Rain Dances is a Rock album by Camel, originally released in 1977. On Gatefold: 90 pressings tracked, owned by 12 collectors.
About
Five albums into their recording career, Camel made their first personnel shift on <i>Rain Dances</i>, as Richard Sinclair (formerly of fellow Canterbury scenemates Caravan) replaced bassist Doug Ferguson, and the band gained a saxophonist for the first time in erstwhile King Crimson member Mel Collins. The album featured the first hints of the more accessible, pop-friendly direction Camel would take on their next couple of albums, and perhaps not coincidentally, marked the Brits' first appearance on the U.S. album charts. But <i>Rain Dances</i> is pretty evenly split between complexity and commerciality -- opening instrumental "First Light" recalls the prog glories of Camel's earlier albums, and the rather ambient instrumental piece "Elke" includes guest keyboards by ambient godfather Brian Eno himself. Still, the undeniably poppy "Highways of the Sun" proved mainstream enough to be released as a single, and "One of These Days I'll Get an Early Night" is a venture into funky jazz fusion, with Collins' sax coming to the fore. Call it the arrival of Camel Mk II.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1First Light5:01
- A2Metrognome4:19
- A3Tell Me4:08
- A4Highways Of The Sun4:31
Side B
- B1Unevensong5:35
- B2One Of These Days I'll Get An Early Night5:54
- B3Elke4:30
- B4Skylines4:29
- B5Rain Dances2:58
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Prog Rock
- lush
- hypnotic
- cerebral
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Andrew LatimerGUITAR GUITAR , PANPIPES, FRETLESS BASS, BACKING VOCALS, FLUTE, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, VOCALS GUITAR , TWELVE-STRING GUITAR, PANPIPES, BASS , BACKING VOCALS, FLUTE, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, VOCALS
- Andy WardDRUMS DRUMS, OTHER , ROTOTOMS, PERCUSSION, FINGER CYMBALS, GLOCKENSPIEL, WHISTLE , PERCUSSION DRUMS, OTHER , PERCUSSION, OCARINA , OTHER , FINGER CYMBALS, ROTOTOMS, GLOCKENSPIEL, PERCUSSION , OTHER , WHISTLE
- Brian EnoGUEST , SYNTHESIZER , PIANO SYNTHESIZER SYNTHESIZER , ELECTRIC PIANO, PIANO , OTHER , BELLS
- Fiona HibbertGUEST , HARP HARP
- Malcolm GriffithsGUEST , TROMBONE TROMBONE
- Martin DroverGUEST , TRUMPET TRUMPET
- Mel CollinsALTO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE, CLARINET, BASS CLARINET, BASS FLUTE, CONCERT FLUTE ALTO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE, CLARINET, BASS CLARINET, BASS FLUTE, CONCERT FLUTE, ARRANGED BY ALTO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE, CLARINET, BASS CLARINET, CONCERT FLUTE, BASS FLUTE, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, ARRANGED BY
- Peter BardensKEYBOARDS MUSICIAN , KEYBOARDS SYNTHESIZER , ELECTRIC PIANO, PIANO , CLAVINET, ORGAN, TALKING DRUM, HORN , OTHER
- Richard SinclairBASS BASS, VOCALS, OTHER MUSICIAN , BASS, VOCALS
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