Title track is so good
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 18:02 (two years ago) link
Such a great album. "Song Within A Song" is as good as prog gets
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 18:28 (two years ago) link
Re Breathless: I'm not opposed to the idea of yacht-prog per se (I even enjoyed the Richard Wright solo album), but something about the laid-back sound of this record was just flaccid to me. Also, having liked Richard Sinclair's songs and singing on Caravan records, I was disappointed by his contributions to this. He was still a more solid singer than Latimer, though.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 18:40 (two years ago) link
i like 'starlight ride' as far as sappy prog ballads go. nice sound
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 19:09 (two years ago) link
Finding the first half of the album stronger so far. Final track is really nice though.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 19:44 (two years ago) link
Just realized I mixed up Breathless with Moonmadness in my head when I posted re: "Song Within a Song." Breathless is great too, super underrated with a smooth, uplifting vibe throughout. Yacht-prog is spot-on. "Echoes" still brings the heat though
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 19:56 (two years ago) link
Just played Breathless for the first time yesterday, I dig really like "Echoes", which is definitely yacht-prog but even that didn't prepare me for the disco-prog of "Summer Lightning". Which still won me over with the killer guitar solo.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 21 October 2021 14:35 (two years ago) link
Title track is still my favorite, proto-shoegazey
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 21 October 2021 17:27 (two years ago) link
Maybe I need to give that one a closer listen, I was about ready to hit eject until "Echoes" kicked in.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 21 October 2021 17:30 (two years ago) link
Someone could write a thesis on whether Camel's "Down on the Farm" influenced Spinal Tap's "Sex Farm", as both are tributes to the erotic possibilities inherent in agricultural labour.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 21 October 2021 23:02 (two years ago) link
I mostly thought of Blur's "In The Country" but Camel's song is more about farm work than anything
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 22 October 2021 18:55 (two years ago) link
4 really good tracks and the rest okay.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 4 November 2021 18:45 (two years ago) link
Whole lotta Camel here -
https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/camel-air-born-the-mca-decca-years-1973-1984/
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 13:47 (six months ago) link
no standalone Mirage reissue? that one still goes for a decent price and every time my local shop gets it in it apparently sells within a day
― frogbs, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 13:51 (six months ago) link
Don't mind a bit of Camel but I'm not entirely sure I need 32 discs of them
― kiwi side-eye specialist (Matt #2), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 14:01 (six months ago) link
What's crazy is that it isn't much more expensive than Dylan's 4-disc Budokan thing. Box set pricing is really weird right now.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 14:15 (six months ago) link