In Deep

In Deep Artist: Argent
Label: Collectables
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 090431608821
EAN: 0090431608821
ASIN: B00002CEYZ


Release Date: 1999-11-09

In Deep


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Tracks:

  1. God Gave Rock And Roll To You
  2. It's Only Money (Part 1)
  3. It's Only Money (Part 2)
  4. Losing Hold
  5. Be Glad
  6. Christmas For The Free
  7. Candles On The River
  8. Rosie
  9. Hold Your Head Up

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  1. Ring of Hands
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  5. Anthology: The Best of Argent

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Quadrophonic Gem.......2007-05-15

I still own the Quad release of the LP. I remember it as an awesome experience. Unfortunately I no longer own the quad amp or turntable. May just have to break down and buy the CD. Would love to see a surround mix for this one. I won't hold my breath.

5 out of 5 stars Brilliant group - brilliant album!.......2007-01-13

This is a great album with a very definitive sound.

3 out of 5 stars their heaviest and silliest album........2002-11-15

Just in case you never heard of this group, ARGENT consisted of ROD ARGENT, who had played with the ZOMBIES, on keyboards and vocals..RUSS BALLARD, who would go on to have alot of his songs made popular by groups like RAINBOW, ACE FREHLEY and AMERICA, on vocals and guitar...and bassist JIM RODFORD and drummer BOB HENRIT, who would later become the rhythm section for THE KINKS.


ARGENT were a prog rock band that centered around the keyboard talents of ROD ARGENT and the strong songwriting of ROD and RUSS. RUSS wasn't much in the way of a lead guitarist, but he had a great, tenor singing voice and a love of power chords.


IN DEEP, their fourth album, was their heaviest album..but also their funniest. My favorite songs are IT'S ONLY MONEY, PARTS 1 and 2...and the try-to-be scary prog rocker BE GLAD. The first part of IT'S ONLY MONEY may be the best song BALLARD ever wrote..it's a very dangerous sounding and heavy prog rocker with some very solid drumming and a very catchy, cool guitar riff. In contrast, IT'S ONLY MONEY, PART 2 is an upbeat and rather funny song! The whole band sounds like they're having a party on this song...my favorite part may be BALLARD's little guitar jam before the vocal part that ends the song. BE GLAD has Rod Argent going back and forth between his piano and his organ and while this song tries too hard to be EVIL AND SINISTER, it's still an enjoyable song with some terrific keyboard solos and some nice guitar riffing. LOSING HOLD is another strong track, tho' it's a tad on the downbeat side..to say the very most!
The album ends with what I think is it's weakest track, the barroom rock-n-roller ROSIE, tho' JIM RODFORD was quite proud of his "GET ON WIV IT!"

SWIM BOY THUNDER...SWIM!

3 out of 5 stars Argent in over their heads on this one........2002-05-31

Argent's schizoid tendencies really started to flare up on "In Deep." You've got Russ Ballard's hard-rock screamers trying to peacefully co-exist with Rod Argent's more proggier epics. The two different approaches actually work well together on the classic "God Gave Rock n' Roll To You" but on the rest of the tracks, you either love 'em or you hate 'em. Ballard rocks out on the overly long "It's Only Money Pt. I & II" while Argent does his best Keith Emmerson impersonation on "Be Glad." After Argent's prog-leaning follow-up, "Nexus," Ballard split for a solo career. The only head-scratcher on this CD reissue is why they included "Hold Your Head Up" as a bonus cut. That track originally appeared on the previous "All Together Now" album. (Note to Collectables: Although we appreciate your reissuing the Argent catalog, why the cheesey, lame inserts? Why not include the art work and photos from the original album sleeves?)

4 out of 5 stars Who gave rock and roll to you?.......2000-12-17

The strongest tracks on this album are at the front, and all are Russ Ballard compositions: 'God gave Rock and Roll to you' and 'It's only money' parts 1 and 2. The latter two are surprisingly heavy! The first and third tracks were released as singles, at least in the UK.

1973 was just before the synthesizer became prevalent. But Rod Argent's organ sounds superb. If you come with say, Jon Lord's organ on Deep Purple In Rock, it's fascinating to hear what was possible on this instrument. And compare that with Hugh Banton's bass pedal work for Van Der Graaf. Given that there is no synth on this album, it's slightly surprising that not too long after this album, Rod Argent opened a keyboards/synths shop on London's Charing Cross Road, which was still there when I last looked.

But really the group should be called 'Ballard' rather than 'Argent'. Russ Ballard went on to write songs for more mainstream pop artists.

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