which albums are not included, or less represented, or well represented. You can use ctrl+f to search for "mirage" (or anything) and jump between places in the list.
Íf you feel like going through the trouble you can post your own list! Or if rather doing a top 20 or top 10 list, maybe it's better to have a separate topic for that.
In order (!)
01. Nimrodel / The Procession / The White Rider (9:18) Mirage (1974) 02. Elke (4:29) Rain Dances (1977) 03. Echoes (7:20) Breathless (1979) 04. Earthrise (6:41) Mirage (1974) 05. Slow Yourself Down (4:47) Camel (1973) 06. Rhayader alone (1:51) The Snow Goose (1975) 07. Reflections (2:37) Nude (1981) 08. Selva (3:34) The Single Factor (1982) 09. The Snow Goose (3:12) The Snow Goose (1975) 10. Air Born (5:02) Moonmadness (1976) 11. Sanctuary (1:05) The Snow Goose (1975) 12. Migration (2:02) The Snow Goose (1975) 13. Freefall (5:54) Mirage (1974) 14. Fritha (1:19) The Snow Goose (1975) 15. Rhayader Goes To Town (5:20) The Snow Goose (1975) 16. Lady Fantasy: Encounter - Smiles for you - Lady Fantasy (12:45) Mirage (1974) 17. End Piece (2:55) The Single Factor (1982) 18. Supertwister (3:25) Mirage (1974) 19. Chord Change (6:46) Moonmadness (1976) 20. Skylines (4:28) Rain Dances (1977)
21. Lunar Sea (9:11) Moonmadness (1976) 22. Song Within A Song (7:16) Moonmadness (1976)
23. You Are The One (5:25) The Single Factor (1982) 24. Pressure Points (2:10) Stationary Traveller (1989) 25. The Sleeper (7:08) Breathless (1979) 26. Under The Moon (1:16) Harbour Of Tears (1996) 27. Rainbow's End (3:01) Breathless (1979) 28. Fritha alone (1:31) The Snow Goose (1975)
29. Whispers (0:52) Dust And Dreams (1984) 30. West Berlin (5:10) Stationary Traveller (1989) 31. Spirit Of The Water (2:07) Moonmadness (1976) 32. Docks (3:50) Nude (1981)
33. Hymn To Her (5:37) I Can See Your House From Here (1979) 34. Fingertips (4:29) Stationary Traveller (1989) 35. Dunkirk (5:25) The Snow Goose (1975) 36. Friendship (1:44) The Snow Goose (1975) 37.The birthday cake (The last farewell) (0:30) Nude (1981) 38. Nude's return (The last farewell ) (3:42) Nude (1981) 39. Neon Magic (4:39) I Can See Your House From Here (1979) 40. Sahara (6:42) Rajaz (1999) 41. Summer Lightning (6:10) Breathless (1979) 42. Never Let Go (6:26) Camel (1973) 43. Curiosity (5:55) Camel (1973) 44. Mystic Queen (5:40) Camel (1973) 45. No Easy Answer (2:59) The Single Factor (1982) 46. Lullabye (0:59) The Single Factor (1982) 47. Breathless (4:20) Breathless (1979) 48. First Light (5:00) Rajaz (1999) 49. Tell Me (4:07) Rain Dances (1977) 50. Separation (3:57) Camel (1973) 51. Cotton Camp (2:55) Dust And Dreams (1984) ------------- http://www.lastfm.se/user/wilmon91" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
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Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 17:52
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1 - Aristrilus or the opening to Moonmadness 2 - Those other Moonedmadnesssongs 3-50 - Aristrilus on repeat?
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 17:57
| Don't you think 50 is a little over the top? |
Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 18:02
| I couldn't even muster my 50 favorite Queensryche songs and they're one of my top ten favorite groups, let alone a band I never really cared for like Camel. |
Posted By: wilmon91
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 18:07
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Haha, yeah actually the list continues to 70, and Aristillus was gradually moved down and ended up at place 62 ......
"Another Night" is not a very good track to me though...
I'm sure that the list includes som unexpected inclusions and exclusions... ------------- http://www.lastfm.se/user/wilmon91" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: wilmon91
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 18:10
It is, but as I started , it grew into a big project and I couldnt stop it. I couldnt do a top 20 , there was too many good songs that was competing , I assembled them and made a list and it turned out to be a top 50 list. ------------- http://www.lastfm.se/user/wilmon91" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Horizons wrote:Posted By: Slaughternalia
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 18:13
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1. everything on The Snow Goose 2. that other stuff they did I guess nice list though. I'm going to go through a few of the songs that you've ranked highly and see if any of it clicks with me ------------- I'm so mad that you enjoy a certain combination of noises that I don't |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 22:25
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Honestly, I can't choose 5 tracks, most of Camel sends me to sleep, except Moonmadness. Iván
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Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 22:30
| The first time I think I've every fully agreed with you, Ivan. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 22:34
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Freefall Slow Yourself Down ...pass |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 13:43
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Good project, and 50 songs is not over the top at all. As years go by, I start to appreciate Camel more and more. I'm quite busy these days, but if I can find the time, I might come up with a top 50 myself. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 13:53
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I don't think I can make a top 50 of anything. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 14:12
Well I was gonna answer but only if he was looking for the top 200........top 50 pffff
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Posted By: Kirillov
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 14:21
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Arubaluba
Flight of the Snow Goose Freefall Lunar Sea Echoes Slow Yourself Down Song Within A Song Rhayader Goes To Town Never Let Go First Light There's my Top 10, in order, for what it's worth |
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 14:31
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...How many songs do Camel have total?
------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 14:36
51....i think -------------
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Posted By: criticdrummer94
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 14:37
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Man, I can't even name my top 50 Rush songs because I'm not that crazy -------------  
MY IDOLS |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 17:18
I can understand that because i'm a great Camel fan too
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Posted By: wilmon91
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 18:18
Notice the track lengths ... If you put them together, maybe it won't even exceed the length of "Close to the Edge". 
All these short songs is another reason for doing a long list.
It's great to play all these songs in shuffle mode. You realize how varied the songs are, such an abundance of original melodies, harmonies, great solos, rhythms and tempos.
With Camel the listening and re-revaluating of songs has mostly led me to appreciate the songs more. Camel only gets better with repeated listens, very rarely it turns out that "this song isn't that good after all"...
144 original, official songs I believe. ------------- http://www.lastfm.se/user/wilmon91" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: September 08 2011 at 23:07
| Title cut from "Stationary Traveller" is a wonderful song - especially this live version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKBwku-PsPY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKBwku-PsPY |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: September 09 2011 at 01:18
I'm a fanatic of Genesis and I can't either. Iván -------------
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Posted By: wjohnd
Date Posted: September 09 2011 at 01:35
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Well done to the Op for putting in the graft but I doubt I could create a top 50 of any band -or a meaningful top 50 prog- because by the time i was more than half way though i'd be in a different mood and the order contents would have to change. ------------- 
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: September 09 2011 at 02:22
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Okay, I think that the objectors are right, a top 50 is a bit too much for me too. It is tougher than I thought it would be. Well, I'll add a top 10, and maybe enlarge it later to a top 20. 1. Heart's Desire / End Peace (Single Factor) 2. Lunar Sea (Moonmadness) 3. The Sleeper (Breathless) 4. Song Within A Song (Moonmadness) 5. Pomp & Circumstance (Nude) 6. Freefall (Mirage) 7. Lady Fantasy (Mirage) 8. The Great Marsh (Snow Goose) 9. Long Goodbyes (Stationary Traveller) 10. Air Born (Moonmadness) |
Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: September 09 2011 at 02:55
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wilmon91 your list is good but a disagree in in some points . you didnt included in the top 50 'stationary traveller ''.and ''ice '' ,and nothing from ''A Nod and a Wink '' [which i guess you dont own that album, in that case you ''have ''to ] ------------- Nothing can last there are no second chances. Never give a day away. Always live for today. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: September 09 2011 at 03:40
This is slightly off topic, but because of this topic I googlesearched Camel. Just to check how many songs I actually knew. Naturally I ended
up on wiki, and there I noticed Allmusic's weird preferance for late
70's/early 80's Camel.
Reading the reviews are even weirder. Mirage and Breatless sound like they both deserve about *** 1/2, but apparently the the former is a lowpoint in their career and the latter a near masterpiece. Here's how the review of I Can See Your House From Here's starts: Although not an honest representation of the band's character, this is undoubtedly their most popular work... Really? Snow Goose and Moonmadness are both certified silver, reached top 20 and stayed a while in the charts (so did Mirage) while their most "popular" work peaked at #45. It's also a mystery how their most popular work has the lowest rating and the lowest amount of ratings on both of the biggest fansites: PA and RYM. And sorry for being a total geek here, but I do feel somehow its in the spirit of the opening post. I couldn't make a top fifty, but I do know my list would be the exact opposite of the folks over at Allmusic. |
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: September 09 2011 at 05:02
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Here's how a best of comp. made by myself could look (in order of preferance): 01. Nimrodel / The Procession / The White Rider (9:18) Mirage (1974) 02. Lady Fantasy: Encounter - Smiles for you - Lady Fantasy (12:45) Mirage (1974) 03. Supertwister (3:25) Mirage (1974) 04. Summer Lightning (6:10) Breathless (1979) 05. Migration (2:02) The Snow Goose (1975) 06. Earthrise (6:41) Mirage (1974) 07. Freefall (5:54) Mirage (1974) 08. Aristillus (1:57) Moonmadness (1976) 08. Song Within A Song (7:16) Moonmadness (1976) 09. Mystic Queen (5:40) Camel (1973) 10. Dunkirk (5:25) The Snow Goose (1975) 11. Spirit Of The Water (2:07) Moonmadness (1976) 12. Separation (3:57) Camel (1973) 13. Rhayader Goes to Town (5:20) The Snow Goose (1975) About 78 minutes. As you can see, I'm not the biggest fan, but I like them for their gentle melancholy. Kind of rare in prog. I love Mirage (obviously), though. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: September 09 2011 at 05:34
Yes, I know. I really like Allmusic, but their Camel entry is by far the weirdest one I found on their site. It is just the opinion of a few reviewers, whereas on ProgArchives there's a much better balance in the reviews. It really is a strange list from AllMusic, and I even thought once if I should send an e-mail to them because their preferences are enormously different from the opinion of most serious rock reviewers. |
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Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: September 09 2011 at 06:34
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I've read a bunch of Allmusic reviews from the few folks they got, and gotta say there seems to be no rhyme or reason. Not that I agree or disagree, but Pain of Salvation's the Perfect Element gets three stars while the (supposedly cheaper imitation of Remedy Lane) gets the 4 and a half + AMG Pick. I think, as music critique goes, I stick and bop around with Mark Prindle and George Starostin. :P
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Posted By: wilmon91
Date Posted: September 09 2011 at 07:35
Yeah, it takes a lot of time to arrive at a list which you feel content with. It will have to be a work in progress. I started doing this several months ago. I also have this habit of putting comments on albums in documents, and labelling songs with different terms like "ok++" , "good" and so on. But I sorted everything that was good in four categories of goodness, and went over each list many times. It was fun.
Ice and Stationary Traveller is similar songs, there's too much "wallowing" in simple minor key harmonies for me.
I have heard "A Nod and A Wink" on streaming services. It's not a good album to me........ I like "Fox Hill" the most on that album. I guess it would have ended up at place 83 , beneath "Please come home" if the list would continue that far.
Metrognome and Unevensong are two other songs I guess most Camel fans would have included, but they ended up outside my top 50. ------------- http://www.lastfm.se/user/wilmon91" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: theRunawayV
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 09:33
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I'm 17 years old, and Camel is easily in my top 5 favorite prog bands. They are an ageless band if there ever was one. That said, I don't have the time to write out my top 50, but my favorite albums are as follows(in order) - Moonmadness - The Snow Goose - Nude - Mirage - Camel(self titled) |
Posted By: silcir
Date Posted: November 18 2011 at 04:44
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1- The Snow Bruise 2 - Nimbrothel |
Posted By: Midnight Lightning
Date Posted: November 18 2011 at 10:34
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Cool list, looking at it 50 actually doesn't seem like that much. My top 20 in chronological order: Mystic Queen, Arubaluba, Freefall, Supertwister, Nimrodel, Earthrise, Lady Fantasy, Rhayader, Rhayader Goes to Town, Sanctuary, Fritha, The Snow Goose, Friendship, Migration, Flight of the Snow Goose, Fritha Alone, La Princesse Perdue, Song Within a Song, Air Born, Lunar SeaAll are from the albums Camel through Moonmadness, not that I think they sucked after that, I'm just a lot more familiar with these. The Snow Goose is by far my favorite, despite the fact that I put every song from Mirage on my list. |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: March 15 2012 at 20:25
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I've been on a Camel binge recently, enjoying their post-Moonmadness stuff specifically. Here are my Top 10 songs. This is fairly accurate, but prolly a few changes here and there if i listened to the remainder of their material. I haven't heard anything past I Can See Your House From Here 1. Lady Fantasy 2. Echoes 3. Nimrodel 4. Never Let Go 5. Song Within A Song 6. Lunar Sea 7. Slow Yourself Down 8. Mystic Queen 9.Another Night 10.Unevensong ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: March 15 2012 at 20:52
------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: March 15 2012 at 21:37
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Ice is great an all, but i find there shorter and upbeat instrumentals more fun. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: March 16 2012 at 21:49
I haven't even listened to 50 Camel songs, nor do I know 50 Camel songs.  Here's a top 10, though: 1. A Song Within Song 2. Lunar Sea 3. Nimrodel/ The White Rider Suite 4. The Snow Goose 5. Rhayader 6. Lady Fantasy 7. Spirit Of The Water 8. Earthrise 9. Ice 10. La Princesse Perdue ------------- 
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Posted By: Lord Anon
Date Posted: June 14 2012 at 16:06
My Top 10 Camel tracks are:
------------- JOHN 15:18 : Jesus said: -"if the world hates you, remember that it hated me first." 
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Posted By: -Radioswim-
Date Posted: June 16 2012 at 22:02
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Lunar Sea x 50 ------------- 
Dust in the Kitchen |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: June 16 2012 at 23:26
True dat.-------------
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Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: June 18 2012 at 22:35
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1. Lady Fantasy 2. Lunar Sea 3. Rayader/Rayader Goes to Town 4. Arubaluba 5. Earthrise 6. Nimrodel 7. Curiosity 8. Another Night 9. Unevensong 10. Flight of the Snow Goose 11. Supertwister 12. Separation 13. Song within a Song 14. Freefall 15. Six Ate 16. First Light 17. Never Let Go 18. Chord Change 19. Spirit of the Water 20. Airborn |
Posted By: Lord Anon
Date Posted: June 20 2012 at 17:03
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Can't make 50, so I've
listed by Top 15 Camel tracks:
------------- JOHN 15:18 : Jesus said: -"if the world hates you, remember that it hated me first."
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Posted By: The Mystical
Date Posted: September 28 2012 at 18:16
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I haven't known Camel for long enough to make a top 50, but I can say that I think "Mirage" contains their greatest material. Good times. I wish there was more stuff like Camel.
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Posted By: gr8dane
Date Posted: September 28 2012 at 18:31
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Love Camel.Couldn't make a list. But thankfully they got a hell of a lot more good songs than bad. A lot more. ------------- Shake & bake. |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: September 29 2012 at 08:54
Cool. MIRAGE was the first album that I am going to buy from them. Have not explored CAMEL yet. Never got the urge since I'm not really the hugest fan of 70's prog outside of GENESIS and FLOYD. I gotta give that a listen ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: Usandthem
Date Posted: September 29 2012 at 09:19
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Very difficult to make a list of 50 best Camel tracks. But, my personnal favorites remain: Lady Fantasy Never Let Go Lunar Sea Ice Lawrence A Song for my Father Rhayader Rhayader Goes to Town Chord Change Nimrodel Arubaluba Supertwister etc etc etc... |
Posted By: Undercover Man
Date Posted: September 29 2012 at 13:29
| Hmm, the whole of Mirage, Moonmadness and Snow Goose. Havn't heard the rest |