RAIN DANCES

Camel

Symphonic Prog

3.65 | 1194 ratings

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Camel's Rain Dances is full of highs and lows and comes across as a fairly mediocre safe album with only a sprinkling of prog in comparison to their earlier releases.

First Light is a solid start with some solid guitar work from Andy Latimer and the musicianship of Collins, Sinclair, Bardens, and Ward.

You would think with such a lineup this would be a feast of prog but it is not to be. Instead this is a pop driven melancholic album with nothing that delights like Mirage or Snow Goose.

Metrognome is a fun track and I liked Highways of the Sun with its melodic approach.

One of These Days I'll Get an Early Night is quite innovative and Elke is great with Brian Eno's brilliance to propel it along.

Apart from that nothing stands out so this is a rather disappointing album. Worth 3 stars due to Andy Latimers fine contribution.

AtomicCrimsonRush | 3/5 | 2024-7-20

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