Progarchives, the progressive rock ultimate discography
Camel - The Snow Goose (Re-recording) CD (album) cover

THE SNOW GOOSE (RE-RECORDING)

Camel

 

Symphonic Prog

4.17 | 639 ratings

From Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website

ProggyDon
4 stars I love Camel - I've seen them live sooo many times and have always come away from gigs with a huge grin on my face, loving the fact that they still exist. Of course over the last couple of years gigs have been a bit sparse due to Andy Latimer's illness, so the rerecording and subsequent tour to promote the Snow Goose was welcome indeed. Except: I can't help thinking that a new recording of a classic album is a bit pointless. If there were real flaws in the original I could understand it, but the fact is that the (original) Snow Goose was (is) a masterpiece - writing, performance and production.

This new recording is great naturally, and the new /extended bits are interesting, but at the same time slightly annoying. Like I said, I love Camel and really want to support everything they do, but they're messing with a part of my own personal history here and it feels wrong, and a bit sad. I know, I should just play the first version and stick to that.

After a lot of consideration I've gone for 4 stars, just because the original material is so good, and so this is great material as well, naturally. But, please Andy, leave Moonmadness alone.

ProggyDon | 4/5 |

MEMBERS LOGIN ZONE

As a registered member (register here if not), you can post rating/reviews (& edit later), comments reviews and submit new albums.

You are not logged, please complete authentication before continuing (use forum credentials).

Forum user
Forum password

Share this CAMEL review

Social review comments () BETA







Review related links

Copyright Prog Archives, All rights reserved. | Legal Notice | Privacy Policy | Advertise | RSS + syndications

Other sites in the MAC network: JazzMusicArchives.com — jazz music reviews and archives | MetalMusicArchives.com — metal music reviews and archives

Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.