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Topic: Best Camel album outside of the Classic Era Posted: May 09 2013 at 21:25
I defined "Classic Era" as the era in which the albums are consistently rated at 4 stars, though there may be an album/albums that are lower within the selection.
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Posted: May 09 2013 at 21:30
Voted `Rain Dances', though all of these are very decent albums. Even `The Single Factor' and `Stationary Traveller' have wonderful stuff on them, very melodic poppy albums with suberb standout playing from Latimer.
Even `I can See Your House From Here' is a great mix of pop and prog, as long as you skip (or destroy would be better!) `Remote Romance' and `Neon Magic' lol!
Edited by Aussie-Byrd-Brother - May 09 2013 at 21:31
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Posted: May 09 2013 at 22:27
Rain Dances
Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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Posted: May 09 2013 at 23:37
Breathless has "Starlight Ride," and I Can See Your House from Here has "Ice." Both these tracks rank with anything on Moonmadness and The Snow Goose, although otherwise I'm not fond of those albums. So... one of those. ;-)
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Posted: May 10 2013 at 00:13
Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:
Voted `Rain Dances', though all of these are very decent albums. Even `The Single Factor' and `Stationary Traveller' have wonderful stuff on them, very melodic poppy albums with suberb standout playing from Latimer.
Even `I can See Your House From Here' is a great mix of pop and prog, as long as you skip (or destroy would be better!) `Remote Romance' and `Neon Magic' lol!
I don't know all of these, and I can't vote yet - not enough posts - but of the three I own (Nude, Stationary Traveller and Harbour of Tears), I would choose Stationary Traveller.
Nude is "nice" but doesn't quite have a cutting edge for me - something Camel are a bit prone to, for example I'd say Snowgoose is also "nice" but doesn't have that outstanding edge.
Harbour of Tears is better, but Stationary Traveller creates a bit of a darker mood, and is the standout album for me from this period. I saw them on the Stationary Traveller tour and they were outstanding.
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Posted: May 10 2013 at 08:07
I recently gave Rain Dances a spin and was astonished just how good it is (I'd always disregarded it a bit as it wasn't as good as Moonmadness, but perhaps it was just different) - but Rajaz, Nude, Stationary Traveller and A Nod and a Wink are all superb too.
In the end, I'll go for Nude but any of those mentioned could get my vote.
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Posted: May 10 2013 at 10:12
timbo wrote:
Harbour of Tears is better, but Stationary Traveller creates a bit of a darker mood, and is the standout album for me from this period. I saw them on the Stationary Traveller tour and they were outstanding.
Whereas I couldn't get into HoT beyond the opening song, and I think ST is probably the best thing they recorded after Rain Dances or Breathless up until Rajaz.
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