Argent
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- Artist: Argent
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- Release Date: 1969
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Rock
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With hindsight, it seems as if the Zombies didn't so much come to a halt as split off into two different directions. Colin Blunstone would take the band's poppiest, sweetest elements; Argent would take the gutsier ones, and appropriate the intricate keyboard arrangements (naturally enough, as keyboardist Rod Argent was the leader of both Argent and the Zombies). Neither Blunstone nor Argent would approach the majesty of the Zombies' prime, but they'd offer some pretty fair approximations. And that's what you get on Argent's self-titled debut -- a fair approximation of late-period Zombies, with a much heavier hard/progressive rock feel. There's nothing that's nearly as arresting as Odessey and Oracle, but it's not bad at all. Includes Russ Ballard's "Liar," the first Argent track to get heavy airplay in the U.S. ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi| Argens de La Guardia Vieja (2007 Album by Cuarteto Viejo Buenos Aires) | |
| Argent Fait le Bonheur (2007 Album by Les Respectables) |
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Argent (album)
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| Studio album by Argent | ||||
| Released | January 1970 | |||
| Recorded | Sound Techniques, London | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 40:29 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Rod Argent and Chris White | |||
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Argent is the first album by British rock band Argent. Released in 1970 on CBS Records (USA: Epic Records), the album did not chart in either the U.S. or the U.K. and did not produce any hit singles, although the song "Liar" would become a top-10 Billboard hit the following year through a cover version by Three Dog Night. ("Liar" b/w "Schoolgirl" was issued in the US as a 45 on Date, before CBS moved the band to their Epic label.)
Track listing
Songs written by Rod Argent and Chris White except as noted.
- "Like Honey" - 3:15
- "Liar" (Russ Ballard) - 3:14
- "Be Free" - 3:52
- "Schoolgirl" (Ballard) - 3:22
- "Dance In the Smoke" - 6:19
- "Lonely Hard Road" (Ballard) - 4:24
- "The Feeling's Inside" - 3:51
- "Freefall" - 3:21
- "Stepping Stone" - 4:40
- "Bring You Joy" - 4:11
Personnel
- Rod Argent – organ, electric piano, vocals
- Russ Ballard – guitar, vocals
- Jim Rodford – bass guitar, guitar, vocals
- Robert Henrit – drums, percussion
A two-disc CD re-issue of this album plus Ring of Hands was released by BGO Records in 2000.
References
- ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Argent Argent review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/argent-r824/review. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
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