Harbour of Tears" is a much better album than the previous "Dust and Dreams", and it's a very good CAMEL album indeed, in years! Again, it is a topical (I almost hate the word "conceptual") musical work, this time composed around the theme of Irish refugees and their settlement in the New World. Nothing new or original for that matter, but it is fairly decent to hear. Indeed, I think that Harbour Of Tears even betters Dust And Dreams and is thus, for me, the best Camel album since Mirage, released more than 20 years earlier! As I said, Harbour Of Tears is a concept album about Ireland, or rather about the Irish people leaving the emerald island for the United States during the great famine. Given the subject matter it is easy to understand that this album is a somewhat mellow affair. However, there are many different moods and tempos during the course of the album.
With "Harbour of Tears" Camel stands out by producing an album that's worthy of their classic legacy yet still covering new ground
Camel is the first studio album by English progressive rock band Camel, released on MCA Records in February 1973. By August 1972, Camel were signed to MCA Records. They quickly entered the studio to record their first self-titled album, Camel. A collection of individual songs, chiefly from Andrew Latimer and Peter Bardens, the album was greeted with muted success and MCA did not take an option for a second album.
