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"All the pieces of this "Dust and Dreams" are impregnated with a real emotional force and deliver a formidable homogeneous whole. A successful come back for Camel."
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4/5
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"Dust And Dreams" is the first opus released after the reformation of Camel around Andrew Latimer its leader. It is thus 8 years after "Stationary Traveller" and after many setbacks notably with the record companies that this eleventh studio album is released. And as often with Camel it is a concept album. It is this time based on the novel of John Steinbeck "The Grapes of Wrath" which deals with the difficulties of the American people during the recession of the years after the 1929 crash. A delicate theme less personal than for "Harbour Of Tears" but musically very interesting.
The album opens with 'Dust Bowl' (which is a climatic phenomenon combining drought and high winds that caused some big problems to the farmers in the south of the United States) and the sound of the wind playing with what we imagine to be a suspended panel... At first sight, it's the symphonic and rather instrumental aspect of the whole that surprises. It is beautiful, not at all centered on Latimer's wonderful guitar as one could have expected, but on the contrary formidably homogeneous. All the tracks are impregnated with a real emotional strength, and we feel that it is above all what the band was looking for. No doubt it is successful! We let ourselves easily submerged by this atmosphere.
It is difficult to extract some titles, so much the coherence of the whole is of setting, but we can quote 'Go West' on which Andrew proves that without being technically a great singer, we can make pass the emotion. But also, the energetic 'Mother Road', the delicate 'Needles' with its harmonica, the touching 'Rose Of Sharon' with its female voice, the longer 'End Of The Line' or the excellent instrumental 'Hopeless Anger'. It is obvious that this "Dust And Dreams" is in its entirety a treat for our ears, a touching, melancholic work, and above all in no way tarnished by the slightest bad track.
Yes, this Camel doesn't have much to do with the one of the 70's, less typically progressive and more focused on the ambiences. We find less musical prowess, but the emotions are still there. On the other hand, one thing has not changed, it is always a real pleasure to listen to Andrew Latimer gratifying us with his soli of which he has the secret. - Official website
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TRACK LISTING:
01. Dust Bowl - 01:54
02. Go West - 03:42
03. Dusted Out - 01:35
04. Mother Road - 04:15
05. Needles - 02:34
06. Rose Of Sharon - 04:48
07. Milk N' Honey - 03:30
08. End Of The Line - 06:52
09. Storm Clouds - 02:06
10. Cotton Camp - 02:55
11. Broken Banks - 00:34
12. Sheet Rain - 02:14
13. Whispers - 00:52
14. Little Rivers And Little Rose - 01:56
15. Hopeless Anger - 04:57
16. Whispers In The Rain - 02:54
LINEUP:
Andrew Latimer: Chant / Guitares / Claviers
Christopher Bock: Batterie
Colin Bass: Basse
David Paton: Chant
Don Harriss: Claviers
Mae Mc Kenna: Chant
Paul Burgess: Batterie
Tom Scherpenzeel: Claviers
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