Greatest Rock albums of all time - Part.11

        WISHBONE ASH: ARGUS (1972)

   I don't know about other countries, but Argus is a legendary album in Greece.

  It was released on January 1972, it was the 3rd studio album of Wishbone Ash, and it is considered their best work by far. Needless to say that is also their most famous work.  Many music magazines named it as 'album of the year' on 1972.

  The album has a Medieval theme, and the music style includes elements of Progressive Rock, Hard Rock and even Folk Rock.

  The major characteristic of Argus was the two leading guitars (instead of the usual one lead and one rhythm guitar), that gave to their sound a very different feeling. Actually, this album is considered as a landmark for it's special guitar sound. This two-lead-guitar style, was adopted later on from bands like Thin Lizzy and Iron Maiden, among others.

  The sound engineer was Martin Birch, who had also worked with Deep Purple and later on with Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden.

  In the years that followed, Argus became a big live attraction, which still continues in many occasions in our days.

   The album includes 7 songs, and with the exception of  Leaf and Stream (3.55), all the other songs are over 5 minutes long.

  Songs like Warrior, The King will come, and Throw down the sword are examples of how good and well-structured Rock music should sound like.

 I remember buying the vinyl edition at some point during the 80’s and the CD re-issue almost ten years later, which was including one extra song.

In my opinion, Argus is a brilliant album and a ‘must-have’ for every Rock fan.

In case you don’t have it yet, buy it without a second thought!
Here's a few songs from that album:
The king will come 
Throw down the sword
Leaf and stream