Rain Dances
by Camel
- Type: Album
- Released: 17 September 1977
- Label: Decca
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 41:25
- Community rating: 3.51/5 from 6 ratings
Artists on this release: Andrew Latimer, Fiona Hibbert, Richard Sinclair, Malcolm Griffiths, Martin Drover, other, Andy Ward, Peter Bardens
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Integrating former Caravan member Richard Sinclair, Camel expanded their symphonic progressive rock sound with delightfully breezy, jazz-rock elegance. 'Rain Dances' is a remarkably lush, beautifully melodic record that conjures a distinctly mellow, pleasantly melancholic atmosphere, prioritizing concise, highly evocative compositions over extended mythological epics.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, fantasy, rain, progressive, symphonic
Tracklist
- First Light (5:01)
- Metrognome (4:19)
- Tell Me (4:08)
- Highways Of The Sun (4:31)
- Unevensong (5:35)
- One Of These Days I'll Get An Early Night (5:54)
- Elke (4:30)
- Skylines (4:29)
- Rain Dances (2:58)
Credits
- Camel - primary artist, producer
- Mel Collins - arranged by [brass], written-by, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, bass flute, concert flute, saxophone [all], other [umbrellas], soprano saxophone
- Bert Ford - concept by [album concept from an original idea by]
- Dave Hutchins - engineer [assistant]
- Bob Searles - illustration
- Trevor Rogers - photography by
- Rhett Davies - producer
- Paul Henry - sleeve, design
- Greg Cobb - tape op [extraordinaire]
- Andrew Latimer - written-by, guitar [6 and 12 string guitars], panpipes, fretless bass, backing vocals, flute, acoustic guitar, vocals, guitar, vocals [2nd], electric piano, piano [acoustic], synthesizer [mini moog], synthesizer [string], guitar [fuzz], flute, guitar [6 and 12 string guitars], lead guitar, rhythm guitar, guitar [feedback], bass guitar, other [sore fingers], guitar [pizzicato], glockenspiel, piano [treated]
- Andy Ward - written-by, drums, other [nocarina, teeth, cheek and turkish ring], drums, other [money], percussion, finger cymbals, glockenspiel, drums, percussion [liquid boo bams], percussion, drums, rototoms, percussion, drums, talking drum, percussion, other [smurd], drums, slide whistle [swanee whistle], drums [tunisian clay drums], other [umbrellas]
- Peter Bardens - written-by, synthesizer [mini moog], synthesizer [string], electric piano, organ, synthesizer [string], electric piano, synthesizer [mini moog], electric piano, piano [acoustic], organ, synthesizer [mini moog], synthesizer [string], clavinet, synthesizer [mini moog], electric piano, synthesizer [string], horns [car horns], electric piano, synthesizer [mini moog], synthesizer [string]
- Richard Sinclair - written-by, bass, bass, vocals, lead vocals, harmony vocals, bass, other [wicket keeper], bass, vocals [1st], other [a.w.o.l.], other [umbrellas]
- Malcolm Griffiths - trombone
- Martin Drover - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Fiona Hibbert - harp
- Brian Eno - synthesizer [mini moog], electric piano, piano [acoustic], sounds [random notes], bells