RAIN DANCES

Camel

Symphonic Prog

3.65 | 1147 ratings

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Artik

Revisiting this album after about 25 years prooved two things:

1. I still remember and know it surprisingly well

2. It's exceptionaly good album! I rate it higher now then I used to.

Camel was reinforced by two very promissing members (Richard Sinclair from Caravan and Mel Collins of King Crimson fame). The expectations were high and many fans considered this album a somewhat disapointing affair but I must say I'm not sure why. As far as I'm concerned, Camel delivered here. I've always considered their style borderline Canterbury. Here they had made a firmly jump over the fence and caravanised their sound even more with unimitable Sinclair bass and voice. Mel's sax is very welcomed addition too. There is only one track slightly to poppy for my taste but this kind of aesthetic was excercised on some Caravan tracks too and I can perfectly live with it. The rest is flawless Cantenbury-ish and jazzy prog. I'll happily put it with my other Camel gems. 4,5 stars

Artik | 4/5 | 2021-2-19

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