Peter Bardens has got to be the most underrated keyboardist in rock music.

Never even heard of Camel before. Listening to Mirage right now and loving it. This is why I love this chanel.

Camel, like Caravan, has always been a band that never fails to put me in my "happy place". Now with everything going on, both bands are in heavy rotation in my apartment.

Never heard of this great prog band until I watched your 70’s prog band video! Went on Amazon and bought a bunch of their albums(cds), love them! Especially Mirage and Moonmadness

Moonmadness is one of my fav prog albums ever. Thank you Pete.

Love your Gentle Giant shirt!!🎤🎸🎵🥁

Great stuff Pete, My fave is also mirage. If i start playing it, the cd can be played over and over for weeks. One of the truly great prog albums. This band should have been bigger. Andy H

One of my all time fave bands. My list would be quite a bit different though. Thanks for featuring these guys.

Great ranking Pete! Hopefully Van der Graaf Generator is next?

As a teenager in the early 70's after a hard night of partying, coming home and listening to mirage was like coming home to an old friend.

Camel & Caravan - essential listening for any prog fan, the Canterbury sound is so quintessentially English - that combination of folk and prog. Jethro Tull while not sounding the same combined the same elements to great effect.

Like you said Camel doesn't sound like any other band. They are unique. I love how they can go from rock to prog, to softer bluesy stuff and then to a smooth, jazzy, atmospheric ballad with that beautiful saxophone.

Fantastic band, My top 5:: Moonmadness Breathless (very underrated album in my opinion) Mirage Rain dances The snow goose

My wife Krystal and I are big Camel fans since we spent lots of time cruising the back roads of Michigan in the late 70s, while listening to prog music like Camel, UK, Yes, King Crimson, PFM, etc. I have all the studio albums from Camel and have nothing bad to say about any of them. After listening to Camel for over 40 years, I only recently have noticed that I'm drawn to the albums with Richard Sinclair singing and playing his fretless bass. All due respect to Doug Ferguson's bass contributions on the early albums, and ditto for the lead vocals from Andy Latimer and Pete Bardens (not to leave out Colin Bass and his vocal and bass work on later Camel, especially live recordings). It's just that I like that fretless bass and I like Richard Sinclair's distinctive voice. A personal taste thing. Krystal and I can put on our Camel collection and listen to random tunes all day long. There aren't many bands that we can listen to for hours and hours without needing to switch to something else. Another strange thing; I can't think of one "prog" friend who is a big Camel fan like my wife and myself.

Camel list, from favorite to least favorite: Moonmadness Mirage The Snow Goose Rain Dances I Can see Your House From Here Nude Rajaz Breathless A Nod And A Wink Camel Dust And Dreams Stationary Traveller Harbour Of Tears The Single Factor Camel had such strong albums, from 1973-81. They still had some good albums afterwards as well, but the albums they put out in their first 8 years were fantastic. Peter Barden's keyboard style often reminds me of Tony Banks. Beautiful stuff!

Thanks for doing this Pete. They are a fine band, I love their Life at the Royal Albert Hall in 2019 with blind Pete Jones on the keyboards and who knows how many instrument

My Camel story. I was at university in Canterbury in the 1990s. I loved Caravan. A girl lent me a compilation tape of a band called Camel. I listened to it and thought it was crap. 30 years later I give them another go and end up buying all their albums. I can't get enough of them and actually think they are better than Caravan. I can't believe I wasted 30 years of my live without Camel! In my opinion, the order of release is a pretty good way to rank the Camel albums. You might want to swap around one or two. The debut is probably not the best but I love it. Anyway, if you have never heard all these albums, you are in for a treat.

Probably my favorite band of all time. Thanks for covering this.

Always loved Camel. First album is my favourite. Tons of character and great playing.

I purchased a copy of The Snow Goose a while back and I was completely blown away at how complex and beautiful the songs were.

I love the band Camel!! Thank you so much for your ranking Camel.🎤🎸🎵🥁

Thank you Pete for bringing up Camel. Probably my favorite group. I was hooked when Moonmadness was released. This is a band to immerse yourself in. Andy and Peter had a connection which was amazing. Never got to see them but the albums will be with us and glad to see that Andy Latimer is still performing.

The greatest band ever and Andy up there with the bat guitarists. Dust and Dreams is an amazing album.

Absolutely love this band.Thanks to you Pete for your great shows.sobmuch inspiration.

Awesome stuff! I'd love to hear your take on Renaissance!

'Harbour of tears' and 'Rajaz' are my favourites. Thanks for the review Pete.👍

Great stuff Pete. One of my fave bands, saw them several times in the mid 70s. Just beautiful.

I can't believe I missed this ranking.Camel has been one of my favorite bands ever,and Latimer's guitar playing can be compared only to The Great David Gilmour. Thank you for this!

I used to listen to a lot of Camel in late 90's, they were my favourite band at the time. It has changed since and I don't really listen to them any more, but I still have a soft spot for Stationary Traveller to this day. And Andy's weeping guitar in the self titled track still gives my goosebumps.

1. Music inspired by the snow goose 2. Moonmadness 3. Mirage 4. Raindances 5. Camel 6. Rajaz 7. Breathless Honour mention: Nude! Great concept, great lineup. AMAZING BAND RIP Peter Bardens, one of my favourite keyboard player from that era Take care everyone!

Love prog. love camel. I admire your knowledge and enthusiasm. How do you find time to listen to all this music 😂🎸

My first copy of Moonmadness had an illustration of the ever-familiar camel in a spacesuit standing on the Moon. One of my all-time favorite album covers.

Camel outstanding music that stands up today

I first discovered Camel about a year ago because of this channel. Thanks for all the great content!

I love the Canterbury style Prog bands. And Caravan and Camel my faves...

Camel. One of the greatest prog bands ever! With their unique sound and their emphasys more in mood and emotion than in exhibitionism. I agree with your top 5 (not the order, but the albums), but not sure about the bottom of your list. Some of their last albums (90's) deserve better position (and most of their 80's are their weakests) My order would have been: 1. Moonmadness 2. The Snow Goose 3. Mirage 4. Rain Dances 5. Camel 6. Nude 7. A Nod and a Wink 8. Rajaz 9. I Can See Your House from Here 10. Dust and Dreams 11. Harbour of tears 12. Breathless 13. Stationary Traveller 14. The Single Factor Anyway, great analysis

Thanks Pete, great to see someone that appreciates fine art! Moonmadness Mirage The Snow Goose Camel All timeless!

I really only know their 70's albums. I've heard some of the others, but never owned them or paid much attention, for some reason. So here we go with the ones I know/own: 7) The Snow Goose (This doesn't do much for me. Seems a bit aimless) 6) Camel 5) Moonmadness 4) Breathless (I was wary of the short songs originally, but ended up pleasantly surprised) 3) I Can See Your House From Here 2) Rain Dances 1) Mirage Thanks, Pete! I don't listen to these enough, but I dug them out (I have the vinyl LPs) and really enjoyed them. Still. Edit: It's a year after I posted this list - I now love "Snow Goose". Not sure what happened, but I'm happy that it did! "Mirage" & "Rain Dances" are still my favorite, but It would probably be #3 for me now.

Thank you for doing this. I am a rabid Camel fan and it’s appalling how few people are aware of this band’s output….truly inspired playing and composing. Andy Latimer is a ferocious guitar player. Hopefully some of the fan base that subscribes to this channel will seek them out. If you’re a “prog” fan you owe it to yourself to listen to Camel.

The phrase 'classic underrated prog' (which I just made up BTW) was made for this band. Camel ... one of my favourite bands and have been since 1975 when I discovered them. For me, they have the planet's best guitarist in the brilliant Andy Latimer. My top 3 would be 1. Moonmadness 2. Snow Goose 3. Mirage But here's a thing ... I bought their album 'Dust and Dreams' about 10 years ago. I have to say, at the time I was a little unerwhelmed. Loved the track 'Go West' but little else. But then earlier this year I revisited the album. And I absolutely love it. Love it all. For me, the best album of theirs since 'Moonmadness' in 1976. ... and in your ranking, what album occupies the bottom spot ? 'Dust and Dreams'. Oh well, we can agree to disagree. Pete, thanks for ranking these beautiful albums.

I loved the interplay of Andy Latimer and Peter Bardens. Without Bardens a critical element was missing and the band became Latimer's backing band. Their best period for me was with Richard Sinclair - I love the guys voice (with Caravan, Hatfield & the North, Caravan of Dreams) 1. Rain Dances 2. Mirage 3. Moonmadness 4. Breathless 5. Camel 6. Nude 7. I Can See Your House From Here 8. The Snow Goose (I like the Rhayader passages but the rest always left me cold) 9. The remaining 80's stuff 10. The 90's The 80's and 90's makes nice background music but nothing sticks especially. Mellow and dreamy stuff with some nice guitar work but I cannot really tell the albums apart. The counterpart to the guitar is missing and so are the highlights.

Yeah Camel. Camel (absolute classic all great tracks), Raindances, Breathless, Moonmadness, Mirage, Snow Goose. Caravan and Focus please.

Rajaz is their most mature and best album in my opinion. Masterpiece.

MoonMadness is my favorite, My autographed LP has a camel in a spacesuit standing on the moon. Air and Lunar Sea are brilliant. Back in the late 70's our band used to gig with Lunar Sea. I met Andy Latimer back then in northern California. His girlfriend at the time lived in Sunnyvale and she was best friends with our guitarists uncles girlfriend. I remember shaking his hand and was floored by how long his fingers are. It was like he has an extra knuckle on each finger! He was very unassuming and very nice to us. We jammed on Lunar Sea. As a young bassist at the time, it was, and still is , one of my happiest musical experiences. Wonderful gentleman. Thanks for rating there albums. I agree with the bulk of your list. RNB

Great band, which I've properly discovered this year. The instrumental track Skylines is incredible.

Thanks for introducing this band to me Pete. Only have some of the early albums so far. 1)

HI i am 68 and only discovered Camel a decade ago! a cruelly underrated band,that had it all good songs,awesome singing and playing they had it all! makes me realise how music has regressed so much recently! nice job to recognise this great band Pete! Thanks

Hi Pete, so I have to say as a child of the 70's/80's I had never heard Camel's music before, even being a huge Genesis and Yes fan. Since I watched your ranking of the albums a few weeks ago I have fallen in love with Moonmadness. I think it is absolutely brilliant and something I've really needed to find this year. Chord Change is my favorite track! Really appreciate your rankings and all your videos! \m/

All CAMEL albums are number one!! TOP

Thanks for these videos. I bought Mirage when it came out based solely on the album cover. I got the US cover which was really cool artwork. When I got home and put it on, I was an instant Camel fan. My friends were never really into a lot of the bands I was. It’s nice to see people on here digging a lot of these bands that I’m still listening to.

I really like Camel's first album and would place it on my top 3 along with Mirage and Moonmadness.

I was listening to Moonmadness when the notification popped up. ;) Great work, Pete, as always. :D

My favourite band of my early teens, saw them live in Yeovil, Somerset on my 16th birthday with my best mate (RIP Pete) when they were debuting Snow Goose, my first gig so a landmark in my life, They went from playing a 400 seater in Somerset to playing the Royal Albert Hall in London in a month, Brilliant band, but agree Mirage is the one album I play the most 45 years later

I still need to dig out a lot of their later albums. Thanks for the ranking, so I know what to go to next.

WOW! I've been waiting for this list for months! I agree in that Latimer's best guitar playing can be found in the later work. He's one of my favorite players.

MoonMadness, is my #1 so far. I just started listening to them recently.

The title track of Stationary Traveller is an absolutely amazing instrumental. One of my favourite pieces of guitar work in any album, not to mention the beautiful intro.

You are the best. Thanks for the ranking.

Hi again from CCS Vnzla, Camel is one of the favorite british prog bands. I think A live record is a pretty good live album, I love it. Thanks for your videos!!!!!

The top 3 are phenomenal. When i first heard them in 2006 my mind was blown with their creativity, cool themes and solid musicianship. Snow goose is probably my favorite album but Air Born and many on Mirage are stellar, Never Let Go, Unevenson...so many good ones. Their live set on Old Grey Whistle Test is on KZfaq, worth checking out. Great one Pete!

Thank you Pete ! For ranking my all time favorite band. Your list and mine are exactly the same. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't listen to them. Now for a request any chance of a ranking of Caravan or Nektar sometime in the future. Thanks again.

Your order is fair enough, and your comments spot on, although it has to be Snow Goose for me. If you don't love Camel you don't love prog rock. However, if you don't love The Snow Goose you don't even like music. All of their output is sublime including the more recent stuff. You either love it instantly or it grows on you very quickly. After a few plays even the weaker tracks can soon become your favorite ones. Strictly for the prog rock connoisseur. tip: Highway to the Sun, is the most uplifting peace of music ever produced.

I saw Camel 3 months before they released their first album. I was so impressed I pre-ordered the album so I would get it as soon as. Still my favourite followed by Snow Goose. Now just to say that is a great tee shirt from a great (in my humble opinion the greatest) prog rock band ever. I am jealous! Now that album I got by accident. I ordered a Genesis lp mail order and the vinyl inside the Genesis cover was 'In a Glass House'. I thought I'd play it before I sent it back. We never sent it back!

Thanks a lot for this review! I have most of Camel and all of Pete Bardens albums. No mention of Ice!? You could make a Part 2

Thanks for doing this fantastic band! My list would almost be quite the opposite, but you did it great!!

Brillant band. One of my top prog-rock bands of all time. And, as you said so well, a very original style. Love Andrew Latimer voice and guitar works. My top three albums are: Mirage (masterpiece), Moonmadness, and The Snow Goose.

Saw Camel in Glasgow Apollo, on the Moonmadness tour, 1976. Very good live. Keep on rockin' Pete! Your shows have helped get me through the current situation and I'm sure, lots of others. I've kinda rediscovered my love of prog etc. By the way, my first gig was again at the Apollo, Jethro Tull, November 1974. Support, Danny. Not a bad opener. Anyway I'm rambling man! All the best. Alex

Thanks. I will have to say I have never listened to Camel, but your discography has let me know what to listen to first1

Played Camel since i was 15 years old. A good 50 years. Still the best prog band...

That sums up my ranking also! Nice to see you choose Mirage as #1, most fans would go with either Moonmadness or Snow Goose.

Really fantastic band that ive mysteriously only got the box set and a double cd compilation of....been meaning for years to collect the bulk of their catalog just haven’t as yet. Latimer is such an amazingly sublime guitarist !!!

Hey Pete, Thanks for your channel. (I'm officially addicted...) Favourite Producers I'm not sure if you've considered this, but I'd love to see a discussion about your favourite record producers, and the record that really captures their magic - e.g. : Jimmy Miller - Let It Bleed / Tom Dowd - Allman Brothers / John 'Mutt' Lange - Back In Black / George Martin - Abbey Road / Tom Scholz - Boston. Perhaps your Top Ten Producers, with their best band/album collaboration?

Pete- You have turned me on to Camel, Caravan, Marillion, Gentle Giant and early Genesis. How do you thank someone enough for that? I appreciate you very much and wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year my friend!!!

Pete, this is the ranking I've been waiting for!!! Don't forget to check out the re-recorded version of Snow Goose from 2013 or 2014.... it's one of the only 're-cordings' I can say I love just as much.... new parts to the songs that work, better sound quality overall. Also - I couldn't have said it better about the last 4 or 5 albums by them. Agreed! My only disagree is that Nude is way higher on my list, but I came to this band about 10 years ago, so I had no chronological release, just the order I got em. The new Bluray, and soon double CD from the Royal Albert Hall is phenomenal as well... cheers and thanks !!

Yo Pete...yet another cool ranking of the album's... Camel are a brilliant band. My top 3 are the same as yours ...but the order does change. I have to admit that I have not listened to the later stuff for a while. I will have to remedy that. Thanks for all the rankings.. Pete. Awesome dude.

Stationary traveller, the best album of the Progressive rock of the history.

Such a great band, there's not an album I don't cherish for some reason. Apart from their 70s stuff, which in many ways embodies classic prog rock sound to me, I really dig their 90s records. Hopeless Anger, Coming of Age, Three Wishes, Lost and Found, Sahara, are among my favorite Camel songs.

For me, the ultimate Camel album is the instrumental album The Snowgoose. It's just my opinion but this band needed a strong lead vocalist, but oddly enough the vocals sound fine to me on their debut album, (a late discovery for me), So those are my two favorites. Both Moonmadness and Mirage would be perfect albums had the lead vocals been handled differently. This video does make me want to revisit Rain Dances and I Can See Your House from here. And thanks for reminding me that Mel Collins is on the Breathless album, I will have to check that out!

Great job, Pete! Been waiting for this one. Here's my listing with very little separating the Top 3 Moonmadness Mirage The Snow Goose Camel Rain Dances Breathless I Can See Your House From Here Nude Stationary Traveller The Single Factor A Nod And A Wink Rajaz Dust & Dreams Harbour Of Tears Would love to see your rankings on: Nektar, Renaissance and Roxy Music.

Man I've been waiting for this one for a long time. I unfortunately don't own any Camel albums but I do own a Camel DVD called Footage which is really good. I use to have Mirage on CD back in the day but sold it because I really needed money. The albums I really like are Mirage, Moonmadness, Nude, Camel and Breathless. I haven't heard them all yet but I will hopefully eventually own their whole catalog.

Thanks Pete, I bought mirage and moonmadness and have become a fan. Keep your great reviews coming!

Seen them a couple of times in the 70’s really remember the, Leeds University gig best.

I always enjoy these videos Pete. Are you familiar with the early 70's prog rock band Bull Angus? A commentary video from you on these guys could help spread the word on this under appreciated band. They were awesome in their day. Thanks for the great content!

I agree, mirage #1. Got it when first released and still my fave. Love your show.

A great band for sure. I'll have to pretty much agree with your take with the exception of Rajaz, which I would rank a few albums higher. Mirage is a truly fantastic album.

Camel, like Gentle Giant, are one of those Prog acts who are rightly revered by aficionados of the genre, yet barely ever known outside of the sphere unlike Yes, Pink Floyd, Rush, Genesis and ELP. Great picks, Pete. Single Factor and Dust and Dreams very rarely get a replay in my house, but the rest do. Great discography and I remember how much Rajaz struck me with awe. I was not expecting that! Top 3, however, for me, would be 1. Moonmadness; 2. Mirage and 3. Breathless, though this is subject to change, with Rain Dances, The Snow Goose and Rajaz commonly placing top tier. Awesome channel, Pete. Keep carrying the torch for Prog!

Great show Pete. One of my all time fav bands. Andy Latimer has that same quality that David Gilmour has: he plays 2 bars and you know it’s him; instantly recognizable! Best albums for me are 1) Mirage 2) Snow Goose 3) Moonmadness 4) Camel. But I like the later stuff too, esp. Rajazz and A Nod And A Wink. In fact, they have never released a real dud. BTW, would love to hear your lists for Renaissance, Van der Graaf, Caravan and Strawbs.

Ha, Mirage and for me the number one album among Camel discs. Actually, only Mirage. It was very nice to hear this, thank you!

Hard to argue, but I would put Nude up one. The re-recording of The Snow Goose is also excellent. Once heard some music as i walked out of Liverpool Lime Street railway station, walked in through the open doors at the back of the Liverpool Empire and stood by the stage as Camel did a full hour of a sound check. Went back later to the concert, probably 1982.

Great list, I find Harbour of Tears from the latter period underrated and the most beautiful to go along with your top 5. Those 6 are all I need - Debut, Mirage, Goose, Moon, Rain, and Harbour. GREAT BAND, no stinker albums actually all listenable.

I’ve only listened to Mirage so far and it was great. I’m excited to hear the rest of the discography

Great rank! please Gong next!

my favorite band

Only just discovered this band about 2/3 years ago. I was very late to the party but man I absolutely love this band now. Snow Goose is my favourite. I notice they are playing a few dates over here in the UK in the summer as part of their '50 Years Strong' tour. Gonna try and get to one of the gigs. Does anyone have any idea what they'll be playing on this tour? Can't seem to find out much info about it online

I am halfway through Moon madness. Between you and Butch I thank you for getting me into these groups.I need to check out Caravan , Budgie etc.

Love your program Pete one day a top ten songs for candlemass and tool if you can find the time thanks

Check out Camel on the Old Grey Whistle Test doing a Snow Goose medley, 1975. Incredible. You can find it on KZfaq. Thanks for the videos Pete!

My introduction to Camel, apart from the odd thing on the radio, was their sight and sound in concert appearance in 1977 - since available on DVD - which led me to buy Rain Dances so again the first I bought remains my favourite. I’m not so enamoured with their post Bardens 80’s albums except I can see your house - which I think was their last great album - Ice is always captivating, stunning guitar work from Andy Latimer. I got back into them with their live album from their dust and dreams tour- never let go, and there were then a load of Camel on the road cds shortly after that, though my favourite live of theirs and a joint No 1 for me will always be A Live Record, but for just studio releases - 1. Rain Dances 2. Moonmadness 3. Mirage 4. The Snow Goose 5. Breathless 6. Camel 7. I Can see Your House From Here 8. A Nod And A Wink 9. Harbour Of Tears 10. Dust And Dreams 11. Rajaz 12. Nude 13. The Single Factor 14. Stationary Traveller

The 1975 BBC live excerpt from 'The Snow Goose' on KZfaq is so very beautiful; must have watched it a hundred times.. ❤❤

For Dust And Dreams I always listen to the live version, it also has a fantastic Ice... and I was there at the concert in Enschede.