Dust and Dreams

1991 studio album by Camel
Dust and Dreams
Studio album by
Camel
Released10 September 1991
GenreProgressive rock
Length47:57
LabelCamel Productions
ProducerAndy Latimer
Camel chronology
Stationary Traveller
(1984)
Dust and Dreams
(1991)
Harbour of Tears
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Dust and Dreams is the eleventh studio album by Camel. Released in 1991 after a seven-year hiatus during which Andrew Latimer and Susan Hoover moved from England to California to set up their own Camel Productions label, the album was inspired by John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath.[2]

Track listings

All songs were written by Andrew Latimer, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dust Bowl" 1:54
2."Go West" 3:42
3."Dusted Out" 1:35
4."Mother Road" 4:15
5."Needles" 2:34
6."Rose of Sharon"Susan Hoover, Latimer4:48
7."Milk n' Honey" 3:30
8."End of the Line"Hoover, Latimer6:52
9."Storm Clouds" 2:06
10."Cotton Camp" 2:55
11."Broken Banks" 0:34
12."Sheet Rain" 2:14
13."Whispers" 0:52
14."Little Rivers and Little Rose" 1:56
15."Hopeless Anger" 4:57
16."Whispers in the Rain" 2:56

Personnel

  • Andy Latimer – Guitar, Flute, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer, Engineer
  • Colin Bass – Bass
  • Ton Scherpenzeel – Keyboards
  • Paul Burgess – Drums

Additional musicians

  • Don Harriss – Keyboards
  • Christopher Bock – Drums
  • Kim Venaas – Harmonica (5,7,12), Timpani (16)
  • David Paton – Vocal (6)
  • Mae McKenna – Vocal (6)
  • John Burton – French Horn (12)
  • James SK Wān – bamboo flute
  • Neil Panton – Oboe (13)

Other credits

  • Produced & engineered by Andy Latimer
  • Mixed by Bruce Lampcov at Air Studios, London
  • Artwork by Emily Mura-Smith

Charts

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[3] 39

References

  1. ^ Connolly, Dave (2011). "Dust and Dreams - Camel | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  2. ^ Peacock, Tim (10 September 2021). "'Dust And Dreams': How Camel Found The Promised Land". uDiscoverMusic. Retrieved 26 June 2022. Perhaps influenced by his new surroundings, the song cycle Latimer conceived was for a concept album evoking the spirit and themes of John Steinbeck's Pulitzer (and later Nobel) Prize-winning 1939 novel, The Grapes Of Wrath.
  3. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Camel – Dust and Dreams" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  • The Rough Guide to Rock. (2003). United Kingdom: Rough Guides. p.165

External links

  • "Ground and Sky review - Camel - Dust and Dreams". www.progreviews.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
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