BREATHLESS

On the basis of two tracks, Echoes and the sleeper I can't bring myself to give it anything less than an essential recommendation to anyone with an interest in, well, fantastic music! I agree with most camel fans that a lot of material on this album is questionablem especially when compared to past glories from camel, mirage and moon madness. But even tracks like down on the farm have charm with it's catchy melodyand humour, I often find myself lifting the needle to that track every time i put the album on (after echoes of course ;-)). It's a sinclair track so a little unfair to compare with latimar/bardens compositions. Camel are one of the few bands that I never ever tire of listening to. The music interplay, melodies and chords are by far some of the best I have ever heard. Anyway I digress, if you miss out on this album you are missing out on a couple of Camel's finest recordings.