Harbour of Tears [Import]

Camel | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 18, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Camel Productions
• ASIN: B000006XDP
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,219 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Irish Air

2. Irish Air (Instrumental Reprise)

3. Harbour Of Tears

4. Cobh

5. Send Home The Slates

6. Under The Moon

7. Watching The Bobbins

8. Generations

9. Eyes Of Ireland

10. Running From Paradise

11. End Of The Day

12. Coming Of Age

13. The Hour Candle (A Song For My Father)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Rare Treasure!, September 3, 2005

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Bill Vitez (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harbour of Tears (Audio CD)

I've been a Prog Rock fan for many years (Yes, Genesis, Nektar, Camel, Moody Blues, Kansas, etc.) and I am usually critical. I found this CD by accident when it first came out. At first listen it was nothing that I had expected but it was interesting. After about 4 listens I was really into about half of the tracks. After a week I wouldn't drop a single track. This CD is a real tour de force and all you have to do is listen to "Watching the Bobbins" and the guitar solo on "The Hour Candle" (a tribute to the passing of Andrew Latimer's father) to get an appreciation of how really great, yet virtually unappreciated, Camel really is. Their original record label was Deram which also had the Moody Blues. It seems that Camel may hae taken the "back seat" in its early promotion and support and got lost as an "also ran". If you really don't like this CD after 5 listens you probably have no soul.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a starting point.., June 19, 2000

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Listener (BayArea, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Harbour of Tears (Audio CD)

I'm not the biggest Camel buff out there, but I've heard alot of good stuff come from these guys (Moonmadness, Raindances...) ..and what makes them good is the way all the instruments usually contribute to the song structure. Whether it be the keyboards or the drums locking you into a 5/4 time signature, or guitar solos that suck...you into the song, these keys know how to do it.

But Harbour takes a different approach--not a horrible approach--but different. The short instrumental pieces seem to be avenues for the guitarist alone, over synths that generally just float into the next track. And the vocals are more of a presence... not in a totally disagreeable way, but then Camel, like most bands, is better when they just shut up and play..

This isn't a bad album, but should definitely not be your first experience with Camel.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Celtic-flavored progressive rock, September 19, 2000

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David R. Gaines (Rockville, MD, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harbour of Tears (Audio CD)

Another mostly instrumental concept album from Camel, the type of album Andy Latimer does best, and this is one of their very best. HARBOUR OF TEARS was a worthy follow-up to 1991's DUST & DREAMS, the first independently released Camel album after Andy Latimer moved to the USA and got Camel back on its feet. If you like classical-flavored, guitar-oriented English progressive rock mixed with Celtic themes and melodies, HARBOUR OF TEARS is for you.