IN DEEP

Argent's follow up is similar in style to ATTN but with a bit more prog thrown into the mix.The opening track "God Gave Rock and Roll to You" is such a well known anthem no doubt largely because of Kiss cover version that it is easy to dismiss it a lightweight song.The instrumentation is actually quite sophisticated with an almost Baroque feel and Classical guitar picking in the middle.It really is another stone cold Classic.Easily one of Argents crowning achievements. The rest of the album is actually quite dark and heavy and probably would appeal to Prog Rock fans more than the earlier album."It's only Money Part 1" is a brooding and very heavy prog rocker with a great pulsating base line and another terrific. organ solo"Seriously Rod Argent is so underrated.The closing track on side one "Losing Hold" starts as as a melancholy ballad and includes an excellent guitar solo by Russ Ballard. The song end with a highly atmospheric doomy melotron solo punctuated with big fat gongs in the background. Side two continues the proggy sound with the lengthy "Be Glad" which although a straight forward heavy rocker albeit piano led features another lengthy instrumental break mixing classically inspired piano deviations with aggressive hammond solos- very ELP."Candles on the River" is another mini epic full of epic stabbing hammond chords. The boys cannot help themselves and the closing track "Rosie" is another lightweight feel good boogie.I personally do not have a problem with groups incorporating lightweight feel-good or even comic songs -ELP got away with "Are You Ready Eddy" at the end of Tarkus so Argent should not get critisized either and I must admit after the relentlessly downbeat nature of much of InDeep it is a bit of light relief.

Overall, this is another really strong album and more likely to appeal to fans of prog than the preceding album.

4.5 stars

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