The Snow Goose (album)

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The Snow Goose
The Snow Goose cover
Studio album by Camel
Released April 1975
Recorded ???
Genre Progressive rock
Length 43:05
Label Decca Records
Producer David Hitchcock
Professional reviews
Camel chronology
Mirage
(1974)		 The Snow Goose
(1975)		 Moonmadness
(1976)

The Snow Goose is the third album released by the band Camel in 1975. The success of the White Rider suite (Which was based on J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings) that appeared on their previous album, Mirage, inspired the group to write more novel-inspired conceptual suites. The band gathered and all members proposed several novels on which their next album would be based on. Keyboardist Peter Bardens suggested Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse, and some songs were written before the idea was abandoned. Another book by the same writer (Steppenwolf) was also suggested, but this concept proved unworkable for the band. Finally, bassist Doug Ferguson recommended the group to have the next album based on Paul Gallico's novel The Snow Goose. The album reached silver status in 1981, and considered by many to be their most accessible work.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Peter Bardens and Andrew Latimer.

  1. "The Great Marsh" – 2:02
  2. "Rhayader" – 3:01
  3. "Rhayader Goes to Town" – 5:19
  4. "Sanctuary" – 1:05
  5. "Fritha" – 1:19
  6. "The Snow Goose" – 3:11
  7. "Friendship" – 1:43
  8. "Migration" – 2:01
  9. "Rhayader Alone" – 1:50
  10. "Flight of the Snow Goose" – 2:40
  11. "Preparation" – 3:58
  12. "Dunkirk" – 5:19
  13. "Epitaph" – 2:07
  14. "Fritha Alone" – 1:40
  15. "La Princesse Perdue" – 4:43
  16. "The Great Marsh" – 1:20

Bonus Tracks on 2002 Remaster

  1. "Flight of The Snow Goose" (Single Edit) 2:05
  2. "Rhayader" (Single Edit) 3:09
  3. "Flight of the Snow Goose" (Alternate Single Edit) 2:49
  4. "Rhayader Goes to Town" (Recorded Live at The Marquee Club) 5:07
  5. "The Snow Goose / Freefall (Recorded Live at The Marquee Club) 11:01

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Release details

  • 1975, UK, Decca Records 291 034, Release Date April 1975, LP
  • 2002, UK, London 8829292, Release Date 3 June 2002, CD (remastered edition)