Although Stationary Traveller is a concept album, it musically falls into line with its predecessor The Single Factor, which found Camel trying to refashion themselves as the Alan Parsons Project.
Where The Single Factor suffered from Camel's attempts to write pop hooks, Stationary Traveller finds the band breaking down the barriers, opening up their relatively concise songs with long, atmospheric instrumental passages.
The album's lyrics, which were written by Susan Hoover, is about the divided Berlin and its political, emotional and physical divides.
Often, the lyrics and music -- which work as individual entities -- don't quite work together, since they follow different emotional directions, yet the record remains a worthwhile listen, especially since it features Andy Latimer on pan flute.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pressure PointsSusan Hoover, Andy Latimer | Camel | Play | 02:10 | 4 MB | 12 MB |
| 2 | RefugeeSusan Hoover, Andy Latimer | Camel | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 3 | VoposSusan Hoover, Andy Latimer | Camel | Play | 05:32 | 12 MB | 31 MB |
| 4 | Cloak and Dagger ManSusan Hoover, Andy Latimer | Camel | Play | 03:55 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 5 | Stationary TravellerSusan Hoover, Andy Latimer | Camel | Play | 05:34 | 12 MB | 29 MB |
| 6 | West BerlinSusan Hoover, Andy Latimer | Camel | Play | 05:10 | 11 MB | 30 MB |
| 7 | FingertipsSusan Hoover, Andy Latimer | Camel | Play | 04:29 | 10 MB | 24 MB |
| 8 | MissingSusan Hoover, Andy Latimer | Camel | Play | 04:22 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 9 | After WordsSusan Hoover, Ton Scherpenzeel | Camel | Play | 02:01 | 4 MB | 7 MB |
| 10 | Long GoodbyesSusan Hoover, Andy Latimer | Camel | Play | 05:14 | 12 MB | 32 MB |
| 42 mins | 96 MB | |||||
| 42 mins | 242 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haydn Bendall | Fairlight, Mixing, Voices |
| 2 | Richard Bosworth | Mixing Assistant |
| 3 | Paul Burgess | Drums |
| 4 | Camel | Primary Artist |
| 5 | Mel Collins | Saxophone |
| 6 | Susan Hoover | Composer, Coordination, Inspiration |
| 7 | Dave Hutchins | Engineer |
| 8 | Greg Ladanyi | Mixing |
| 9 | Andy Latimer | Bass, Composer, Drum Programming, Flute, Guitar, Guitar (12 String), Guitar (Classical), Guitar (Electric), Pan Pipes, Producer, Vocals |
| 10 | David Paton | Bass, Fretless Bass |
| 11 | Chris Rainbow | Vocals |
| 12 | Doug Sax | Mastering |
| 13 | Ton Scherpenzeel | Accordion, Composer, Juno, Korg Synthesizer, Piano, Prophet Synthesizer, Synthesizer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |