MIRAGE

I tried to like this album but my conclusion is that I failed. Don't get me wrong: Camel stands for high quality music. But no matter how hard I try I keep having troubles with liking the singing qualities of Andy. The instrumental parts are really great. No doubt about that. Nimrodel is perhaps the best song of this album. It sounds like a coherent song with an interesting mood and a great groove in it. Lady Fanatasy is known for being one of their masterpieces, but it sounds too much like a potpourrie of improvisational music to me. It's not bad to hear, but this is one of those Camel songs I think would have been better off if it was made as an solily instrumental song. For this reason I prefer their album Snow Goose before this one. Camel is a great instrumentalist band, but their singing is terrible if you ask me.