Producers: David Hitchcock
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AllMusic · 4.5 / 5 · · 2026-07-26 17:22:18
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EveryDisc · 3.5 / 5 · · 2019-07-05 12:56:20
A widely known in narrow circles prog-rock group from Surrey, which is in England. Mirage is the second album of Andrew Latimer's gang and the first (albeit relative) success in the charts. By the way, what is surprising, they did not hit the British charts, but Billboard at 149th place. The album starts with the dynamic Freefall, albeit completely typical for the progressive English sound of that time. The group shows a fairly high level of performing skill, but again does not surprise with anything, revealing in its work a large amount of borrowing (from Yes and Genesis to Jethro Tull). Moreover, the feeling is constantly created that you know what will happen next, and if you don't know, then you recognize familiar sounds in the process, although often these are very high-quality hints. Of course, there is no escaping conceptual non-musical sounds (thankfully mostly between tracks) - an obligatory element of prog-rock until now. The middle part Nimrodel/The Procession/The White Rider is truly beautiful in vocal and guitar harmonies, but an impression is constantly created about the non-necessity of the regular change of rhythms. I will note Latimer's incredibly pleasant timbre, while perfectly fitting into the style. Lady Fantasy starts (and ends) with a commercial gentle guitar melody and breaks through the thickets almost to hard rock. Two conceptual things, which were discussed above, make the album quite noticeable in the river of one-dimensional art-prog-rock, but it cannot be said that it became something outstanding for history. Although if you are into this style, then listen without doubt. The quality is apparent. So this LP actually gave Camel the push to real fame.
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