CAMEL ON THE ROAD 1982

I really don´t understand why such album was ever released. The late 70´s/early 80´s were the worst period in Canel´s discography, a time when that group (now lead solely by Andrew Latimer) tried hard to sound commercial but ended up like a sub par version of the Alan Parsons Project (the inclusion of such APP members like David patton, Chris Rainbow and Stuart Tosh to the band is no coincidence!). And, besides, if you wanted a reasonable good live album of that period, you already had it with 1984´s official release Pressure Points. So I see no reason to put out such collection.

There are some nice stuff here and there, like the instrumental opener Sasquach or the final tune, a good version of Never Let Go, the only track from their glorious past. But mostly what you got here is bad pop: things like Highways to The Sun, Heroes and You Are The one only proved they couldn´t come up with a convincing commercial work. Embarassing! And they didn´t even included a single outstanding song from the CDs they were releasing at the time, like Ice (from I Can See Your House From here).

Of course the musicians involved were good, and they all performed well, but still this album is only for hardcore fans, collectors and completionists. And I doubt enven them would hear this dud frequently...