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1. Freefall

2. Supertwister

3. Nimrodel/The Procession/The White Rider

4. Earthrise

5. Lady Fantasy: Encounter/Smiles For You Lady Fantasy

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5.0 out of 5 stars Only five stars allowed?, 13 Dec 2000

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This review is from: Mirage (Audio CD)

THE best album of all time? You better believe it. August 1974. The Reading Festival, my second visit. It's Friday afternoon, we've just arrived after a coach journey from Manchester. You're not usually bothered about the 'Daytime bands' but suddenly you're sat: bolt upright. What's that sound? It's amazing! There's four blokes on stage playing this awesome piece of music. It was "Freefall" and then they did "Supertwister" with Andy Latimer using his Armstrong flute. I remember hearing the "White Rider" and knowing instantly this was about Gandalf and then, later, they played "Lady Fantasy" and I was GONE. No drugs, no time to have been drunk, just totally intoxicated by the music and the pictures the band painted with the sound they made. I started college a week later, someone asked me my name, I said "call me Camel". I had a plastic camel on a chain round my neck, I know, that's SAD; but I also had "Mirage" to listen to and that, well that's just the closest thing to dying and going to heaven. Only five stars allowed when there's zillions to chose from? Come on!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Orgasmic!, 6 July 2001

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This review is from: Mirage (Audio CD)

Having owned this album on vinal since the mid-70's, it's good to see it still available. The White Rider (listen to the guitar and synth solos) and Lady Fantasy are up there with Camel's best, and stand comparison with any rock music of the time. Buy and enjoy!

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5.0 out of 5 stars By far one of Camel's best, 5 Nov 2001

By BENJAMIN MILER - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Mirage (Audio CD)

Camel's self-entitled 1973 debut sounds like a band not sounding very confident, but their followup, Mirage found the band in a much improved form. Back in 1972, there was a live recording that was later released in 1992 called On the Road 1972. On that disc shows Camel in a rather raw and aggressive form. They even played "Lady Fantasy" and "White Rider" which later ended up on Mirage (the reason I can tell those early versions were from '72 was Peter Bardens still had his VCS-3 synth, while on Mirage the VCS-3 was gone in favor of the Minimoog). Mirage, of all the studio Camel albums I have ever heard is the one that best captures the raw excitement and energy of the On the Road 1972 disc. When you hear "Freefall" and "Lady Fantasy", you're basically treated with some of Camel's most hard rocking material. "Supertwister" is the first Camel song to feature Andy Latimer flutework, and the song was actually in honor of the Dutch progressive rock band Supersister who themselves had released a handful of albums in the early 1970s on Polydor. Mirage has two different covers. There's one that pokes fun of the Camel cigarette pack, and another with Camel as a dragon, done in a '70s sci-fi fashion. I happen to like the latter better, but for humorous purposes, the cigarette pack cover is pretty silly. Mirage does receive lots of hype in the prog community, and the album is often regarded as a Camel fan favorite, and it's really not hard to see why. If you're a prog rock junkie and this is not in your collection, then you need to get yourself a copy.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Lady Fantasy is Fantastic!, 9 July 2000

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This review is from: Mirage (Audio CD)

This is one of Camel's best album. Great compositions and Great playing as usual. I can't stop listening this album from the start to the end once I put it in player. This is very strong and consistent album. You may find out that "Supertwister" and "Lady Fantasy" are excellent works. There are very attractive melody lines which are not easy to find in progressive rock musics (And this is, I think, the strongest point of Camel). There are a couple of problem (?) in regard to this album. First, the playing time is too short (I guess less than 40 minutes). BUT this is a good time range to listen to whole album without any types of internal or external interruption. Second, one may suspect that the album cover is intended to advertise a particular tobacco make. But who cares? (Personally, I like the cover, which does not necessarily mean I like the camel cigarette...)

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5.0 out of 5 stars MIRAGE IS GREAT, 6 July 1998

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MIRAGE IS A 9 OUT OF 10.IT HAS TO BE HEARD TO BE BELIEVED.MAYBE PETE BARDENS IS THE BEST KEYBOARD PLAYER THERE IS I DON'T KNOW BUT HE PLAYS EXTREMELY TASTFUL MELODIC LINES WITH SYNTHESIZED UNDER/OVERTONES.AND ANDREW LATIMES GUITAR IS REFRESHINGLY MELODIC WITH SPEEDY CRUNCH RYTHYMS. I WISH I HAD PAYED MORE ATTENTION TO THIS BAND WHEN THEY WERE TOGETHER AS I WOULD SURELY OWN THERE ENTIRE COLLECTION OF MUSIC.THEY ARE A GEM OF A BRITISH BAND AND THEY GIVE ME A FLASBACK TO WHEN MUSIC WAS REALLY MUSIC UNLIKE TODAYS FLAVOR OF THE MONTH MTV TRASH.IT IS A MUST HAVE ALBUM FOR ANYONE WHO LIKES MUSIC THAT TAKES YOU SOMEWHERE ELSE.SOMEWHERE WONDERFUL.NOT HEAVEN BUT CLOSE

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