Camel – The Snow Goose (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1975
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The Snow Goose is an LP by Camel from 1975 released on the Decca label.
About this album
The Snow Goose is Camel’s most celebrated statement, a finely drawn progressive rock suite that turned the band’s melodic instinct into something grand and distinctive. Issued in 1975, the album is a largely instrumental concept work inspired by Paul Gallico’s novella, with elegant themes and recurring motifs linking pieces such as “Rhayader”, “Flight Of The Snow Goose” and “Dunkirk”. Built around the interplay of Andrew Latimer’s guitar and Peter Bardens’ keyboards, it helped define Camel’s reputation for symphonic prog that favoured warmth and restraint over bombast. The album remains one of the genre’s most admired and accessible classics.
Genre: Pop & Rock
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AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:Read the AllMusic.com reviewArtist: CamelLabel: Decca – SKLA 5207Format: LP, AlbumUnits: 1Country: AustraliaReleased: 1975Genre: Pop & RockStyle: Prog RockA1 The Great Marsh
A2 Rhayader
A3 Rhayader Goes To Town
A4 Sanctuary
A5 Fritha
A6 The Snow Goose
A7 Friendship
A8 Migration
A9 Rhayader Alone
B1 Flight Of The Snow Goose
B2 Preparation
B3 Dunkirk
B4 Epitaph
B5 Fritha Alone
B6 La Princesse Perdue
B7 The Great Marsh
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- Release details
- Tracklist
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The Snow Goose is an LP by Camel from 1975 released on the Decca label.
About this album
The Snow Goose is Camel’s most celebrated statement, a finely drawn progressive rock suite that turned the band’s melodic instinct into something grand and distinctive. Issued in 1975, the album is a largely instrumental concept work inspired by Paul Gallico’s novella, with elegant themes and recurring motifs linking pieces such as “Rhayader”, “Flight Of The Snow Goose” and “Dunkirk”. Built around the interplay of Andrew Latimer’s guitar and Peter Bardens’ keyboards, it helped define Camel’s reputation for symphonic prog that favoured warmth and restraint over bombast. The album remains one of the genre’s most admired and accessible classics.
Genre: Pop & Rock
Review
AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:Read the AllMusic.com reviewArtist: CamelLabel: Decca – SKLA 5207Format: LP, AlbumUnits: 1Country: AustraliaReleased: 1975Genre: Pop & RockStyle: Prog RockA1 The Great Marsh
A2 Rhayader
A3 Rhayader Goes To Town
A4 Sanctuary
A5 Fritha
A6 The Snow Goose
A7 Friendship
A8 Migration
A9 Rhayader Alone
B1 Flight Of The Snow Goose
B2 Preparation
B3 Dunkirk
B4 Epitaph
B5 Fritha Alone
B6 La Princesse Perdue
B7 The Great Marsh
