Rain Dances
by Camel
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Camel bestography
Rain Dances is ranked 9th 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 2,327.
(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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Rain Dances track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Rain Dances rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Camel: So Far.. | 5/5 | - |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 97 Music Albums of 1977 | 23/97 | 4 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 95 Music Albums of 1977 | 39/95 | 3 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Top 92 Music Albums of 1977 | 50/92 | 2 |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Progressive Rock | 77/100 | - |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 17 Music Albums of 1977 | 6/17 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Camel Albums Ranked | 13/21 | - |
| 2026 |  flamingyesdept | Top 47 Music Albums of 1977 | 40/47 | 1 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 14 Music Albums of 1977 | 3/14 | 4 |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 79/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 53 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 116 | |||
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Rain Dances ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/05/2026 17:45 | AAL2014 | 4,255 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2026 19:28 | emnasut | 153 | 87/100 |
| ! | 04/23/2026 07:58 |  jeremy9 | 3,791 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 13% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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Forum mentions
Lachapelle 05/22/2018 04:06 in What album are you listening to right now? Lachapelle 03/12/2018 18:38 in What album are you listening to right now?Rain Dances comments
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Jboy56 10/07/2023 09:43 | #299395
Very good Camel to take you to the Oasis do drink some precious water. Must recheck latger (Edited)
Tracks 6 and 7 are some of the top classic Camel pieces you can listen to. It's a pity that the album's quality is not mantained throughout the rest of the album. (Edited)
One of the lesser known and for that reason more underrated albums by these masters of prog. Touches of jazz are intermingled with pure progressive brilliance! Worth getting on vinyl for all those true prog heads.
Very underrated
VikaGatling 03/05/2013 14:51 | #67132
The melodic, airy, full of light and harmony prog-rock with some slight jazz influence. One of Camel's masterworks.
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