MIRAGE

Camel

Symphonic Prog

4.41 | 3065 ratings

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This is without any competition my favorite Camel album, to me Mirage sounds as their most dynamic, elaborate and varied effort, and "no fillers, all killers"!

Freefall : Trademark Andy Latimer featuring powerful and often howling electric guitar.

Supertwister : Lots of pleasant work on the flute, and in the end that funny opening of a can of beer, it turned me into me into a beerhunter, haha.

Nimrodel : What a wonderful harmony of lush Mellotron violins, twanging guitar, a deep bass sound and excellent guitar play, loaded with emotion.

Earthrise : Enjoy the wonderful guitar play and varied keyboards, inlcuding floods of Hammond and a spectacular Minimoog solo.

And now the absolute highlight, the epic 3-part Lady Fantasy (close to 13 minutes) : This awesome Camel composition delivers lots of exciting shifting moods and great work on guitar and keyboards, the interplay by all musicians is excellent. And then, after a hypnotizing middle-part, there is that mindblowing heavy and bombastic eruption featuring swinging clavinet and a compelling organ solo, and in the end beautiful Mellotron violins, Peter Bardens shines, goose bumps!

Highly recommended for those progheads who are more into melodic symphonic rock.

TenYearsAfter | 5/5 | 2024-3-9

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