Camel
by Camel

Camel by Camel
Year: 1973
Release date: 1973-02-28
Overall rank: 4,653rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 108 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (84th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (755th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,653rd)

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Camel bestography

Camel is ranked 4th best out of 22 albums by Camel on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Camel is Mirage which is ranked number 748 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,308.

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Camel track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Camel rankings

Camel rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,653rd | 1970s rank: 755th | 1973 rank: 84th  Overall chart history
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Camel ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 108 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.3.


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Camel forum mentions

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From Anonymous 05/18/2014 16:38 in BEA Reviews the History of Popular Music
“Faves from 1973: You nailed this one on the head, nice synopsis. This is one of the best albums of all time, imo. And easily one of the top ten best prog rock albums ever. Extremely polarizing among Yes fans. I like it enough. Extremely underrated French prog band. They practically invented the…”
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90/100
Underrated even among Camel fans. For me this is just as fantastic as Mirage. (Edited)
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90/100
People might tend to overlook this one because the next three albums are so classic, but Camel got it right on their debut too! (Edited)
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From 01/28/2017 16:59 | #184440
favoritas: Never Let Go, Slow Yourself Down, Mystic Queen (Edited)
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From 03/14/2023 07:00 | #295000
Their best album ? in career ???
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