LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

Camel's debut album is probably one of their best. It was a quite rough and unpolished product, but it still featured the two first classic Camel-tracks with the beautiful "Mystic Queen" and the catchy "Never Let Go". Both tracks demonstrated the group's ability to write very strong vocal-melodies combined with lengthy and tasty instrumental-passages. "Never Let Go" also featured one of the few examples recorded of a mellotron-solo. "Separation" and the opener "Slow Yourself Down" are both harder rock tracks where the latter one is the most complex and progressive, featuring some excellent solos from Latimer and Bardens.

Track Listing

• A1 Slow Yourself Down
• A2 Mystic Queen
• A3 Six Ate
• A4 Separation
• B1 Never Let Go
• B2 Curiosity
• B3 Arubaluba