Nude
by Camel
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Camel bestography
Nude is ranked 7th best out of 22 albums by Camel on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Camel is Mirage which is ranked number 745 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,304.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Nude track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Nude rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 79 Music Albums of 1981 | 60/79 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 99 Music Albums of 1981 | 63/99 | 2 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 97 Music Albums of 1981 | 83/97 | 1 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 82 Music Albums of 1981 | 68/82 | 1 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 85 Music Albums of 1981 | 22/85 | 4 |
| 2026 | Fischman | Camel Albums Ranked | 6/21 | - |
| 2025 | Junomoogmello | Top 19 Music Albums of 1981 | 5/19 | 4 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | 1981 (Listening Project Part 1) | 8/100 | - |
| 2024 | Junomoogmello | 100 Amazing Progressive Albums | 71/100 | - |
| 2024 | Moondance | Herbie Flowers - bass player for hire | 42/57 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 39 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 121 | |||
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Nude ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/09/2026 00:39 | Skerns | 5,215 | 80/100 |
| ! | 08/02/2026 04:31 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,308 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/17/2026 13:35 | duelek | 2,219 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.0/100, a mean average of 70.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.
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Nude forum mentions
Liedzeit 02/09/2026 08:17 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
neilgee 06/29/2023 17:46 in What album are you listening to right now?Nude comments
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timtooky 03/29/2014 10:36 | #107965
a mainly calm and airy collection of dreamy and dissolute songs. i can listen to it in its entirety with a good feeling. but somehow it stays offish and therefore i cannot fall in love with it.
A beautifull concept album on the story of a forgotten US soldier of WWII on a lost islnad in the PAcific. A good mix of strumental and singed songs in pure Camel's style.
I don't really know why, but I really love this album cover. It is as intriguing as the story behind the concept album itself. It tells the story of Hiroo Onada, an Intelligence Officer in the Japanese Imperial Army who held out for circa 30 years in the Philippines, not realising World War II ended in 1944. He was actually relieved of his duties in 1974 by his Commanding Officer! I know this album isn't regarded with the same respect as Mirage, Snow Goose et al but because of my love of the cover design, I happily forked out £15.00 for a near mint copy on vinyl last week. Despite a lot of fairly scathing reviews, I have to say that I wasn't at all disappointed, excellent album in my opinion.
luigybetis TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/23/2018 13:52 | #206369 | TOP COMMENT
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Huge album, I don't get the hate.
A fully-fleshed prog-rock concept album (about an MIA Japanee WWII soldier) that was released in the post-punk era ... an A&R no-no.
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