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General Information
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Artist...............: WISHBONE ASH
Album................: Argus
Released.............: 1972
Genre................: Prog Related
Duration.............: 48:30
Number of Songs......: 8
Cover(s) Included....: Yes
Audio Format.........: MP3
Bitrate..............: VBR -V2 192
Hz...................: 44,100
Channels.............: Joint Stereo
Source...............: CD
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Release Notes
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Track Listing:
01-Time Was-09:45
02-Sometime World-06:57
03-Blowin' Free-05:18
04-The King Will Come-07:08
05-Leaf And Stream-03:56
06-Warrior-05:54
07-Throw Down The Sword-05:56
08-No Easy Road-03:36
Album Review:
If Wishbone Ash can be considered a group who dabbled in the main strains of
early-'70s British rock without ever settling on one (were they a prog rock
outfit like Yes, a space rock unit like Pink Floyd, a heavy metal ensemble like
Led Zeppelin, or just a boogie band like Ten Years After?), the confusion
compounded by their relative facelessness and the generic nature of their
compositions, Argus, their third album, was the one on which they looked like
they finally were going to forge their own unique amalgamation of all those
styles into a sound of their own. The album boasted extended compositions, some
of them ("Time Was," "Sometime World") actually medleys of different tunes,
played with assurance and developing into imaginative explorations of new
musical territory and group interaction. The lyrics touched on medieval themes
("The King Will Come," "Warrior") always popular with British rock bands, adding
a majestic tone to the music, but it was the arrangements, with their twin lead
guitar parts and open spaces for jamming, that made the songs work so well.
Argus was a bigger hit in the U.K., where it reached the Top Five, than in the
U.S., where it set up the commercial breakthrough enjoyed by the band's next
album, Wishbone Four, but over the years it came to be seen as the
quintessential Wishbone Ash recording, the one that best realized the group's
complex vision.
- William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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