Argent - 2022 - Hold Your Head Up-The Best Of (2CD)

Genre: Rock, Progressive Rock
Country of release: UK & Europe
Year of release: 2022
Publisher (label): Edsel Records
Catalog number: EDSL0104
Country: UK
Audio codec: FLAC (*.flac)
Rip type: image+.cue
Audio bitrate: lossless
Duration: 02:15:18

Tracklist:
CD1 (01:09:54)
01. Hold Your Head Up (Rod Argent/Chris White) (1971)
02. God Gave Rock And Roll To You (Russ Ballard) (1973)
03. Christmas For The Free (Rod Argent/Chris White) (1973)
04. Liar (Russ Ballard) (1969)
05. Schoolgirl (Russ Ballard) (1969)
06. Dance In The Smoke (Rod Argent/Chris White) (1969)
07. It's Only Money (Part 2) (Russ Ballard) (1973)
08. Clown (Rod Argent) (1975)
09. Tragedy (Russ Ballard) (1972)
10. It's Only Money (Part 1) (Russ Ballard) (1973)
11. Sweet Mary (Rod Argent/Chris White) (1970)
12. Celebration (Rod Argent/Chris White) (1970)
13. Lothlorien (Rod Argent/Chris White) (1970)
14. Man for All Reasons (Russ Ballard) (1974)

CD2 (01:05:24)
01. Thunder And Lightning (Russ Ballard) (1974)
02. The Jester (Rod Argent) (1975)
03. Highwire (Rod Argent) (1975)
04. Love (Russ Ballard) (1974)
05. Keep On Rollin' (Rod Argent/Chris White) (1971)
06. Be My Lover, Be My Friend (Rod Argent/Chris White) (1972)
07. Like Honey (Rod Argent/Chris White) (1969)
08. Sleep Won't Help Me (Rod Argent/Chris White) (1970)
09. Pleasure (Rod Argent/Chris White) (1970)
10. The Coming Of Kohoutek (Rod Argent/Chris White) (1974)
11. Once Around The Sun (Rod Argent/Chris White) (1974)
12. Infinite Wanderer (Rod Argent/Chris White) (1974)
13. Circus (Rod Argent) (1975)
14. Candles On The River (Rod Argent/Chris White) (1973)

Personnel:
Rod Argent – keyboards, backing and lead vocals (1969–1976, 2010, 2012, 2013)
Bob Henrit – drums (1969–1976, 2010, 2012, 2013)
Russ Ballard – guitar, lead vocals (1969–1974, 2010, 2012, 2013)
Jim Rodford – bass guitar, backing vocals (1969–1976, 2010, 2012, 2013; died 2018)
John Verity – guitar, lead vocals (1974–1976)
John Grimaldi – guitar (1974–1976; died 1983)

Argent was a British rock band that performed a mixture of rock, pop, and progressive rock.
Argent is a combination of talents - keyboard wizard Rod Argent (The Zombies) and Russ Ballard (writer of Rainbow's "Since You Been Gone" and "I Surrender"), along with other more than capable band members like the late, great bassist Jim Rodford and drummer Bob Henritt, both of whom went on to join The Kinks, deserve a much wider audience. Rod Argent also co-wrote many of the songs on Argent with his former Zombie bandmate Chris White, so along with Ballard, the songwriting on this collection really does have an exceptionally high pedigree. Hopefully, this 2-CD collection will earn a few more new fans who will appreciate it, as it's chock-full of memorable songs, including the big hits "Hold Your Head Up," "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll To You" (also a huge hit for Kiss), "Liar," which was later covered by Americans Three Dog Night and and many others that occupy a middle ground between rock and prog. Argent's songs possess incredible melody, and since many of Argent's albums are currently unavailable, this is a great opportunity to hear some excellent songs that have been hard to find for quite some time