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Posted: September 09 2011 at 01:18

criticdrummer94 wrote:

Man, I can't even name my top 50 Rush songs because I'm not that crazy

I'm a fanatic of Genesis and I can't either.

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Posted: September 09 2011 at 01:35

Well done to the Op for putting in the graft but I doubt I could create a top 50 of any band -or a meaningful top 50 prog- because by the time i was more than half way though i'd be in a different mood and the order contents would have to change.

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Posted: September 09 2011 at 02:22

Okay, I think that the objectors are right, a top 50 is a bit too much for me too.
It is tougher than I thought it would be.
Well, I'll add a top 10, and maybe enlarge it later to a top 20.

1. Heart's Desire / End Peace (Single Factor)
2. Lunar Sea (Moonmadness)
3. The Sleeper (Breathless)
4. Song Within A Song (Moonmadness)
5. Pomp & Circumstance (Nude)
6. Freefall (Mirage)
7. Lady Fantasy (Mirage)
8. The Great Marsh (Snow Goose)
9. Long Goodbyes (Stationary Traveller)
10. Air Born (Moonmadness)

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Posted: September 09 2011 at 02:55

wilmon91 your list is good but a disagree in in some points . you didnt included in the top 50 'stationary traveller ''.and ''ice '' ,and nothing from ''A Nod and a Wink '' [which i guess you dont own that album, in that case you ''have ''to ]

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Posted: September 09 2011 at 03:40

This is slightly off topic, but because of this topic I googlesearched Camel. Just to check how many songs I actually knew. Naturally I ended up on wiki, and there I noticed Allmusic's weird preferance for late 70's/early 80's Camel.

Year	Title	Label
1973	Camel	Universal Distribution

1974	Mirage	Decca

1975	The Snow Goose	London

1976	Moonmadness	London

1977	Rain Dances	Polydor

1978	Breathless	One Way Records

1978	A Live Record	Decca

1979	I Can See Your House From Here	One Way Records

1981	Nude	Universal Distribution

Reading the reviews are even weirder. Mirage and Breatless sound like they both deserve about *** 1/2, but apparently the the former is a lowpoint in their career and the latter a near masterpiece.

Here's how the review of I Can See Your House From Here's starts:

Although not an honest representation of the band's character, this is undoubtedly their most popular work...

Really? Snow Goose and Moonmadness are both certified silver, reached top 20 and stayed a while in the charts (so did Mirage) while their most "popular" work peaked at #45. It's also a mystery how their most popular work has the lowest rating and the lowest amount of ratings on both of the biggest fansites: PA and RYM.

And sorry for being a total geek here, but I do feel somehow its in the spirit of the opening post. I couldn't make a top fifty, but I do know my list would be the exact opposite of the folks over at Allmusic.

Edited by Saperlipopette! - September 09 2011 at 03:58

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Posted: September 09 2011 at 05:02

Here's how a best of comp. made by myself could look (in order of preferance):

01. Nimrodel / The Procession / The White Rider (9:18) Mirage (1974)
02. Lady Fantasy: Encounter - Smiles for you - Lady Fantasy (12:45) Mirage (1974)

03. Supertwister (3:25) Mirage (1974)

04. Summer Lightning (6:10) Breathless (1979)

05. Migration (2:02) The Snow Goose (1975)

06. Earthrise (6:41) Mirage (1974)

07. Freefall (5:54) Mirage (1974)

08. Aristillus (1:57) Moonmadness (1976)

08. Song Within A Song (7:16) Moonmadness (1976)

09. Mystic Queen (5:40) Camel (1973)

10. Dunkirk (5:25) The Snow Goose (1975)

11. Spirit Of The Water (2:07) Moonmadness (1976)

12. Separation (3:57) Camel (1973)

13. Rhayader Goes to Town (5:20) The Snow Goose (1975)

About 78 minutes. As you can see, I'm not the biggest fan, but I like them for their gentle melancholy. Kind of rare in prog. I love Mirage (obviously), though.

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Posted: September 09 2011 at 05:34

Saperlipopette! wrote:

This is slightly off topic, but because of this topic I googlesearched Camel. Just to check how many songs I actually knew. Naturally I ended up on wiki, and there I noticed Allmusic's weird preferance for late 70's/early 80's Camel.

Year	Title	Label
1973	Camel	Universal Distribution

1974	Mirage	Decca

1975	The Snow Goose	London

1976	Moonmadness	London

1977	Rain Dances	Polydor

1978	Breathless	One Way Records

1978	A Live Record	Decca

1979	I Can See Your House From Here	One Way Records

1981	Nude	Universal Distribution

Yes, I know.

I really like Allmusic, but their Camel entry is by far the weirdest one I found on their site. It is just the opinion of a few reviewers, whereas on ProgArchives there's a much better balance in the reviews. It really is a strange list from AllMusic, and I even thought once if I should send an e-mail to them because their preferences are enormously different from the opinion of most serious rock reviewers.

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Posted: September 09 2011 at 06:34

I've read a bunch of Allmusic reviews from the few folks they got, and gotta say there seems to be no rhyme or reason. Not that I agree or disagree, but Pain of Salvation's the Perfect Element gets three stars while the (supposedly cheaper imitation of Remedy Lane) gets the 4 and a half + AMG Pick.

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Posted: September 09 2011 at 07:35

wjohnd wrote:

Well done to the Op for putting in the graft but I doubt I could create a top 50 of any band -or a meaningful top 50 prog- because by the time i was more than half way though i'd be in a different mood and the order contents would have to change.

Yeah, it takes a lot of time to arrive at a list which you feel content with. It will have to be a work in progress. I started doing this several months ago. I also have this habit of putting comments on albums in documents, and labelling songs with different terms like "ok++" , "good" and so on. But I sorted everything that was good in four categories of goodness, and went over each list many times. It was fun.

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wilmon91 your list is good but a disagree in in some points . you didnt included in the top 50 'stationary traveller ''.and ''ice '' ,and nothing from ''A Nod and a Wink '' [which i guess you dont own that album, in that case you ''have ''to ]

Ice and Stationary Traveller is similar songs, there's too much "wallowing" in simple minor key harmonies for me.

I have heard "A Nod and A Wink" on streaming services. It's not a good album to me........ I like "Fox Hill" the most on that album. I guess it would have ended up at place 83 , beneath "Please come home" if the list would continue that far.

Metrognome and Unevensong are two other songs I guess most Camel fans would have included, but they ended up outside my top 50.

Edited by wilmon91 - September 09 2011 at 07:47

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Posted: November 17 2011 at 09:33

I'm 17 years old, and Camel is easily in my top 5 favorite prog bands. They are an ageless band if there ever was one.

That said, I don't have the time to write out my top 50, but my favorite albums are as follows(in order)

- Moonmadness

- The Snow Goose

- Nude

- Mirage

- Camel(self titled)

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Posted: November 18 2011 at 04:44

1- The Snow Bruise
2 - Nimbrothel

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Posted: November 18 2011 at 10:34

Cool list, looking at it 50 actually doesn't seem like that much.

My top 20 in chronological order:

Mystic Queen, Arubaluba, Freefall, Supertwister, Nimrodel, Earthrise, Lady Fantasy, Rhayader, Rhayader Goes to Town, Sanctuary, Fritha, The Snow Goose, Friendship, Migration, Flight of the Snow Goose, Fritha Alone, La Princesse Perdue, Song Within a Song, Air Born, Lunar Sea

All are from the albums Camel through Moonmadness, not that I think they sucked after that, I'm just a lot more familiar with these. The Snow Goose is by far my favorite, despite the fact that I put every song from Mirage on my list.

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Posted: March 15 2012 at 20:25

I've been on a Camel binge recently, enjoying their post-Moonmadness stuff specifically.

Here are my Top 10 songs. This is fairly accurate, but prolly a few changes here and there if i listened to the remainder of their material. I haven't heard anything past I Can See Your House From Here

1. Lady Fantasy

2. Echoes

3. Nimrodel

4. Never Let Go

5. Song Within A Song

6. Lunar Sea

7. Slow Yourself Down

8. Mystic Queen

9.Another Night

10.Unevensong

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Posted: March 15 2012 at 20:52

Here's 40

1. Ice

2. Breathless

3. First Light

4. Nimrodel

5. Freefall

6. Who We Are

7. Docks

8. Rhayader/Rhayader Goes to Town

9. Echoes

10. Eye of the Storm

11. Drafted

12. Lady Fantasy

13. The Sleeper

14. Metrognome

15. Dunkirk

16. Earthrise

17. Lunar Sea

18. Hymn to Her

19. Supertwister

20. Sasquatch

21. Flight of the Snow Goose

22. Camelogue

23. Air Born

24. Summer Lightning

25. Vopos

26. Slow Yourself Down

27. Never Let Go

28. Unevensong

29. Lies

30. End Peace

31. Pressure Points

32. Skylines

33. Elke

34. Rainbow's End

35. City Life

36. Wait

37. Refugee

38. Separation

39. Stationary Traveler

40. Mystic Queen

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Posted: March 15 2012 at 21:37

Ice is great an all, but i find there shorter and upbeat instrumentals more fun.

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Posted: March 16 2012 at 21:49

I haven't even listened to 50 Camel songs, nor do I know 50 Camel songs. Stern Smile

Here's a top 10, though:

1. A Song Within Song
2. Lunar Sea
3. Nimrodel/ The White Rider Suite
4. The Snow Goose
5. Rhayader
6. Lady Fantasy
7. Spirit Of The Water
8. Earthrise
9. Ice
10. La Princesse Perdue

Edited by Fox On The Rocks - March 16 2012 at 21:51