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Nude is the eighth studio album and a concept album released by the English progressive rock band Camel in January 1981, The album is based on a true story of a Japanese soldier (Hiroo Onoda) marooned on an island in World War II who doesn’t know that the war is over. ‘Nude’ derives from his family name ‘Onoda’. It was the last Camel album to feature original drummer Andy Ward.
10 song collection of rock songs in wide range of styles, evocative of artists such as David Bowie, Talking Heads, Beatles, Pink Floyd, Wilco, Talk Talk and New Order. “The Nude Canoe album, ‘Cycles’ is a sonic surprise, filled with poignant melodies, catchy hooks, and thoughtful songs. Overall this is a very satisfying set of tunes we will enjoy for some time.” -Jamsphere Magazine
Artists who appeared nude on their album covers
Too rude for Google: website told to cover up nude album art
Material from private collections is rare today but it would have been found in a large number of ordinary households. Aficionados put together albums in which they showed their predilections using a combination of photographs, drawings or caricatures, and sometimes writing. Even the police kept an exemplary inventory of nude photography which they collected in albums. In Germany there remains only the album from the Police Museum of Lower Saxony, whose large format, elaborately stamped leather binding, and careful arrangement of the diverse material make it clear just how significant nude photography was to the guardians of the law, too.
