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Best of the first four Camel albums
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Poll Question: Which is your favorite?
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    Posted: September 10 2024 at 11:11
I'm possibly a bit biased because I saw them live in 1975, and was at one of the few gigs when they played TSG in its entirety to promote the album... my 'by a mile' comment you can probably take with a pinch of salt, all things considered.
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Originally posted by Floydoid Floydoid wrote:

The Snow Goose - by a mile IMO.

I'm not sure I would go that far because Mirage is really great but TSG is definitely the best of their 70s albums imo. Moonmadness is very good but aside from Lunar Sea it doesn't have much of the "wow" factor for me. The Snowgoose has that in spades. 
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The Snow Goose - by a mile IMO.
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Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:


I think some people don't fully understand that the Snow Goose is an adaption of a novella by Paul Gallico and that, in order to actually appreciate it fully, you HAVE to have read that story.
It tells a story without words, and that's incredible.
The only vaguely comparable piece I can think of is Peter and the Wolf, which still has to use a narrator to link the instrumental sections.


I always liked the fact that the music was inspired by this story. I read it a while ago and I'm not entirely sure it changed my perception of the album, but I very much dig the themes and the imagery. It's sort of cinematic and in my mind it's like listening to Garofano Rosso by BMS or some Goblin albums.
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The Snow Goose really excels for me.

1. The Snow Goose
2. Mirage
3. Camel
4. Moonmadness
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1) Snow Goose
2) Moonmadness
3) Mirage
4) Camel

As much as I care for all 4, I think Snow Goose stands out. By the way, I don't believe I've heard the new version yet but I've been reading it might even be better than the original. Guess I'll have to listen...
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Moonmadness....but....it's like this really:

1) Moonmadness
1a) Snow Goose
1b) Mirage
1c) Camel

Hard to choose the most perfect of perfection.
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moonmadness for sure!
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1.Moonmadness
2.The Snow Goose
3. Camel / Mirage
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I like them all, but Monmadness sounds like sheer perfection to me. Even "minor" tracks, like Spirit Of The Water, are fabulous.
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Originally posted by Prog-jester Prog-jester wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

1. Moonmadness
2. Mirage
3. Camel
4. The Snow Goose
same

sorry all, but TSG is borderline elevator muzak to me, never got the appeal


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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

1. Moonmadness
2. Mirage
3. Camel
4. The Snow Goose
same

sorry all, but TSG is borderline elevator muzak to me, never got the appeal
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Mirage, if only for Lady Fantasy and the Nimrodel suite.
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I'm not sure why, but every time I listen to Mirage, I feel like a cigarette... BTW, the Goose is probably the best composed album from Camel. The re-recording is even better...
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^ the first time I ever heard Camel was 'Lunar Sea' on Alan 'Fluff' Freeman's Saturday Afternoon Rock Show on BBC radio 1. He was a massive prog fan and the show who ran for about 5 years between 1973 and 1978. The good ole days. Smile
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Snow Goose. Love that album from first time I heard it. Moonmadness would be second. It does have my all-time favorite from Camel, Lunar Sea.

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Voted Moonmadness but Mirage is also close for me. I always thought Snow Goose was a bit boring at times and I didnt care for the short song motif even if they blended together.
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Thought this was an old poll that was bumped up as has been the case recently. Pretty sure it's been done before but maybe I'm wrong. Anyway always going to be The Snow Goose which rivals Wakeman's Six Wives Of Henry VIII for best instrumental prog rock album. Mirage is a perfect album but I'm not convinced it ever added anything new to the prog canon. Moonmadness is decent but for me slightly below those. Not sure if I even own the debut or have properly listened to it.
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Mirage is clearly my favorite from them.
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The Snow Goose
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