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Argus

The third album, which Sounds named album of the year.
Wishbone Ash, 1972

Derek Lawrence produced and Martin Birch engineered at De Lane Lea. Powell and Ted Turner played lead, harmony lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars, Martin Turner bass and vocals, Upton drums, and John Tout played organ on "Throw Down the Sword". The music is credited to the band and Martin Turner wrote most of the lyrics. It was not planned as a concept album; Powell said in 2017 that when people analyzed that record it was a concept album by default, with medieval and Greek mythology themes on side two. The cover is by Hipgnosis, a warrior at the Gorges du Verdon in Provence in a costume from Ken Russell's The Devils. It reached three in the UK and went gold. Sounds named it album of the year for 1972, and AllMusic's William Ruhlmann gave it 4 of 5, calling it the quintessential Wishbone Ash recording. A 50th anniversary box set came out in April 2023.

Track listing

  1. Time Was9:42
  2. Sometime World6:55
  3. Blowin' Free5:17
  4. The King Will Come7:06
  5. Leaf and Stream3:55
  6. Warrior5:53
  7. Throw Down the Sword5:55

More from Wishbone Ash

Pilgrimage (1971), There's The Rub (1974), Ashes Are Burning (1976), New England (1976), Locked In (1976), Front Page News (1977), Just Testing (1980), Number The Brave (1981), Raw To The Bone (1985), Nouveau Calls (1987), Here To Hear (1989), Illuminations (1996), Psychic Terrorism (1999), Bare Bones (1999), Bona Fide (2002), Almighty Blues - London & Beyond (2004), Clan Destiny (2006), The Power Of Eternity (2007), Elegant Stealth (2011), Blue Horizon (2014), Coat Of Arms (2020), Portsmouth 1980 (2021)

Sources

  1. Argus (album), Wikipedia
  2. Wishbone Ash, Wikipedia