Echoes: The Retrospective

Echoes: The Retrospective Artist: Camel
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2


UPC: 042284434027
EAN: 0042284434027
ASIN: B000001FXC


Release Date: 1993-07-20

Echoes: The Retrospective


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Tracks:

  1. Never Let Go
  2. Freefall
  3. Lady Fantasy: Encounter/Smile For You/Lady Fantasy
  4. Rhayader
  5. Rhayader Goes To Town
  6. Song Within A Song
  7. Air Born
  8. Lunar Sea
  9. Unevensong
  10. Tell Me
  11. Elke
  12. Skylines

Tracks:

  1. Breathless
  2. Echoes
  3. The Sleeper
  4. Your Love Is Stranger Than Mine
  5. Hymn To Her
  6. Ice
  7. Drafted
  8. Lies
  9. Sasquatch
  10. You Are The One
  11. Refugee
  12. West Berlin
  13. Mother Road
  14. Whispers In The Rain

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Not bad overview, but could have been better.......2007-01-28

I recommend CAMEL to everyone. Why is this band so forgotten? Andrew Latimer should be up there with Jeff Beck and Clapton etc...
The song choices on this compilation are good, but not great. CAMEL has so much more to offer the listener than some of these questionable pieces selected for this disc.
I own this collection. But the real heart of this band lies with either "THE SNOW GOOSE" or "NUDE". These both are classic, classic, classic prog albums that will melt your brain and then put things in perspective for you.
All in all, CAMEL is superb. If you don't want to buy individual albums, buy this. If you're ready to start a relationship with this animal, start with "THE SNOW GOOSE".

2 out of 5 stars money better spent elsewhere........2003-11-09

if you like somewhat mellow, mood inspring progressive rock, cd 1 is worth listening to. if you like 'hall and oates', cd 2 is your listen. whichever you like, you will be frustrated with the other disc - better spend your money on either the first camel albums/cds or on hall and oates or the like.

4 out of 5 stars GREAT stuff!.......2002-09-18

Camel is another 1 of those overlooked-but-brilliant British art-rock bands of the early 70's. Gorgeous keyboard & guitar sounds, beautiful, melodic songs -- & they knew how 2 crank up the volume when required!
This 2-CD set gathers many of their best works. 5-star-worthy tracks include: "Never Let Go," "Lady Fantasy," "Rhayader," "Rhayader Goes to Town," "Unevensong," "Breathless," "Echoes," "Drafted," "Sasquatch," "Mother Road" & "West Berlin." There R many 4-star-worthy tracks, & longtime fans will B happy 2 hear large sections of the band's albums MIRAGE, MOONMADNESS, THE SNOW GOOSE and RAIN DANCES in this pristine digital 4mat.
However, there is a BIG emphasis here on the band's earlier, rockier, more progressive sounds, & less emphasis on some of the gorgeous moods they could create. I'm bummed by some of the stuff they left OFF this set: "Spirit of the Water," "Rain Dances," "Flight of the Snow Goose," "Down on the Farm," "Summer Lightning," "Eye of the Storm," "Who We Are," "City Life," "Please Come Home," "Manic," "A Heart's Desire/End Peace," & more. Non-fans & hardcore old-time fans may not miss these, but I think these tracks R better than some of the more obviously commercial tracks included on the 2nd disc ("Your Love is Stranger Than Mine," "You Are the One," "Lies," etc).
Everything sounds GREAT, of course -- but this is 1 band worthy of Xploring IN DEPTH -- I haven't heard an album by Camel so far that wasn't worth buying....
Big Camel fans should also check out the work of Caravan & Happy the Man....

4 out of 5 stars from a New Camel Fan.......2001-12-26

Being new to the Camel "pack", I probably cannot speak to whether this compilation represents the best choices of tracks from their entire catalog; however, for me, it was a very good introduction and gave a good cross-section of Camel works from 1973 to 1991 ... I have since gone back to purchase The Snow Goose and Moonmadness, but I still really enjoy listening to this 2 CD retrospective.

I think that this is a fine starting point to discover Camel and help you decide which period best suits your listening preferences. Then you can go back and get additional titles as you see (hear) fit ...

Camel is probably one of the best of the 70s progressive bands although one of the least known and appreciated in the US ...

Discover them for yourself ...

4 out of 5 stars

Music Album:

  1. Expand the Hive ~ Logical Nonsense
  2. Can't Exist ~ Joseph Arthur
  3. The Collection ~ Eric Andersen
  4. Oh You're So Silent Jens ~ Jens Lekman
  5. Ventures Gold, Vol. 3 ~ The Ventures
  6. Shake and Push ~ The Morells
  7. White Sky ~ Peter Green
  8. Magpie Eyes 1982-1985 ~ The Loft
  9. Spiral Insana ~ Nurse With Wound
  10. Kolors ~ Peter Green

Music Album

Music Album

Music CD

Music CD 29

One Late Hour With a Steinway ~ Sandy Owen

Hodge Podge: The Best of the Duke's Men, Vol. 1 ~ Johnny Hodges

Legacy Lives On ~ The Legacy Band

Jazz Collection ~ George Benson

Dalla Terra ~ Mina

Untitled ~ Ami Suzuki

Studio One Roots ~ Various Artists

Chess Blues ~ Various Artists

Tributo Al Grupo Climax ~ Various Artists