Artist: CAMEL
Album: MOONMADNESS EXPANDED & REMASTERED (CD)

Year: 1976/ 2002
Media type: CD

Moonmadness is an album released in March 1976 by Camel. It is the final album that featured the classic line-up (Latimer, Bardens, Ferguson, Ward) from the band. After the release of The Snow Goose in 1975, the band decided to move back into a more accessible direction by adding vocals to their music again. The album still has an overall theme, just as their previous one did, but doesn't follow a storyline since it's mostly based on the band members themselves.

As written in the CD Booklet: Overall, the tracks comprising the album were conceived as a loose concept based on the individual personalities that made up Camel; "Air Born" about Andrew Latimer, "Lunar Sea" about Andy Ward, "Chord Change" about Peter Bardens and "Another Night" about Doug Ferguson.

TRACKLIST:

01 "Aristillus" (Latimer) – 1:56
02 "Song Within a Song" (Bardens, Latimer) – 7:14
03 "Chord Change" (Bardens, Latimer) – 6:44
04 "Spirit of the Water" (Bardens) – 2:07
05 "Another Night" (Bardens, Ferguson, Latimer, Ward) – 6:57
06 "Air Born" (Bardens, Latimer) – 5:01
07 "Lunar Sea" (Bardens, Latimer) – 9:10

Bonus Tracks on 2002 Remaster:

"Another Night" (Single Version) – 3:22
"Spirit of the Water" (Demo) – 2:13
"Song Within a Song" (Recorded Live at Hammersmith Odeon) – 7:11
"Lunar Sea" (Recorded Live at Hammersmith Odeon) – 9:51
"Preparation / Dunkirk" (Recorded Live at Hammersmith Odeon) - 9:32

LINE-UP:

Andrew Latimer: Guitar, Vocals
Peter Bardens: Keyboards, Vocals
Doug Ferguson: Bass, Vocals
Andy Ward: Drums, Percussion