Moonmadness

Moonmadness
Studio album by Camel
Released 26 March 1976
Recorded January–February 1976 at Basing Street Studios, London
Genre Progressive rock
Length 39:15
Label Gama/Decca
Producer Rhett Davies and Camel
Camel chronology
The Snow Goose
(1975)The Snow Goose1975		 Moonmadness
(1976)		 Rain Dances
(1977)Rain Dances1977
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Moonmadness is an album released in March 1976 by English progressive rock band Camel. It was their fourth album and the last to feature the band's original line-up (Latimer, Bardens, Ferguson, Ward). After the success of the tightly structured, instrumental The Snow Goose in 1975, the band added vocals to their music again.

The album has an overall theme, just as their previous one did, but does not follow a storyline since it is mostly based on the band members themselves. As written in the CD Booklet: Overall, the tracks comprising the album were conceived as a loose concept based on the individual personalities that made up Camel; "Air Born" about Andrew Latimer, "Lunar Sea" about Andy Ward, "Chord Change" about Peter Bardens and "Another Night" about Doug Ferguson. The cover was designed by Field.

The last song on the album, "Lunar Sea", ends with a minute-long wind-blowing effect. On some LP pressings, the record arm would skip during the end of this part and naturally return to the beginning of the effect, playing it endlessly (the "terminal groove" effect).

In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album came number 23 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums".[2]

It was voted no. 58 in the Top 100 Prog albums of All Time by readers of 'Prog' magazine in 2014.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Aristillus" (instrumental except for a spoken voice by Andy Ward)Andrew Latimer1:56
2."Song Within a Song"Latimer, Peter Bardens7:16
3."Chord Change" (instrumental)Latimer, Bardens6:45
4."Spirit of the Water"Bardens2:07
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Another Night"Latimer, Bardens, Andy Ward, Doug Ferguson6:58
6."Air Born"Latimer, Bardens5:02
7."Lunar Sea" (instrumental)Latimer, Bardens9:11
Bonus tracks on 2002 remaster
No.TitleLength
8."Another Night" (Single version)3:22
9."Spirit of the Water" (Demo)2:13
10."Song Within a Song" (Recorded live at Hammersmith Odeon 14 April 1976)7:11
11."Lunar Sea" (Recorded live at Hammersmith Odeon 14 April 1976)9:51
12."Preparation/Dunkirk" (Recorded live at Hammersmith Odeon 14 April 1976)9:32

Personnel

Camel
Production

Release details

Charts

Chart Peak
position
USA Billboard 118
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[3] 16
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[4] 48
UK Albums (OCC)[5] 15
Spanish (Superventas Cadena Ser) 21

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[6] Silver 60,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Jehnzen, Daevid (2011). "Camel - Moonmadness (1976) album review at AllMusic". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  2. ↑ Q Classic: Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, 2005.
  3. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Camel – Moonmadness" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  4. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Camel – Moonmadness". Hung Medien.
  5. ↑ "Camel | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart
  6. ↑ "British album certifications – Camel". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Camel in the field Search. Select Artist in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
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