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Camouflage

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Certainly not his best album, but even more so, far from the worst. Rod has some great tracks on this disc. "Infatuation" is a great, upbeat rocker, his version of "All Right Now" is faster than the original and in my opinion far better, "Some Guys Have All The Luck" is a chart topper, "Can We Still Be Friends" has great vocals and a more electronic feel, "Bad For You" is a good driving song if nothing else, "Heart Is On The Line" is a lot like "Some Guys Have All The Luck" so its good, "Camouflage" is probably the worst song on the disc and you'll definately skip it as soon as you hear them start spelling (C-A-M-O...), and finally "Trouble" is a calming song to close out the album with good vocals by Rod. Seem a little critical? Well maybe so, but every Rod fan should have a copy of this one because if nothing else it's fun to listen to and takes everyone back to the days of Rockin' Rod.

For some odd reason, I missed purchasing this album upon its initial release in '84. I am more of an occasional Stewart fan and when one of his songs grabs my attention, it really grabs my attention.

Such was the case with "Infatuation." Yes, it was overproduced and Stewart's voice was drowned out in segments by some of the instrumentation. But, man, it makes me get up and move!!! The same thing happens when I hear "Some Guys Have All the Luck," "Bad for You," and the title cut. The rest of the disc is pure 80's and that, for me, is worth the purchase.

While Rod is garnering commercial success with his trio of standards (of which I have the first one), I still think Stewart the Rocker is, by far, his best incarnation.

And "Camouflage" satisfies my musical appetite most grandly.

As far as this album is concerned,critics sound the same:'unessential item in his catalogue',etc.,etc.Let's face it:this is a great album and I say that without any apologies-there are some fantastic grooves,excellent arrangements,while Jeff Beck's presence is by no means the only redeeming element here.Rod sings with the best of them and his attitude is as always 100%;also,there are moments here worthy of the best Prince albums,so let's forget about the eighties cliche:music this good needs no camouflage!

This is the best Rod Stewart's record from the eighties. I purchase this one cause Jeff Beck played on it and while I have the vinyl, I love the music "Some guys have all the luck"... I recommend!

This item arrived sooner than was estimated by about a month!! The case was cracked but the CD was fine and has good sound quality. Very happy with this company and will definitely buy from them again.

I must comment that when this was first ordered, we had it delivered to a P O Box, but to no avail. Apparently someone there either stole it, or delivered it to the wrong P O Box, but Amazon was quite nice to us, and sent aonther copy free of charge to our residence.

Camouflage is not one of Rod Stewart's better recordings. He strays far away from his rock n roll roots and mines the disco beats and synthesizers to the hill. The result is an annoying recording with much more bad than good.

However, there are two strong singles on this CD. Some Guys Have All The Luck has some catchy hooks as well as some interesting lyrics and synthesizer/saxaphone touches. It is easily the highlight of this recording. The lead off track Infatuation, is pretty charming as well. I like the way the guitars fit in with the rest of the song.

However, the remaining six songs just do not do anything special for me. Allright Now is too laden with synthesizers and tricky beats. Rod should have done this as a straight out rocker. As a matter of fact the problem with this recording is Rod got too complex with the tricky synthesized beats. Nearly every tune relies on too much special effects. In other words, too much cheesey style and not enough substance. Trouble is a decent ballad but it maybe wins the award as best tune of the remaining six tracks.

Truthfully Amazon readers you are best served going with a more rock n roll best Rod Stewart recording than Camouflogue.

I have to say this is my second most favorite album from my first most favorite recording artist. This is the album that got me completely, irreversibly HOOKED for life on the bod, ROD. The songs have so much juice, they make you want to stand up and dance no matter where you are. This is one of the all time greatest ROD cd's available. I recommend this album to any one who thinks they like Rod at all.

It is interesting to discover tapes I bought years ago, listen to them once again, and sometimes wonder what in the world I was possibly thinking when I bought them. In the case of Rod Stewart's Camouflage, I happen to know that I bought it for the song Some Guys Have All the Luck, considering it one of a number of my theme songs over the years. Infatuation was another song I liked at the time, but I now can see that what I liked about Infatuation was the video rather than the song, which has not aged well. I'm glad I only bought this album for those two songs because they are the only decent songs to be found here. The metamorphosis of the cool Rodster of the late 1970s and early 1980s into a more mellow, soft pop singer was evidently already in its early stages when Camouflage was released in 1984. All Right Now and Can We Still Be Friends? are at least bearable although somewhat flat and lifeless, but the second half of this album was almost more than I could bear. Frankly, I could not survive the last track, Trouble, in its entirety; putting an end to something as painful and seemingly unhealthy as this song seemed like the humane thing for me to do. I'm not really a Rod Stewart fan, so I can't compare Camouflage to other albums. From my point of view, though, you have one very good song in Some Guys Have All the Luck, one decent song in Infatuation (as long as you don't have to listen to it more than once in the same year or so), two tracks that are average at best, and an agonizing musical morass otherwise known as Side Two, all of which add up to only eight tracks, none of which is unusually lengthy.

Apart from the single "Infatuation", this album was a big step down for Rod Stewart. I guess he had to try something different or be accused of being stuck in a rut (and start writing silly movie soundtracks). But the music is as horridly 80s cheesy as you can get. This album was the end of respectability for such a great singer. (Following it up with "Forever Young" pretty much cemented his fall) "Some Guys Have All The Luck" what the heck is that? What a long way to come from 'Every Picture', 'Night On The Town' or 'Gasoline Alley'.