''Stationary Traveller'' is the tenth studio album by English

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...

band

Camel A camel (from: la, camelus and grc-gre, κάμηλος (''kamēlos'') from Hebrew or Phoenician: גָמָל ''gāmāl''.) is an even-toed ungulate in the genus ''Camelus'' that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. C ...

. Like much of Camel's output, it is a

concept album A concept album is an album whose tracks hold a larger purpose or meaning collectively than they do individually. This is typically achieved through a single central narrative or theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, or lyrical. Som ...

, in this case centering on the trials of East German refugees attempting to cross the

Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall (german: Berliner Mauer, ) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and East Germany (GDR). Construction of the Berlin Wall was commenced by the government ...

from East Berlin into West Berlin. The album also touches on the theme of politics between the two different government ideologies. It is the last Camel album to be recorded on the Decca label. The album was recorded at Riverside Studios, England. It was mixed in Los Angeles, California and mastered at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles.

Track listings

All songs written by Andy Latimer and Susan Hoover, except where noted

Original Release (1984)

;Side One # "Pressure Points" (Latimer) – 2:11 #* Haydn Bendall -

Synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

Fairlight CMI The Fairlight CMI (short for Computer Musical Instrument) is a digital synthesizer, sampler, and digital audio workstation introduced in 1979 by Fairlight. — with links to some Fairlight history and photos It was based on a commercial lic ...

, mixing #* Andy Latimer - all other instruments, mixing # "Refugee" – 3:37 #* Andy Latimer - guitar, lead vocals, piano, bass #* Ton Scherpenzeel - accordion #* Paul Burgess - drums # "Vopos" – 5:22 #* Andy Latimer - guitar, lead vocals, piano,

synthesizers A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

, Drum machine #* Haydn Bendall -

s, Fairlight #* Ton Scherpenzeel -

Yamaha CS-80 The Yamaha CS-80 is an analog synthesizer released in 1977. It supports true 8-voice polyphony, with two independent synthesizer layers per voice each with its own set of front panel controls, in addition to a number of hardwired preset voice set ...

and

Prophet-5 The Prophet-5 is an analog synthesizer manufactured by the American company Sequential (company), Sequential. It was designed by Dave Smith (engineer), Dave Smith and John S. Bowen (sound designer), John Bowen in 1977, who used Microprocessor, m ...

synthesizer #* David Paton - bass # "Cloak and Dagger Man" – 3:42 #* Andy Latimer - electric and 12-string guitars #* Chris Rainbow - lead vocals #* Ton Scherpenzeel - Prophet and Juno 60 synthesizers #* David Paton - bass #* Paul Burgess - drums # "Stationary Traveller" (Latimer) – 5:27 #* Andy Latimer - electric and classical guitars, pan pipes, bass #* Ton Scherpenzeel - Prophet, PPG and Juno 60 synthesizers, grand piano #* Paul Burgess - drums ;Side Two #

"West Berlin" – 4:58 #* Andy Latimer - guitar, lead vocals, bass #* Ton Scherpenzeel - Prophet and PPG synthesizers, grand piano #* Paul Burgess - drums # "Fingertips" – 4:21 #* Andy Latimer - drumulator, lead vocals #* Ton Scherpenzeel - Korg and PPG synthesizers, grand piano, organ #* David Paton - fretless bass #* Mel Collins - saxophone # "Missing" (Latimer) – 4:04 #* Haydn Bendall - PPG voices #* Andy Latimer - all the other instruments # "After Words" (

Ton Scherpenzeel Ton Scherpenzeel (born 6 August 1952) is a Dutch keyboardist, composer, lyricist, and founding member of progressive rock band Kayak, together with Pim Koopman and Max Werner whom he met whilst at the Hilversum Muziek Lyceum (Hilversum College o ...

) – 1:55 #* Ton Scherpenzeel - electric grand piano, accordion, Prophet synthesizer # "Long Goodbyes" – 5:08 #* Andy Latimer - guitar, flute #* Chris Rainbow - lead vocals #* Ton Scherpenzeel - grand piano, Prophet synthesizer #* David Paton - fretless bass #* Paul Burgess - drums

Camel Productions Digital Remaster (2004)

# "In the Arms of Waltzing Frauleins" # "Refugee" # "Vopos" # "Cloak and Dagger Man" # "Stationary Traveller" # "West Berlin" # "Fingertips" # "Missing" # "After Words" # "Long Goodbyes" # "Pressure Points" (bonus track, extended mix)

Cherry Red Records reissue (2009)

# "Pressure Points" # "Refugee" # "Vopos" # "Cloak and Dagger Man" # "Stationary Traveller" # "West Berlin" # "Fingertips" # "Missing" # "After Words" # "Long Goodbyes" # "In the Arms of Waltzing Frauleins" (bonus track) # "Pressure Points" (bonus track, extended 12" single version)

Personnel

Camel

Andy Latimer Andrew Latimer (born 17 May 1949) is an English musician and composer. He is a founding member of the progressive rock band Camel and the only member who has been with them since their formation in 1971. Best known as a guitarist and singer, La ...

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electric Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by ...

, acoustic & 12 string guitars,

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

, drum synthesiser,

flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

, lead vocals *

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organ Organ may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a part of an organism Musical instruments * Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone ** Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument ** Hammond ...

grand piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

, Prophet synthesizer,

Juno 60 The Roland Juno-60 is an analog synthesizer manufactured by the Roland Corporation between 1982 and 1984. It followed the Juno-6, an almost identical synthesizer released months earlier. The Juno synthesizers introduced Roland's digitally contro ...

Korg , founded as Keio Electronic Laboratories, is a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures electronic musical instruments, audio processors and guitar pedals, recording equipment, and electronic tuners. Under the Vox brand name, they ...

, PPG,

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...

* Paul Burgess – drums

Additional Personnel

David Paton David Paton (; born 29 October 1949) is a Scottish bassist, guitarist and singer. He first achieved success in the mid-1970s as lead vocalist and bassist of Pilot, who scored hits with "Magic", "January", "Just a Smile" and "Call Me Round" bef ...

–

(A 3, 4),

fretless bass A fretless bass is a bass guitar whose neck does not have any frets. While the instrument is played in all styles of music, it is most common in pop, rock, and jazz. It first saw widespread use during the 1970s, although some players used them befo ...

(B 2, 5), backing vocals *

Chris Rainbow Christopher James Harley, known by the stage name Chris Rainbow (18 November 1946 – 22 February 2015), was a Scottish pop rock singer and musician whose songs "Give Me What I Cry For" and "Solid State Brain" were often played by British radio ...

– lead vocals (A 4, B 10) *

Mel Collins Melvyn Desmond Collins (born 5 September 1947, Isle of Man) is a British saxophonist, flautist and session musician. Collins has played in several progressive rock groups, having been a member of King Crimson on two occasions (the first from ...

– sax (B 2) *

Haydn Bendall Haydn Bendall (born 13 April 1951, Essex, England) is an English people, English record producer, Audio engineering, audio engineer and Mixing engineer, mixer. He was Chief Engineer at Abbey Road Studios for ten years and was awarded the Audio P ...

–

Fairlight synthesizer The Fairlight CMI (short for Computer Musical Instrument) is a digital synthesizer, sampler, and digital audio workstation introduced in 1979 by Fairlight. — with links to some Fairlight history and photos It was based on a commercial lice ...

(A 1, 3), PPG synthesizer (B 3)

Production and Other Credits

*Engineered by

Dave Hutchins Dave may refer to: Film, television, and theater * ''Dave'' (film), a 1993 film starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver * ''Dave'' (musical), a 2018 stage musical adaptation of the film * Dave (TV channel), a digital television channel in the ...

*Mixed by

Greg Ladanyi Greg Ladanyi (July 6, 1952 – September 29, 2009) was an American record producer and recording engineer of Hungarian descent, known for his work with many musicians, including Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, The Church, Caifanes, Anna Vis ...

and Andy Latimer *Artwork by Artifex Studio,

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

Charts

References

* The Rough Guide to Rock. (2003). United Kingdom: Rough Guides. p.165 {{Authority control 1984 albums Camel (band) albums Decca Records albums Concept albums