CAMEL : BREATHLESS

1. Breathless
2. Echoes
3. Wing and a Prayer
4. Down on the Farm
5. Starlight Ride
6. Summer Lightning
7. You Make Me Smile
8. Sleeper
9. Rainbow's End

Label : Decca

Length : 44:55

Released : 1978

Review (AllMusic) : With Rain Dances, Camel began exploring shorter, more concise songs, but it wasn't until its follow-up, Breathless, that they truly made a stab at writing pop songs. Although they didn't completely abandon improvisational prog rock - there are several fine, jazzy interludes - most of the record is comprised of shorter songs designed for radio play. While the group didn't quite achieve that goal, Breathless is nevertheless a more accessible record than Camel's other albums, which tend to focus on instrumentals. Here, they try to be a straightforward prog rock band, and while the results are occasionally a little muddled, it is on the whole surprisingly successful.