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Released
  
August 1984

Artist
  
Camel

Producer
  
Andrew Latimer

Genre
  
Progressive rock

Stationary Traveller (1984)
  
Dust and Dreams (1991)

Release date
  
13 April 1984

Label
  
Camel Productions

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Recorded
  
Riverside Studios, England, Engineer, Dave Hutchins

Length
  
42:14 (Original) 48:36 (2004 Re-release)

Similar
  
Camel albums, Progressive rock albums

Stationary Traveller is the tenth studio album by English progressive rock band Camel. Like much of Camel's output, it is a concept album, in this case centering on the trials of East German refugees attempting to cross the Berlin Wall from East Berlin into West Berlin. The album also touches on the theme of politics between the two different government ideologies.

Contents

Track listings

All songs written by Susan Hoover and Andy Latimer, except where noted

Original Release (1984)

Side One
  1. "Pressure Points" (Latimer) – 2:10
  2. Haydn Bendall - Fairlight synthesizer, mixing
  3. Andy Latimer - all the other instruments, mixing
  4. "Refugee" – 3:47
  5. Andy Latimer - guitar, lead vocals, piano, bass
  6. Ton Scherpenzeel - accordion
  7. Paul Burgess - drums
  8. "Vopos" – 5:32
  9. Andy Latimer - guitar, lead vocals, piano, Ppg, Juno 60 and Yamaha Cs-80 synthesizers, drumulator
  10. Haydn Bendall - Fairlight synthesizer
  11. Ton Scherpenzeel - Yamaha Cs-80 and Prophet synthesizers
  12. David Paton - bass
  13. "Cloak and Dagger Man" – 3:55
  14. Andy Latimer - electric and 12-string guitars
  15. Chris Rainbow - lead vocals
  16. Ton Scherpenzeel - Prophet and Juno 60 synthesizers
  17. David Paton - bass
  18. Paul Burgess - drums
  19. "Stationary Traveller" (Latimer) – 5:34
  20. Andy Latimer - electric and classical guitars, pan pipes, bass
  21. Ton Scherpenzeel - Prophet, Ppg and Juno 60 synthesizers, grand piano
  22. Paul Burgess - drums
Side Two
  1. "West Berlin" – 5:10
  2. Andy Latimer - guitar, lead vocals, bass
  3. Ton Scherpenzeel - Prophet and Ppg synthesizers, grand piano
  4. Paul Burgess - drums
  5. "Fingertips" – 4:29
  6. Andy Latimer - drumulator, lead vocals
  7. Ton Scherpenzeel - Korg and Ppg synthesizers, grand piano, organ
  8. David Paton - fretless bass
  9. Mel Collins - saxophone
  10. "Missing" (Latimer) – 4:22
  11. Haydn Bendall - Ppg voices
  12. Andy Latimer - all the other instruments
  13. "After Words" (Ton Scherpenzeel) – 2:01
  14. Ton Scherpenzeel - grand piano, Prophet synthesizer
  15. "Long Goodbyes" – 5:14
  16. Andy Latimer - guitar, flute
  17. Chris Rainbow - lead vocals
  18. Ton Scherpenzeel - grand piano, Prophet synthesizer
  19. David Paton - fretless bass
  20. Paul Burgess - drums

Camel Productions Digital Remaster (2004)

  1. "In the Arms of Waltzing Frauleins"
  2. "Refugee"
  3. "Vopos"
  4. "Cloak and Dagger Man"
  5. "Stationary Traveller"
  6. "West Berlin"
  7. "Fingertips"
  8. "Missing"
  9. "After Words"
  10. "Long Goodbyes"
  11. "Pressure Points" (bonus track, extended mix)

Cherry Red Records reissue (2009)

  1. "Pressure Points"
  2. "Refugee"
  3. "Vopos"
  4. "Cloak and Dagger Man"
  5. "Stationary Traveller"
  6. "West Berlin"
  7. "Fingertips"
  8. "Missing"
  9. "After Words"
  10. "Long Goodbyes"
  11. "In the Arms of Waltzing Frauleins" (bonus track)
  12. "Pressure Points" (bonus track, extended 12" single version)

Camel

  • Andy Latimer – electric, acoustic & 12 string guitars, bass, synthesizers, piano, drum synthesiser, flute, lead vocals
  • Ton Scherpenzeel – organ, grand piano, Prophet synthesizer, Yamaha CS80, Juno 60, Korg, PPg, accordion
  • Paul Burgess – drums

    • Personnel

  • David Paton – bass (A 3, 4), fretless bass (B 2, 5), backing vocals
  • Chris Rainbow – lead vocals (A 4, B 5)
  • Mel Collins – sax (B 2)
  • Haydn Bendall – Fairlight synthesizer (A 1, 3), PPg synthesizer (B 3)

    • Other credits

  • Engineered by Dave Hutchins
  • Mixed by Greg Ladanyi, Haydn Bendall and Andy Latimer
  • Artwork by Artifex Studio, London

    • Songs

    1In the Arms of Waltzing Frauleins2:18
    2Refugee
    3Vopos5:31

    References

    Stationary Traveller Wikipedia
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