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    Posted: July 01 2012 at 03:05
Hey everyone, I'm interested to see what people thinnk Camel's best lineup is... besides the Latimer/Bardens/Ferguson/Ward lineup. Personally my favorite would be Latimer/Bardens/Sinclair/Ward/Collins because I think Mel Collins added something truly unique to the Rain Dances album, especially on First Light. Also the addition of Richard Sinclair gave the album a slight canterbury feel to it. I'm guessing either this lineup or the lineup from their two latest albums will be the favorite. Thanks!
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I really like the Collins/Sinclair lineup too.  I probably listen to Breathless as much as or more than any other Camel album.
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I love the Raindances/Breathless era. Sinclair is one of my fave musicians. Fine voice, composer and bass player.
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Originally posted by dr prog dr prog wrote:

I love the Raindances/Breathless era. Sinclair is one of my fave musicians. Fine voice, composer and bass player.
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Hard to choose between the early line-up and the Raindances / Breathless line-up.
A year ago I would have said: early line-up, but since I discovered the magnificent playing on & sound of "The Sleeper" from Breathless, I wonder if they ever did better than that.
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Cant beat the original line-up but Collins/Sinclair era produced some good stuff too eg Echoes/Breathless.
 
However, my personal fave album after the Mirage/Snow Goose/Moonmadness era is "Nude" from 1981. The line-up for this was:
 
Ward/Latimer/ Colin Bass/Kit Watkins / Jan Schelhaas
 
 
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I'm going to have to listen to Raindances again. I bought it some years ago, and played it twice. At that time I'd not heard anything quite so dull. Some people love it, obviously. I must be missing something.

My favourite line up is the Mirage/Moonmadness line up.
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The original lineup, of course. Mirage, Snow Goose, and Moonmadness are still their best albums, IMO
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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:



My favourite line up is the Mirage/Moonmadness line up.

You can't beat that line-up.
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hey how abt The Single Factor haha, its a superb ultra streamlined album!!! marvellous!!
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Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Originally posted by dr prog dr prog wrote:

I love the Raindances/Breathless era. Sinclair is one of my fave musicians. Fine voice, composer and bass player.

Agreed, Rain Dances is such a fine jazzy prog album. Breathless is rather hit-and-miss though.
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Hey Raccoon, thanks! Yeah I drew this, Costed me 24 hours to make it, I painted this digitally, and yeah its a bit ' cartoonish ' cheers Elwin
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Got to be the original line up - no question about it. The last Camel album I brought was I Can See Your House From Here which has not been played that often. Something changed for me once the late Peter Bardens left the band.
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Collins/Sinclair for me too.  Also, around 1979 Dave Sinclair sat at the keyboards for a while........
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Original line up. No question really. Rain Dances is awesome though.
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I actually have all the albums, but I only really listen to the ones by the classic lineup. There's something missing with some of the later ones. Mirage, Snow Goose, and Moonmadness still can't be beaten.
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