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Released
  
17 September 1977

Rain Dances(1977)
  
Breathless(1978)

Release date
  
17 September 1977

Label
  
Passport Records

Length
  
41:10

Artist
  
Camel

Producer
  
Rhett Davies

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Recorded
  
February–August 1977 at Basing Street Studios, London

Genres
  
Progressive rock, Jazz fusion

Similar
  
Camel albums, Progressive rock albums

Camel highways of the sun single edit


Rain Dances is the fifth studio album by English progressive rock band Camel. It was released in 1977 on Gama Records/Decca Records, and brought a major change to the band's lineup, by replacing bassist Doug Ferguson with ex-Caravan member Richard Sinclair and by adding saxophonist Mel Collins, formerly of King Crimson.

Contents

Track listing

Side one
  1. "First Light" (Peter Bardens, Andrew Latimer) – 5:01
  2. Andrew Latimer – 6- and 12-string guitars, pan pipes
  3. Mel Collins – alto saxophone
  4. Pete Bardens – Minimoog, string synthesizer
  5. Richard Sinclair – bass
  6. Andy Ward – drums, nocarina, teeth, cheek, Turkish ring
  7. "Metrognome" (Bardens, Latimer) – 4:15
  8. Andrew Latimer – guitar
  9. Mel Collins – tenor saxophone
  10. Pete Bardens – electric piano, organ, string synthesizer
  11. Richard Sinclair – bass, lead vocals
  12. Andy Ward – drums, percussion, money
  13. "Tell Me" (Bardens, Latimer) – 4:06
  14. Andrew Latimer – fretless bass, backing vocals, flute
  15. Mel Collins – soprano and bass clarinets
  16. Pete Bardens – electric piano, Minimoog
  17. Richard Sinclair – lead and harmony vocals
  18. Andy Ward – finger cymbals, glockenspiel
  19. "Highways of the Sun" (Bardens, Latimer) – 4:29
  20. Andrew Latimer – acoustic guitar, lead vocals
  21. Mel Collins – soprano and bass flutes
  22. Pete Bardens – acoustic and electric pianos, organ, Minimoog, string synthesizer
  23. Richard Sinclair – bass, wicket keeper
  24. Andy Ward – drums, percussion, liquid Boo Bams
Side two
  1. "Unevensong" (Bardens, Latimer, Andy Ward) – 5:35
  2. Andrew Latimer – guitar, second lead vocals
  3. Pete Bardens – electric piano, clarinet, Minimoog, string synthesizers, car horns
  4. Richard Sinclair – bass, first lead vocals
  5. Andy Ward – drums, percussion, Rototoms
  6. "One of These Days I'll Get an Early Night" (Bardens, Mel Collins, Latimer, Richard Sinclair, Ward) – 5:53
  7. Andrew Latimer – guitar
  8. Mel Collins – all saxophones
  9. Pete Bardens – piano
  10. Richard Sinclair – bass
  11. Andy Ward – drums, percussion, talking drum, smurd
  12. Martin Drover – trumpet
  13. Malcolm Griffiths – trombone
  14. "Elke" (Latimer) – 4:26
  15. Andrew Latimer – fuzz guitar, acoustic and electric pianos, Minimoog, string synthesizers, flute
  16. Brian Eno – acoustic and electric pianos, Minimoog, bells
  17. Fiona Hibbert – harp
  18. "Skylines" (Bardens, Latimer, Ward) – 4:24
  19. Andrew Latimer – feedback, 6- and 12-string, lead and rhythm guitars, bass, sore fingers
  20. Mel Collins – alto saxophone
  21. Pete Bardens – electric piano, Minimoog, string synthesizers
  22. Andy Ward – drums, tunisian clay drum, swanee
  23. Martin Drover – flugelhorn
  24. Malcolm Griffiths – trombone
  25. "Rain Dances" (Bardens, Latimer) – 3:01
  26. Andrew Latimer – pizzicato guitar, treated piano, glockenspiel, umbrellas
  27. Mel Collins – soprano saxophone, umbrellas
  28. Pete Bardens – Minimoog, string synthesizer, umbrellas
CD bonus track
  1. "Highways of the Sun" (Single edit) (Bardens, Latimer)
2009 Expanded & Remastered Edition
  1. "Highways of the Sun" (Single version) – 4:00
  2. "First Light" (Live; taken from BBC "Sight and Sound" in Concert 1 October 1977) – 5:01
  3. "Metrognome" (Live; taken from BBC "Sight and Sound" in Concert 1 October 1977) – 4:55
  4. "Unevensong" (Live; taken from BBC "Sight and Sound" in Concert 1 October 1977) – 5:47
  5. "Skylines" (Live; taken from BBC "Sight and Sound" in Concert 1 October 1977) – 5:36
  6. "Highways to the Sun" (Live; taken from BBC "Sight and Sound" in Concert 1 October 1977) – 4:59
  7. "One of These Days I'll Get an Early Night" (Live; taken from BBC "Sight and Sound" in Concert 1 October 1977) – 4:12

Personnel

Camel
  • Andrew Latimer – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, panpipes, flute, backing vocals; fretless bass on "Tell Me"; electric piano, Minimoog, synthesizer and fuzz guitar on "Elke"; piano on "Elke" and "Rain Dances"; rhythm guitar and bass on "Skylines"; glockenspiel on "Rain Dances"; lead vocals on "Highways of the Sun"
  • Peter Bardens – organ, piano, electric piano, Minimoog, synthesizer, Hohner Clavinet
  • Andy Ward – drums, percussion, ocarina, glockenspiel, talking drum
  • Richard Sinclair – bass; lead vocals on "Metrognome", "Tell Me" and "Unevensong"
  • Mel Collins – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, bass flute, brass arrangements
    • Additional personnel
  • Martin Drover – trumpet on "One of These Days I'll Get an Early Night", flugel horn on "Skylines"
  • Malcolm Griffiths – trombone on "One of These Days I'll Get an Early Night" and "Skylines"
  • Brian Eno – Minimoog, electric piano, piano on "Elke"
  • Fiona Hibbert – harp on "Elke"
    • Production
  • Dave Hutchins – engineer
  • Paul Henry – sleeve design
  • Bob Searles – illustration

    • Release details

  • 1977, UK, Gama/Decca, Release date: September 1977, LP
  • 1991, UK/GER, Deram, Release date: 26 August, CD (w. bonus track)
  • 2004, UK, London 8207252, Release date: 2 February 2004, CD (remastered version)

    • Songs

    1First Light5:00
    2Metrognome4:19
    3Tell Me4:08

    References

    Rain Dances Wikipedia
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