ECHOES

This box-set is a wonderfull collection on Camel long career to 1993. There´re two very simple divisions here: Disc1: Camel more progressive side; Disc2: Camel well into the 80´s with his pros and cons, a decade full of changes for prog music. More prog oriented brains don´t like disc 2 just for the fact of being "too much 80´s driven" music. But Camel music is not all about prog but is about feelings, music coming from the heart without any categorization type. This band had the skill to take the best moments from the 70´s, 80´s and 90´s making a great emotional mixture and probably qualify for the top 10 all time progressive bands. There´s no low point in this set, altough Latimer´s voice shows the pass of time on disc 2. But who cares if "Refugee" or "West Berlin" sounds...pop... (oh my God!). Who cares, if we can feel sensations like these. New to Camel ? This could be a good starting point.