Argent - All Together Now (1972)

Argent - All Together Now (1972)

Tracklist front / back album covers

Side one

1. "Hold Your Head Up"   6:18

2. "Keep On Rollin'"   4:32

3. "Tragedy"   4:50

4. "I Am the Dance of Ages"   3:46

Side two

5. "Be My Lover, Be My Friend"   5:21

6. "He's a Dynamo"   3:48

7. "Pure Love"

a) "Fantasia"

b) "Prelude"

c) "Pure Love"

d) "Finale"   13:07

Argent Band Members / Musicians

Rod Argent – organ, electric piano, vocals

Russ Ballard – guitar, piano (on track 3), vocals

Jim Rodford – bass guitar, guitar, vocals

Robert Henrit – drums, percussion

All Together Now, released in July 1972, was the third album recorded by British rock band Argent. It was originally released on Epic Records, KE 31556. It was Argent's first hit album; it features "Hold Your Head Up", their most successful single, which reached #5 in both the UK and U.S. singles charts. Other featured songs include "Tragedy" which reached #34 in the UK, "I Am the Dance of Ages" and "He's a Dynamo".

The 1997 compact disc re-release of All Together Now by Koch Records features an additional seven tracks not included on the original seven-track vinyl record. The bonus tracks include "God Gave Rock and Roll to You", which, owing to the popular cover/remake by Kiss, is one of Argent's best-known songs.

In 2009, for their reunion, Mr. Big recorded a cover of "Hold Your Head Up" and played it throughout the tour. Australian rock supergroup The Party Boys covered "Hold Your Head Up" in 1987 on their only studio album, The Party Boys. Uriah Heep also covered the song on their 1989 album Raging Silence. All bonus tracks were previously released on albums, except "Kingdom", which was the flip side of the "Celebration" single, and "Closer to Heaven" which was the B-side of the single "Hold Your Head Up".

In 2012, Esoteric Recordings of Europe released the album (ECLEC 2321) with "Closer to Heaven" as a bonus track.

In the Q and Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album ranked 33rd in the list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums".

Steppenwolf covered "Hold Your Head Up" on their 1982 album Wolftracks.