 Although failing to chart at home, it gained success on the U.S. west coast, prompting a three-month tour there.Released in 1975, the instrumental, orchestrated concept album "The Snow Goose", inspired by the Paul Gallico , was the breakthrough album that brought Camel wider attention and success, but not without difficulty, in the form of a lawsuit brought against them by Gallico.Several websites erroneously state that the reason for this was that Gallico "loathed smoking" and thought the band were related to the cigarette brand (the artwork for the cover of "Mirage" is, after all, simply a "miragey" rework of the cigarette packet artwork).