("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).
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.
Side one
1. Like Honey - 3:15
2. Liar - 3:14
3. Be Free - 3:52
4. Schoolgirl - 3:22
5. Dance In The Smoke - 6:19
Side two
1. Lonely Hard Road - 4:24
2. The Feeling’s Inside - 3:51
3. Freefall - 3:21
4. Stepping Stone - 4:40
5. Bring You Joy - 4:11
Personnel
- 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
- Technical
- Jerry Boys – engineer
- Tony Lane – artwork, cover design
Notes
Released: 1969
Format: LP
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: CBS Records
Catalog# S 63781
Vinyl: Good
Cover: Gebruikerssporen
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