I Can See Your House from Here

Work started on the album in summer 1979, collaborating with producer Rupert Hine, at the Farmyard Studios in Little Chalfont. The process also took place in an Elizabethan country house, a residential recording studio that suited the band well. The orchestral overdubs were added at London's AIR Studios. Mel Collins (who also worked with Caravan) contributed to the band's sound on the saxophone, while Phil Collins ("not that Phil!"...yes, that Phil!) was chosen to play percussion. Andy Latimer was pleased with the end product, saying Hine "was great fun to work with, he was really up and zappy. I enjoyed making that record. We did it rather quickly and it wasn't a lengthy production."

The album was released in October 1979. It spent three weeks in the chart in late October and early November, reaching No. 45. An accompanying single was planned, but shelved. Instead a maxi single containing an edited version of Andy Latimer and Kit Watkins "Remote Romance" was backed with "Rainbow's End" from Breathless (1978) and a Camel / Mick Glossop production of "Tell Me", first released on Rain Dances (1977). It did not reach the charts. The single "Your Love is Stranger than Mine" / "Neon Magic" followed in February 1980.

The cover image is based on a joke that was somewhat popular at the time, in which Jesus, while hanging up on the Cross dying, calls out for his disciple Peter to come to him, who does so with great difficulty. The punchline is that Jesus merely wants to tell Peter, "I can see your house from here." [4]

The world tour began on 8 October at The Dome, Brighton, England, following France, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Spain, Portugal and ended on 29 January 1980 in Koseinenkin Hall of Tokyo, Japan.

Side one

1. "Wait" (Andrew Latimer, John McBurnie) – 5:02
   • Andrew Latimer – guitar, backing vocals
   • Kit Watkins – Yamaha electric grand and Rhodes electric pianos, Hammond C3 organ, Solina and Moog synthesizers
   • Jan Schelhaas – Yamaha electric grand piano, Yamaha CS-80, Prophet-5 and Moog synthesizers
   • Colin Bass – bass, lead vocals
   • Andy Ward – drums
2. "Your Love Is Stranger Than Mine" (Colin Bass, Latimer, Jan Schelhaas, Andy Ward) – 3:26
   • Andrew Latimer – guitar, backing vocals
   • Kit Watkins – Prophet-5 synthesizer
   • Jan Schelhaas – Yamaha electric grand piano, Minimoog
   • Colin Bass – bass, lead vocals
   • Andy Ward – drums
   • Mel Collins – alto saxophone
3. "Eye of the Storm" (Kit Watkins) – 3:52 – this was an updated version of a track that Watkins had played with his previous band Happy the Man
   • Andrew Latimer – guitar
   • Kit Watkins – Hohner Clavinet, flute, Solina and Moog synthesizers
   • Colin Bass – fretless Wal bass
   • Andy Ward – drums, massed marching military snares
4. "Who We Are" (Latimer) – 7:52
   • Andrew Latimer – guitar, lead vocals, flute, autoharp
   • Kit Watkins – Solina and Moog synthesizers
   • Jan Schelhaas – grand piano
   • Colin Bass – bass, backing vocals
   • Andy Ward – drums
   • Simon Jeffes – orchestral arrangements

Side two

5. "Survival" (Latimer) – 1:12
   • Simon Jeffes – orchestral arrangements
   • Gavin Wright – leader of the orchestra
6. "Hymn to Her" (Latimer, Schelhaas) – 5:37
   • Andrew Latimer – guitar, lead vocals, flute, autoharp
   • Kit Watkins – Hohner Clavinet, Hammond C3 organ, Solina and Moog synthesizers
   • Jan Schelhaas – grand piano
   • Colin Bass – bass, backing vocals
   • Andy Ward – drums
7. "Neon Magic" (Latimer, Vivienne McAuliffe, Schelhaas) – 4:39
   • Andrew Latimer – guitar, lead vocals
   • Kit Watkins – Hammond C3 organ, Yamaha CS-80 and Solina synthesizers
   • Jan Schelhaas – Yamaha electric grand piano, Solina, Yamaha CS-80 and Moog synthesizers
   • Colin Bass – bass
   • Andy Ward – drums
8. "Remote Romance" (Latimer, Watkins) – 4:07
   • Andrew Latimer – guitar
   • Kit Watkins – Hohner Clavinet, Yamaha CS-80 and Moog synthesizers, EMS sequencer
   • Jan Schelhaas – EMS sequencer
   • Andy Ward – drums, percussion, loops
9. "Ice" (Latimer) – 10:17
   • Andrew Latimer – guitar
   • Kit Watkins – Yamaha electric grand and Rhodes electric pianos, Hammond C3 organ, Solina and Moog synthesizers
   • Jan Schelhaas – grand piano
   • Colin Bass – bass
   • Andy Ward – drums [5]

2009 Expanded & Remastered Edition

10. "Remote Romance" (Single version)
11. "Ice" (Live 1981) – 7:15

Camel

• Andrew Latimer – guitars, flute, backing vocals; autoharp on "Who We Are"; lead vocals on "Who We Are", "Hymn to Her" and "Neon Magic"
• Colin Bass – bass, backing vocals; lead vocals on "Wait" and "Your Love Is Stranger Than Mine"
• Kit Watkins – Hammond C3 organ, Solina synthesizer, Yamaha electric grand piano, Rhodes electric piano, Moog synthesizer, Minimoog, Hohner Clavinet, Prophet-5, Yamaha CS-80, EMS Sequencer, flute
• Jan Schelhaas – Yamaha CS-80, Yamaha electric grand piano, grand piano, Prophet-5, Moog synthesizer, Minimoog, EMS Sequencer
• Andy Ward – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Mel Collins – alto saxophone on "Your Love Is Stranger Than Mine"
• Phil Collins – percussion
• Rupert Hine – backing vocals
• Simon Jeffes – orchestral arrangements on "Who We Are" and "Survival"

• Camel - I Can See Your House from Here (1979) album review by Matthew Plichta, credits & releases at AllMusic.com
• "Camel - I Can See Your House from Here (1979) album releases & credits at Discogs.com". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 3 September 2009.

• Camel - I Can See Your House from Here (1979) album review by Shachar Sagui, credits & user reviews at SputnikMusic.com
• Camel - I Can See Your House from Here (1979) album to be listened as stream at Play.Spotify.com