So Camel chooses to ride the trend of showing much 80s synth pop music in their works. Well, at least didn't release an Abacab, or 90215. But it is still a weak effort. Pressure Points shows some promise that we might see a very synth/prog fusion effort, but Refugee kills that though. However, it still a good song, just by no means the progressive rock Camel of the past. More pop tracks like Cloak And Dagger Man and West Berlin show the listener the potential strength of the album. But it is the title track, Stationary Traveller, that shines the most. A very mellow piano intro that is capped off by Andrew Latimer's greatest guitar solo ever is a great way to say "we can still write one classic song!". Missing is also a strong track, but it sounds like it came straight out of an 80s action movie. The rest of album is bland, Fingertips and Vopos offer nothing to the album, and neither do any other of the tracks. It could be a decent buy thanks to the title track, but nothing else really hits you as classic.
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