Rain Dances

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Rain Dances
Studio album by Camel
Released	September 1977
Recorded	February-August 1977, Basing Street Studios, London
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	44:57
Label	Deram Records
Producer	Rhett Davies and Camel
Camel chronology
Moonmadness (1976) Rain Dances (1977) A Live Record (1978)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Progrography review	[2]
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Rain Dances is the fifth studio album by English progressive rock band Camel. It was released in 1977, with Deram Records, and brought a major change to the band's lineup, by replacing bassist Doug Ferguson with ex-Caravan Richard Sinclair and by adding saxophonist Mel Collins, former King Crimson member.

Track listing

Side One

1. "First Light" (Peter Bardens, Andrew Latimer) – 5:01
2. "Metrognome" (Bardens, Latimer) – 4:15
3. "Tell Me" (Bardens, Latimer) – 4:06
4. "Highways of the Sun" (Bardens, Latimer) – 4:29

Side Two

5. "Unevensong" (Bardens, Latimer, Andy Ward) – 5:23
6. "One of These Days I'll Get an Early Night" (Bardens, Mel Collins, Latimer, Richard Sinclair, Ward) – 5:53
7. "Elke" (Latimer) – 4:26
8. "Skylines" (Bardens, Latimer, Ward) – 4:24
9. "Rain Dances" (Bardens, Latimer) – 2:53

Additional track

10. "Highways of the Sun" (Bardens, Latimer) (single edit; CD-Bonus Track)

2009 Expanded & Remastered Edition

10. "Highways of the Sun" (Single Version) – 4:00
11. "First Light" (live; taken from BBC "Sight and Sound" in Concert October 1, 1977) – 5:01
12. "Metrognome" (live; taken from BBC "Sight and Sound" in Concert October 1, 1977) – 4:55
13. "Unevensong" (live; taken from BBC "Sight and Sound" in Concert October 1, 1977) – 5:47
14. "Skylines" (live; taken from BBC "Sight and Sound" in Concert October 1, 1977) – 5:36
15. "Highways of the Sun" (live; taken from BBC "Sight and Sound" in Concert October 1, 1977)> – 4:59
16. "One of these days I'll get an early night" (live; taken from BBC "Sight and Sound" in Concert October 1, 1977) – 4:12

Note: On the back of the 2009 Remastered Edition as well as in the track list of the booklet both studio and live version of "Highways of the sun" are wrongly named "Highways to the sun". In the accompanying text by Mark Powell though the song is named correctly.

Personnel

• Andrew Latimer - Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar, Panpipes, Flute, Fretless bass (A 3), Electric piano (B 3), Piano (B 3, 5), Mini Moog (B 3), String (B 3), Fuzz guitar (B 3), Rhythm guitar (B 4), Bass (B 4), Glockenspiel (B 5), Backing vocals, Lead vocals (A 4)
• Peter Bardens - Organ, Piano, Electric piano, Mini Moog, String, Clavinet
• Andy Ward - Drums, Percussion, Ocarina, Glockenspiel, Talking drum
• Richard Sinclair - Bass, Lead vocals (A 2, 3, B 1)
• Mel Collins - Alto saxophone, Tenor saxophone, Soprano saxophone, Clarinet, Bass flute, Brass arrangements

Guest musicians

• Martin Drover - Trumpet (B 2), Flugel horn (B 4)
• Malcolm Griffiths - Trombone (B 2, 4)
• Brian Eno - Mini Moog, Electric piano, Piano (B 3)
• Fiona Hibbert - Harp (B 3)

Other credits

• Dave Hutchins - Engineer
• Paul Henry - Original LP sleeve design
• Bob Searles - LP illustration

Release details

• 1977, UK, Decca, Release date: September 1977, LP
• 1991, UK/GER, Deram, Release date: August 26, CD (w. bonus track)
• 2004, UK, London 8207252, Release date: February 2, 2004, CD (remastered version)

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