Mirage (album)
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Publication |
1974 |
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| Label (s) | Decca Records | |||
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Title (number) |
5 |
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running time |
37:47 |
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David Hitchcock |
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Studio (s) |
Decca Studios |
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Mirage is the second studio album by British progressive rock band Camel . It was released on Decca Records in 1974 .
Creation and publication
After the self-titled debut album , Camel signed a recording deal with Decca Records and went on tour for nine months. After that, they recorded their second album. Under pressure from the Camel cigarette brand , the record cover , which shows a dromedary in the desert, had to be changed in the United States as it was very similar to the design of the cigarette packs. For Europe, however, the band manager Geoff Jukes made an agreement. For advertising purposes there were small packets of cigarettes with the artwork and the track list of the album, and free samples were given out at concerts (against the will of the band). Since the tobacco company wanted to exert further influence, the collaboration was soon ended.
A remastered CD version of Mirage was first released in 1989, and a remastered version was released in 2002 with bonus tracks consisting of alternative and live versions.
Track list
page 1
- Freefall - 5:54
- Supertwister - 3:24
- Nimrodel / The Procession / The White Rider - 9:18
Page 2
- Earthrise - 6:42
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Lady Fantasy - 12:46
- Encounter
- Smiles for you
- Lady Fantasy
Bonus title
- Supertwister (Live October 30, 1974 at the Marquee Club ) - 3:14
- Mystic Queen (Live October 30, 1974 at the Marquee Club ) - 6:09
- Arubaluba (Live October 30, 1974 at the Marquee Club ) - 7:44
- Lady Fantasy (Basing Street Studios Mix 1973) - 12:59
style
Her signature style begins to develop on Camel's second album. You play progressive rock with complex rhythms and varied guitar and keyboard parts. Andrew Latimer plays on Mirage also flute . There are faster and more rocky as well as quieter and more sedate passages. The album does for the most part without vocals. The atmosphere is usually slightly melancholy. The White Rider is inspired by Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings .
reception
Mirage is considered a classic of the band , along with its successors The Snow Goose and Moonmadness . Markus Peltner from Babyblauen Seiten sums up: “Everything Camel delivered at the beginning and middle of the 70s is not bad. But somehow the band swam with it. Not bad, as I said, but really good? No, the music is simply not gripping enough for that and it then sticks much less than with other British combos of the same style and time. ”Jochen Rindfrey describes Mirage as Camel's“ masterpiece ”that“ is not missing in any prog collection " should.
In June 2015, the renowned trade journal Rolling Stone voted the album at number 21 of the 50 best progressive rock albums of all time .
Web links
- Mirage at Allmusic (English)
- Reviews of Mirage on the baby blue pages
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Camel Timeline 1964–1981 , camelproductions.com , accessed January 19, 2013.
- ↑ Daevid Jehnzen: Mirage at Allmusic (English), accessed on January 19, 2013.
- ↑ a b Baby Blue Prog Reviews: Camel: Mirage , Baby Blue Pages , accessed on January 19, 2013.
- ↑ Ryan Reed: 50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time - Camel, 'Mirage' (1974). In: Rolling Stone . Wenner Media, June 17, 2015, accessed on September 25, 2015 .