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Points: 8997 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 14 2015 at 16:47
I love Argus, and everything the band did up to and including Number The Brave (with John Wetton, no less)
          after that album, I kind of lost interest and enthusiasm for their releases (except for Nouveau Calls, a great album)
              Everything about Argus is just right, instrumentally, vocally, the special, inimitable "vibe" of the music, it is a unique and special record, for sure.
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Points: 20712 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 14 2015 at 13:52
Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Wow. this is starting to turn into a WA appreciation thread. Who would have thought that was possible?


Let's not get carried away......

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I've been listening to "Just Testing" for whole week. Love it, especially the first side and the opener "Living Proof".

Probably less enjoyable than the predecessor, it's an attempt of updating the sound with a bit of new wave (in "Insomnia" for instance, but not much).

The album is Martin Turner's last appearance on a WA record (until the instrumental "Noveau Calls"). 
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Points: 15926 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 11 2015 at 16:14
Warrior/Throw Down The Sword - the blue-print for Iron Maiden - listen to the rhythm and Turner's bass, particularly during the segue between the two. All it takes is a brief, but so inspired section to plant a seed in the right mind and then.............
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I think Argus is the band's crown achievement. Pilgrimage is musically more proggy but Argus has a perfect flow of songs, twin guitar playing, beautiful melodies, epic story ...

Warrior and Throw Down the Sword are one of my all time favorite songs. There's somethink majestic, manly and heroic in these songs. It's like watching Braveheart.
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All I know is I dig those guitars - love it when they play, hate it when they sing.
I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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I saw Argus in a friend's record collection in the Mid 70's,  I liked the cover, never heard it a year ago,  When I saw the high ratings on prog archives...Bought Argus off Amazon... I Listen to Argus once a month...I give it a 89/100!Clap   Smooth........
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Points: 1376 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 10 2015 at 11:22
Wishbone Ash was discovered by me wehn I was looking for completly different stuff (I still hear a lot of Heavy Metal back then).

And even "Argus" sound was much more softer, that just made a lot of sense to me. I like the first albums as well, there's good stuff there.
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Oh wow I love Wishbone Ash - Vas Dis [1971] starting from the bass and drums to every frickin' thing inc. the yodeling! This song is brilliant to date! Genius! <3
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Points: 20829 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2015 at 03:12
Originally posted by Intruder Intruder wrote:

I dig Argus.....but, man, I wish it were an instrumental album.
 
Though I'm not that much a fan of WA (I am, but not overwhelmingly so), I always thought that argus was in a class of its ow,n, because this is a big effort from bassist Martin Turner
 
Otherwise when the others are singing, I can do without vocals, but the whole albums as well (especially during the Wisefield years)
 
 
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Points: 4411 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2015 at 00:09
Good idea. We should start one. This band deserves it.

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Wow. this is starting to turn into a WA appreciation thread. Who would have thought that was possible?
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I'm a big fan of Argus, 'Time Was' is my favourite song on it.
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Argus would be pretty boring without vocals.
 
The lyrics on Throw Down The Sword never fail to give me goosebumps.
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Points: 2226 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2015 at 10:42
I dig Argus.....but, man, I wish it were an instrumental album.
I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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Points: 20829 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2015 at 07:14
Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

It even features a cover photo by Hipgnosis. Fancy that!
 
What's your opinion of Argus?
 
I still don't understand why that white spaceship was airbrushed out of so many later vinyl & CD version ConfusedOuch
 
Argus is by far my fave... one of my first twenty albums bought, and still probably in my top 50.
 
 
 
 
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Points: 1234 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2015 at 07:07
I think the beauty of Argus is that all the hallmarks of Wishbone Ash, the twin lead, vocal harmonies and amalgamation of rock and folk vibes, all came together in an album that was almost a concept album. It's one of the few albums I've heard which contains no tracks I would skip.
 
Like Tom, I love Handy on the first album, in fact I've always preferred it to Phoenix. I am one of a group of people who keep badgering Martin Turner to play it live (probably a pipe dream. No lineup of WA has performed it live since about 1971).
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