Argent - Argent (1970)

Argent - Argent (1970)

Tracklist front / back album covers

Side one

1. "Like Honey"   3:13

2. "Liar"   3:12

3. "Be Free"   3:51

4. "Schoolgirl"   3:23

5. "Dance in the Smoke"   6:16

Side two

6. "Lonely Hard Road"   4:22

7. "The Feeling's Inside"   3:48

8. "Freefall"   3:20

9. "Stepping Stone"   4:38

10. "Bring You Joy"   4:10

 

Argent Band Members / Musicians

Russ Ballard – guitar, lead (2-4, 6, 9, 10) and backing vocals, piano (6)

Rod Argent – organ, backing and lead (1, 5, 7, 8) vocals, electric and acoustic pianos

Jim Rodford – bass, backing vocals

Robert Henrit – drums, percussion

Jerry Boys – engineer

Tony Lane – artwork, cover design

A two-disc CD re-issue of this album plus Ring of Hands was released by BGO Records in 2000.

Argent is the debut album by British rock band Argent. Released in 1970 on CBS Records (USA: Epic Records, BN 26525), the album did not chart in either the U.S. or the UK 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.) The track "Dance in the Smoke" was made popular in the UK by its inclusion on the best-selling CBS Sampler album Fill Your Head with Rock (1970).

Argent were an English rock band founded in 1969 by keyboardist Rod Argent, formerly of the Zombies. They had three UK top 40 singles: "Hold Your Head Up", which reached number five and spent 12 weeks on the chart, "Tragedy" (number 34), and "God Gave Rock and Roll to You" (number 18). Two of their albums charted in the UK: All Together Now, which peaked at number 13 in 1972, and In Deep, which spent one week at number 49 in 1973.

Argent Band Members / Musicians

Rod Argent – keyboards, backing and lead vocals (1969–1976, 2010, 2012, 2013)

Bob Henrit – drums (1969–1976, 2010, 2012, 2013)

Russ Ballard – guitar, lead vocals (1969–1974, 2010, 2012, 2013)

Jim Rodford – bass guitar, backing vocals (1969–1976, 2010, 2012, 2013; died 2018)

John Verity – guitar, lead vocals (1974–1976)

John Grimaldi – guitar (1974–1976; died 1983)

Argent Discography Full

1970 Argent Epic

1971 Ring of Hands

1972 All Together Now

1973 In Deep

1974 Nexus

1975 Circus