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DTITLE=Rod Stewart / Camouflage (West German ''Target'' Pressing)
DYEAR=1984
DGENRE=Rock
TTITLE0=Infatuation
TTITLE1=All Right Now
TTITLE2=Some Guys Have All The Luck
TTITLE3=Can We Still Be Friends
TTITLE4=Bad For You
TTITLE5=Heart Is On The Line
TTITLE6=Camouflage
TTITLE7=Trouble
EXTD=Camouflage (West German ''Target'' Pressing)\n\nOriginally Releas
EXTD=ed 1984\nCD Edition Released 1986 ??\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Camouf
EXTD=lage is better than the disastrous Body Wishes, but that's only a
EXTD= relative term. Jeff Beck adds the occasional rock guitar flouris
EXTD=h, but that doesn't save the faceless material. Again, the two si
EXTD=ngles -- "Infatuation" and "Some Guys Have All the Luck" -- are f
EXTD=ine, ready-made pop hits, but they wear thin after a few plays, a
EXTD=nd they're the best things on the record.  -- Stephen Thomas Erle
EXTD=wine\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe beginning of the end, Feb
EXTD=ruary 8, 2007\nReviewer: Chris Cormier "Wonderbar" (canada)\nApar
EXTD=t from the single "Infatuation", this album was a big step down f
EXTD=or Rod Stewart. I guess he had to try something different or be a
EXTD=ccused of being stuck in a rut (and start writing silly movie sou
EXTD=ndtracks). But the music is as horridly 80s cheesy as you can get
EXTD=. This album was the end of respectability for such a great singe
EXTD=r. (Following it up with "Forever Young" pretty much cemented his
EXTD= fall) "Some Guys Have All The Luck" what the heck is that? What 
EXTD=a long way to come from 'Every Picture', 'Night On The Town' or '
EXTD=Gasoline Alley'. \n\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nTwo Moments 
EXTD=Surrounded By Mediocrity, July 24, 2004\nReviewer: G. J Wiener (W
EXTD=estchester, NY USA)\nCamouflage is not one of Rod Stewart's bette
EXTD=r recordings. He strays far away from his rock n roll roots and m
EXTD=ines the disco beats and synthesizers to the hill. The result is 
EXTD=an annoying recording with much more bad than good. \n\nHowever, 
EXTD=there are two strong singles on this CD. Some Guys Have All The L
EXTD=uck has some catchy hooks as well as some interesting lyrics and 
EXTD=synthesizer/saxaphone touches. It is easily the highlight of this
EXTD= recording. The lead off track Infatuation, is pretty charming as
EXTD= well. I like the way the guitars fit in with the rest of the son
EXTD=g. \n\nHowever, the remaining six songs just do not do anything s
EXTD=pecial for me. Allright Now is too laden with synthesizers and tr
EXTD=icky beats. Rod should have done this as a straight out rocker. A
EXTD=s a matter of fact the problem with this recording is Rod got too
EXTD= complex with the tricky synthesized beats. Nearly every tune rel
EXTD=ies on too much special effects. In other words, too much cheesey
EXTD= style and not enough substance. Trouble is a decent ballad but i
EXTD=t maybe wins the award as best tune of the remaining six tracks. 
EXTD=\n\nTruthfully Amazon readers you are best served going with a mo
EXTD=re rock n roll best Rod Stewart recording than Camouflogue.\n\n\n
EXTD=\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nA good 80s album for Stewart's more
EXTD= pop/rock fans, June 6, 2003\nReviewer: JWP "Uncle Jesse Tanner" 
EXTD=(San Jose, CA)\nThis is a transitional Rod Stewart album, as he w
EXTD=as starting to move away from edgy bluesy pop/rock and towards th
EXTD=e more Adult Contemporary pop singer he's known as today. In fact
EXTD=, I'd call this the last album where he could be considered cool,
EXTD= as there were traces of his soft image creeping in already, but 
EXTD=it's mostly an 80s pop album.\nThe biggest hit was the happier, u
EXTD=pbeat dancefloor rocker "Some Guys Have All the Luck" which also 
EXTD=had a good sax solo. It's certainly reminiscent of the time, with
EXTD= that keyboard sound, but it's aged well. This is probably my all
EXTD= time favorite song of his. "Infatuation" is a slightly edgy mid 
EXTD=tempo rock song that builds up with a guitar solo in the middle. 
EXTD=It's also memorable for its video, which, if I remember right, ha
EXTD=d a merry go round. The cover of Free's (A 70s band with Paul Rod
EXTD=gers of Bad Company) "All Right Now" is more synthlike and althou
EXTD=gh it doesn't rock as hard as the original, it's a good addition.
EXTD=\n\nThe other songs aren't bad either, mostly synthesized pop/roc
EXTD=k like the fast paced title track. The mid tempo somewhat edgy ro
EXTD=cker "Bad for You" and the poppy, pleasant melodic "Heart Is On t
EXTD=he Line" could've been hits too. There's 2 ballads which are good
EXTD= as well. "Can We Still Be Friends" is a catchy, more typical 80s
EXTD= love song, and the softer, quieter piano based synthy "Trouble" 
EXTD=ends the album mellowly, but it's still a memorable, singable tun
EXTD=e.\n\nI'm not really a big fan of Rod's. I like some of his harde
EXTD=r, early songs like "Hot Legs" and the disco themed "Do Ya Think 
EXTD=I'm Sexy." I also like a few of his later soft rock hits like "So
EXTD= Far Away" but I'm still what you'd call a casual fan of his, mea
EXTD=ning most of his radio hits are pretty much all I'd want from him
EXTD=, but this album is a good exception. I'm a pretty big 80s music 
EXTD=fan, and anyone else who is (whether or not they'll proudly admit
EXTD= it) would probably like this album, as well as "Tonight I'm Your
EXTD=s" and maybe "Vagabond Heart" even if you're not much of a Rod St
EXTD=ewart fan.\n\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nNothing to strut ab
EXTD=out here, May 16, 2003\nReviewer: Daniel Jolley "darkgenius" (She
EXTD=lby, North Carolina USA)\nIt is interesting to discover tapes I b
EXTD=ought years ago, listen to them once again, and sometimes wonder 
EXTD=what in the world I was possibly thinking when I bought them. In 
EXTD=the case of Rod Stewart's Camouflage, I happen to know that I bou
EXTD=ght it for the song Some Guys Have All the Luck, considering it o
EXTD=ne of a number of my theme songs over the years. Infatuation was 
EXTD=another song I liked at the time, but I now can see that what I l
EXTD=iked about Infatuation was the video rather than the song, which 
EXTD=has not aged well. I'm glad I only bought this album for those tw
EXTD=o songs because they are the only decent songs to be found here. 
EXTD=The metamorphosis of the cool Rodster of the late 1970s and early
EXTD= 1980s into a more mellow, soft pop singer was evidently already 
EXTD=in its early stages when Camouflage was released in 1984. All Rig
EXTD=ht Now and Can We Still Be Friends? are at least bearable althoug
EXTD=h somewhat flat and lifeless, but the second half of this album w
EXTD=as almost more than I could bear. Frankly, I could not survive th
EXTD=e last track, Trouble, in its entirety; putting an end to somethi
EXTD=ng as painful and seemingly unhealthy as this song seemed like th
EXTD=e humane thing for me to do. I'm not really a Rod Stewart fan, so
EXTD= I can't compare Camouflage to other albums. From my point of vie
EXTD=w, though, you have one very good song in Some Guys Have All the 
EXTD=Luck, one decent song in Infatuation (as long as you don't have t
EXTD=o listen to it more than once in the same year or so), two tracks
EXTD= that are average at best, and an agonizing musical morass otherw
EXTD=ise known as Side Two, all of which add up to only eight tracks, 
EXTD=none of which is unusually lengthy.\n\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER RE
EXTD=VIEW\nGreat pop album of the 80's, June 19, 2000\nReviewer: Luis 
EXTD=Fernando Piedra Koppel (Guayaquil, Ecuador)\nOk... if Phil Collin
EXTD=s' "No Jacket Required" was a definetely milestone in the 80's, R
EXTD=od Stewart's "Camouflage" is just a couple of steps away to be an
EXTD=other milestone recording representative of that decade. Ok, many
EXTD= of you people will be saying "this guy is nuts!", but hey... lis
EXTD=ten to this album and you will discover that the textures, sounds
EXTD= and moods are just as much representative of that long lost deca
EXTD=de as it was Ronald Reagan presidency. Drum machines here, there 
EXTD=and everywhere, funny guitars and of course... my friend the synt
EXTD=hetizer. "Camouflage" will probably not be a much important part 
EXTD=in the recorded history of Mr. Stewart's, as it is for example, "
EXTD=Every Picture Tells A Story", but it is indeed a fine example of 
EXTD=Rod Stewart personal chemistry between rock and roll, fashion, gi
EXTD=rls and blonde dye for the hair. Indeed, once again, a great, gre
EXTD=at album. Jusr listen to "Infatuation" -a classic in the Stewart 
EXTD=catalogue-, "Some guys have all the luck", and a wonderful cover 
EXTD=of "All right now". Definetely worth owning. Cheer the 80's with 
EXTD=Phil Collins' "No Jacket Required", Genesis' "Invisible Touch", P
EXTD=aul Simon's "Graceland", Peter Gabriel's "So", and Rod Stewart's 
EXTD="Camouflage"!.\n\n\nHalf.com Details \nContributing artists: Jeff
EXTD= Beck \nProducer: Michael Omartian, Rod Stewart \n\nAlbum Notes\n
EXTD=Personnel: Rod Stewart (vocals); Jeff Beck, Michael Landau, Robin
EXTD= Le Mesurier, Jim Cregan (guitar); Gary Herbig (saxophone); Jerry
EXTD= Hay, Chuck Findley, Gary Grant, Kim Hutchcroft, Charlie Loper (h
EXTD=orns); Jimmy Zavala (harmonica); Michael Omartian (keyboards, per
EXTD=cussion, background vocals); Kevin Savigar (keyboards); Jay Davis
EXTD= (bass); Tony Brock (drums).\n\nRecorded at Lion Share, Los Angel
EXTD=es, California.\n\nIn recording 1984's CAMOUFLAGE, Rod Stewart's 
EXTD=greatest accomplishment was getting old friend & employer Jeff Be
EXTD=ck to join him on three songs. The most successful is the fiery "
EXTD=Infatuation," one of two Top 10 hits for Stewart, who barely crac
EXTD=ked the Top 15 with anything off his previous album BODY WISHES. 
EXTD=Stewart's choice of producer, Amy Grant knob-turner Michael Omart
EXTD=ian, meant CAMOUFLAGE was awash in synthesizers and the band was 
EXTD=made up of facile studio musicians. Gone were the rootsier excurs
EXTD=ions from earlier in his career, replaced by glossier numbers suc
EXTD=h as the title track with its Earth, Wind & Fire-like horns, and 
EXTD=an idiosyncratic reading of Free's "All Right Now," with the bump
EXTD=s and wrinkles of the original smoothly ironed out. Still, Stewar
EXTD=t's unabashed romanticism could not be quelled. "Trouble" finds h
EXTD=im cooing lovingly over a bank of lighter-than-air keyboards, whi
EXTD=le on the endearingly poppy "Some Guys Have All The Luck," Stewar
EXTD=t sings his heart out.
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