Argent | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Argent |
Cover: | Argent (album).jpeg |
Released: | January 1970 |
Recorded: | 1969 ("(P) 1969" on original vinyl label) |
Studio: | Sound Techniques, London |
Genre: | |
Length: | 40:13 |
Label: | Epic |
Producer: | Rod Argent, Chris White |
Next Title: | Ring of Hands |
Next Year: | 1971 |
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).
Songs written by Rod Argent and Chris White except as noted.
A two-disc CD re-issue of this album plus Ring of Hands was released by BGO Records in 2000.