The Single Factor [IMPORT]

Camel

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 30, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 1982
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Polygram Int'l
• ASIN: B000006XDX
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #221,607 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Japanese only SHM paper sleeve pressing. The SHM-CD [Super High Material CD] format features enhanced audio quality through the use of a special polycarbonate plastic. Using a process developed by JVC and Universal Music Japan discovered through the joint companies' research into LCD display manufacturing* SHM-CDs feature improved transparency on the data side of the disc* allowing for more accurate reading of CD data by the CD player laser head. SHM-CD format CDs are fully compatible with standard CD players. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Camel album ever, July 25, 2003

By	Dynamo (The Hague, The Netherlands) - See all my reviews

The Single Factor is in my opinion Camel's best album. Heroes is a fantastic song: lead vocal by David Paton is excellent and backing vocals by one of the greatest voices ever, Chris Rainbow. Both have also been part of the Alan Parsons Project. Another highlight is 'You Are The One'. Except for bass and drums, Andrew Lattimer does it all on this song. Furthermore I especially like 'Camelogue', 'Today's Goodbye' and 'A Heart's Desire'. Maybe old-fashioned Camel fans prefer other albums, but I like this one because there is more singing on this one than on other Camel albums.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Unfairly dumped-on...., September 14, 2002

By	Tracy Deaton (Douglas, Wyo.) - See all my reviews

True, Andy Latimer's the only REAL Camel guy on it, but this album is unfairly dumped-on by Camel fans. The whole 2nd side is gorgeous, especially "Sasquatch" & "A Heart's Desire/End Peace," "Manic" is an Xtremely angry-sounding tale of schizophrenia, & "Camelogue" & "Today's Goodbye" R at least pleasant & intresting. The 1st side's more of a problem: "No Easy Answer" is OK, & "Heroes" is nice ... but the rest IS a significant drop-off in quality from previous albums. So play the 2nd side, Njoy the guest work by Peter Bardens & Anthony Phillips, & take it 4 what it is -- perhaps not as "progressive" as the band's hard-core fans would like, but still real nice. I think Latimer held-up pretty well under the commercial pressure from his record company. This is as good as the earlier BREATHLESS and I CAN SEE YOUR HOUSE FROM HERE, if not as solid as SNOW GOOSE or NUDE....

4.0 out of 5 stars The 'latimer' factor, December 6, 2008

By	David (england) - See all my reviews

Great to hear Andy hook up with a couple of the pilot guys on this album. As others have mentioned Heroes is one of the strongest tracks but I think the whole album has many great moments. Lullabye is short but very sweet, one of my favourite melodies and vocals from Andy. I think its unfair to compare this with the bands earlier works as this is a soft rock album and a good one at that.