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Rain Dances

Label
Universal Music Division Barclay
Release date
30 Mar 2009
Running length
15 tracks
Running time
71:58

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Tracklist

    Track     Duration Listeners
1 First Light 5:03 22,493
2 Metrognome 4:19 19,020
3 Tell Me 4:07 20,170
5 Unevensong 5:35 21,836
6 One Of These Days I'll Get An Early Night 5:54 8,993
7 Elke 4:29 16,613
8 Skylines 4:28 20,717
9 Rain Dances 2:57 16,578
10 Highways Of The Sun 4:30 15,326
11 First Light (BBC "Sight & Sound" In Concert) 5:02 127
12 Metrognome (BBC "Sight & Sound" In Concert) 4:56 113
13 Unevensong (BBC "Sight & Sound" In Concert) 5:48 101
14 Skylines (BBC "Sight & Sound" In Concert) 5:37 95
15 Highways Of The Sun (BBC "Sight & Sound" In Concert) 5:00 87
16 One Of These Days I'll Get An Early Night (BBC "Sight & Sound" In Concert) 4:13 104

About this album

Rain Dances is the fifth studio album album by English band Camel. It was released in 1977, with Deram Records, and brought a major change to the band’s lineup, by replacing bassist Doug Ferguson with ex-Caravan Richard Sinclair and by adding saxophonist Mel Collins, former King Crimson member.

Album summary

Rain Dances possesses a more sound than the previous albums. That is mostly thanks to Sinclair’s appearance, but also because of the band’s aim to change their musical direction and molding the music into a more commercial smoothness. Another distinguishing point is the absence of Latimer’s flute and reduced amount of Bardens’ organ tunes, which were the trademark of all four previous albums of Camel. Most of the songs are radio-friendly, yet they bear a mark of Camel’s earlier work.

Track listing

1. “First Light” - Bardens, Latimer – 5:01
2. “Metrognome” - Bardens, Latimer – 4:15
3. “Tell Me” - Bardens, Latimer – 4:06
4. “Highways Of The Sun” - Bardens, Latimer – 4:29
5. “Unevensong” - Bardens, Latimer, Ward – 5:33
6. “One Of These Days I’ll Get An Early Night” - Bardens, Mel Collins, Latimer, Sinclair, Ward – 5:53
7. “Elke” - Latimer – 4:26
8. “Skylines” - Bardens, Latimer, Ward – 4:24
9. “Rain Dances” - Bardens, Latimer – 2:53

Bonus track - available on the remastered CD:
10. “Highways of the sun (single edit)” - Bardens, Latimer – 3:57
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