Argent is the first album by British

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 rock

Rock music

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 band Argent

Argent (band)

Argent are an English rock band founded in 1969 by keyboardist Rod Argent, formerly of The Zombies.-Career:The first three demos from Argent, recorded in the autumn of 1968 featured Mac MacLeod on bass guitar though he was not meant to become a member of the group.Original members of the band were...

. Released in 1970 on CBS Records

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 (USA: Epic Records), the album did not chart in either the U.S. or the U.K. and did not produce any hit singles, although the song "Liar" would become a top-10 Billboard

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hit the following year through a cover version by Three Dog Night

Three Dog Night

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. ("Liar" b/w "Schoolgirl" was issued in the US as a 45 on Date

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, before CBS moved the band to their Epic label.)

Track listing

Songs written by Rod Argent

Rod Argent

Rod Argent is an English rock musician and a founding member of the 1960s English pop group The Zombies and the 1970s band Argent....

 and Chris White

Chris White (musician)

Chris White was the bass guitarist and songwriter with the 60s British Invasion band The Zombies.Although born in Barnet, Hertfordshire, he was brought up in Markyate where his parents owned a village shop...

 except as noted.

1. "Like Honey" - 3:15
2. "Liar" (Russ Ballard
   Russ Ballard
   Russell Glyn Ballard is an English singer, songwriter and musician.-Career:Ballard was initially a guitarist with Buster Meikle & The Day Breakers in 1961, together with Roy Ballard, Russ's older brother on piano and Bob Henrit on drums...
   
   ) - 3:14
3. "Be Free" - 3:52
4. "Schoolgirl" (Ballard) - 3:22
5. "Dance In the Smoke" - 6:19
6. "Lonely Hard Road" (Ballard) - 4:24
7. "The Feeling's Inside" - 3:51
8. "Freefall" - 3:21
9. "Stepping Stone" - 4:40
10. "Bring You Joy" - 4:11

Personnel

• Rod Argent
  Rod Argent
  Rod Argent is an English rock musician and a founding member of the 1960s English pop group The Zombies and the 1970s band Argent....
  
   – organ
  Organ (music)
  The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
  
  , electric piano
  Electric piano
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  , vocals
• Russ Ballard
  Russ Ballard
  Russell Glyn Ballard is an English singer, songwriter and musician.-Career:Ballard was initially a guitarist with Buster Meikle & The Day Breakers in 1961, together with Roy Ballard, Russ's older brother on piano and Bob Henrit on drums...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , vocals
• Jim Rodford
  Jim Rodford
  Jim Rodford is a musician who played with The Kinks, The Swinging Blue Jeans and was a founding member of Argent...
  
   – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , guitar, vocals
• Robert Henrit
  Bob Henrit
  Bob Henrit is an English drummer who has been a member of several musical groups, including Buster Meikle & The Daybreakers, The Hunters, Unit 4 + 2, The Roulettes, Argent and The Kinks....
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion

A two-disc CD re-issue of this album plus Ring of Hands

Ring of Hands

Ring of Hands is a 1971 album and the second released by British rock band Argent. It was originally released on Epic Records.-Track listing:Songs written by Rod Argent and Chris White except as noted.Side One#"Celebration" # "Sweet Mary"...

was released by BGO Records in 2000.