Breathless
by Camel
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Camel bestography
Breathless is ranked 11th best out of 22 albums by Camel on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Camel is Mirage which is ranked number 740 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,331.
(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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Breathless track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Breathless rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 43 Music Albums of 1978 | 10/43 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 40/100 | 12 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Camel Albums Ranked | 15/21 | - |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 57 Music Albums of 1978 | 53/57 | 0 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 98 Music Albums of 1978 | 15/98 | 4 |
| 2026 | Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 44/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 76 Music Albums of 1978 | 64/76 | 1 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 89 Music Albums of 1978 | 51/89 | 2 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 26 Music Albums of 1978 | 24/26 | 1 |
| 2026 | Squonk007 | Top 37 Music Albums of 1978 | 5/37 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 40 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 107 | |||
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Breathless ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/05/2026 18:30 |  AAL2014 | 4,252 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/28/2026 04:36 | juanr1096 | 6,202 | 78/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2026 10:16 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,600 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 72.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.
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My final first-impression review of 2023 goes to Camel's Breathless. This is definitely not classic Camel, as it leans much more into a pop-prog sound than previous offerings, and has more of an overall "laid-back" feel to the music. As such, it's not super popular with prog diehards, but it's a good enough album anyway, especially if you're looking for something a little more gentle from this band. And though I the record is a bit inconsistent on quality, there are some really strong tracks here that all do something fairly new—Echoes meshes new and old, The Sleeper goes for a more jazzy approach, and Summer Lightning even pulls off disco-prog pretty well. A mixed bag, and definitely not the starting place if you want to get into Camel (go back to Mirage or Moonmadness for that), but an enjoyable enough album to "mix it up," if you're in the mood. (Edited)
teague 09/03/2021 17:40 | #273247
The title track is heavenly, hints of disco on songs like Summer Lightning and You Make Me Smile, overall a pretty good Camel release. (Edited)
Mirage is one of my favorite albums. This one has a couple glimmers of that brilliance on tracks like Summer Lightning and The Sleeper, but the rest of it just didn't do it for me. (Edited)
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