- Vinyl
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: London
- ASIN: B0050AR2LU
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
Amazon.co.uk allows you to pay for your items in your local currency. Restrictions apply. Learn More. |
Product details
|
Product Description
CAMEL I Can See Your House From Here (1979 Japanese first issue 9-track vinyl LP with picture labels the 7th studio album by the Canterbury scene prog-rockers featuring Who We Are and the epic Ice. This album introduced keyboardists Jan Schelhaas to Camel in the studio following his induction into the band for the Breathless tour and new bass player Colin Bass! Also features guest musicians Mel Collins [ex-King Crimson] producer Rupert Hine on backing vocals and Phil Collins on percussion! Great sci-fi picture sleeve showing just a trace of wear to a less than 1 area of the top edge and otherwise flawless including Japanese text lyric insert and picture/credits inner with matching picture obi-strip! GP-1111)
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I Can See Your House From Here completes the trilogy of post Moonmadness patchy works. Like the previous two albums there is much to enjoy, but the songs are polarised from being top notch one minute to downright awful the next.
'Wait' opens the album promisingly enough with some good musical flair and some ELO/Supertramp style vocals. 'Who We Are' and 'Hymn To Her' show that Camel can put out a decent ballad or two when they put their minds to it. Instrumental wise 'Eye Of The Storm' and the quite excellent 'Ice' deliver the goods.
However, these tracks are counterbalanced by some serious pap. 'You're Love Is Stranger Than Mine' is another poor effort by Camel to write a hit single, while 'Neon Magic' and 'Remote Romance' are simply embarassingly duff.
Better albums were only round the corner, despite continued changes in personnel, but despite the upswing in musical and creative ideas to come, Camel had lost a heck of a lot of credibilty and a gradually diminishing fan base with the previous three records of which I Can See Your House From Here is thankfully the last.
'Wait' opens the album promisingly enough with some good musical flair and some ELO/Supertramp style vocals. 'Who We Are' and 'Hymn To Her' show that Camel can put out a decent ballad or two when they put their minds to it. Instrumental wise 'Eye Of The Storm' and the quite excellent 'Ice' deliver the goods.
However, these tracks are counterbalanced by some serious pap. 'You're Love Is Stranger Than Mine' is another poor effort by Camel to write a hit single, while 'Neon Magic' and 'Remote Romance' are simply embarassingly duff.
Better albums were only round the corner, despite continued changes in personnel, but despite the upswing in musical and creative ideas to come, Camel had lost a heck of a lot of credibilty and a gradually diminishing fan base with the previous three records of which I Can See Your House From Here is thankfully the last.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Camel's most varied album, superbly produced by Rupert Hine. Amazingly, it's been deleted in the U.K. for a number of years, despite the presence of the epic 'Ice', which is often voted as one of Camel's greatest tracks. The album is fabulously commercial and has a confidence that later albums like 'Single Factor' and 'Stationary Traveller' lacked. 'Wait' opens the album at full throttle, with superb keyboard interplay between Kit Watkins and Jan Schelhaas. 'Your Love Is Stranger Than Mine' was almost a hit single and 'Who We Are' is one of Camel's most underated tracks and has a beautiful orchestral arrangement. 'Hymn to Her' has been a live favourite many times and 'Neon Magic' has a beefy, driving, fairground atmosphere - spot the melody at the fade out!'Remote Romance' is clever, light-hearted sequencer driven electro pop and its penultimate positioning makes the 10 minute 'Ice' even better. Andrew Latimer's guitar solo on 'Ice' is worth buying the CD for alone. It is one of greatest guitar solos you will ever hear in rock. 'Endangered Species' was the original album title.
8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album presents post Pete Bardens era(and the end of 70's too) and shows us how Andrew Latimer can create his own Camel music! Here you find several new and very good musicians (Shelhaas, Kit Watkins and Colin Bass). Some of them even wrote a music for this album. Also I found Phil Collins on percussion .
The album is more collection of songs than a concept album.There are some Camel classic songs on this cd - Ice(a very emotional song), Himn to her (pure Camel' style) , Neon magic(you hear some pop sounds) , Wait (rock). Remote romance is very interesting moment on this album(electronic and pop but very funny, try it!)and other.Every fan and who just likes Camel music must have this album.
The album is more collection of songs than a concept album.There are some Camel classic songs on this cd - Ice(a very emotional song), Himn to her (pure Camel' style) , Neon magic(you hear some pop sounds) , Wait (rock). Remote romance is very interesting moment on this album(electronic and pop but very funny, try it!)and other.Every fan and who just likes Camel music must have this album.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
One of the best...Camel albums anyway
This CD is much better than most of the other Camel CD's especially in my opinion the cringeworthy 'Snow Goose. Read more
Published 11 months ago by J. Martin
A neglected classic
This album came after the patchy "Breathless" that incorporated some elements of English tweeness alongside more traditional Camel sounding songs. Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2009 by The Soft Machine Operator
WEAK BOTTOM END.
AS ALWAYS WITH CAMEL,THE MUSICIANSHIP AND CREATIVITY ARE FIRST RATE,BUT BE WARNED ! THE REMASTERING OF THIS DISC,
IS LACKING DYNAMICS,WITH ALMOST NO BOTTOM END; AND I HAVE A... Read more
IS LACKING DYNAMICS,WITH ALMOST NO BOTTOM END; AND I HAVE A... Read more
Published on 29 Oct 2009 by Mi Beddow
Ahead of Their Time
...in that in 1979 they made an album that sounds like the worst of the Eighties. Bland synthesiser oozing over everything, anodyne production and, yikes, robotic vocals! Read more
Published on 7 April 2009 by AK 1957-05
S. Waite
Buy this CD just to hear track 10 "ICE". 10 mins and 10 secs of pure emotion. A Guitar instrumental which takes your breath away. Read more
Published on 14 Jun 2006 by S. Waite
Another exellent album from CAMEL!
This album presents post-Peter Bardens era. Andrew Latimer (+ Andy Ward) with good musicians like Kit Watkins,Colin Bass and suprisely Phil Collins(!!!) as a percussionist. Read more
Published on 29 Dec 2003 by Koloyarski Avraham
Great instrumentals with some so so vocal tracks
Camel is a great instrumental band with some occasionally very good pink floyd like vocals by Andrew Latimer. Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2002 by The Wedge
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
