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    Posted: March 31 2006 at 06:49

are now in PA.

I've always thought that "Argus" was generally recognised to be their best album, but I've only ever heard this and their first one.

Is it their best album? Is it their most prog album?
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Argus is their best and proggiest, but the first three are excellent and the Lives Dates is also good, but from their fifth album (once Ted Turner left) they lost their magic

But I do not think of WA as prog, though!!

I think that they have been added as prog-related, though!!!
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Prog Related they are... 

...and lucky they were too, to have been added...
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I always liked the album New England.
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I love Argus as much as any album in existence. It's perfection IMHO.

I don't think they are prog in the true sense, though some albums have prog related characteristics. Porg related is a good place for them.

 I have in my collection:

Wishbone Ash

Pilgrimage

Argus

IV

New England

There's the Rub

No Smoke Without Fire (excellent)

Just Testing

Nouveau Calls

Here to Hear

Live Dates and Livedates 2

Live in Chicago

I've seen them 10 times in concert, the last in March 2005 in a pub in Hull with 200 young kids who loved them!

I look forward to reviewing them.
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Yes, Martin, Wishbone Ash is lucky to be on Prog Archives, at this moment The Doors, Jefferson Airplane and Santana are crying ......

Hello Chopper, Wishbone Ash is nostalgia for me, many years I listened almost every day to Live Dates while visiting my best friend who was more into guitar-rock. For me the album Argus is their 'magnum opus'  !
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^Open wide the doors to 'Jefferson Airplane', let 'Santana' slip in and maybe 'The Doors ' through the backdoor.
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At the risk of repetition...
Wishbone Ash are lucky to be here.You may as well include Fleetwood Mac 1968-1971 and Ten Years After.
W.A.were basically a Blues/Folk Rock band with dual guitarists similar to Fleetwood Mac's Green/Kirwan line-up.

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Happy to see the Ash here Saw them last week in concert at Stratford Upon Avon & they were absolutely brilliant!!! The new album Clan Destiny is fantastic but a million miles from prog! One of my best bands ever!!!
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VERY BIG ADDITION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

ARGUS

is(in ENGLAND)

THE BEST ALBUM OF 1972

 

AND NOT DISCUSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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more than chuffed to see 'ash on here, hope to see some more albums added to their list soon!

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At long bloody last. The first eponymous album is my fav
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 Fantastic band! "Phoenix" is one of the most beautiful songs ever! 
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I'd not have objected to them being in 'art rock' either, but don't have a problem with 'prog related'. I love their first three- 'Argus' is one of those albums that gets better and better every time you play it, with some of the finest guitar work I know of. After that though, I'm not so fussed on what I've heard ('4, There's The Rub, Number The Brave- ok albums but rather patchy) until 'Illuminations' which despite being way too long, had moments of top quality, and 'Bona Fide' featured three of their best songs ever, 'Ancient Remedy', 'Faith Hope and Love' and 'Come Rain Come Shine', their most progressive piece in years.

Might I recommend the DVDs 'Almighty Blues' and 'Phoenix Rising'- though the DVDs aren't so great- they split a concert into 2 discs so the punter would pay more- the gig featured is tremendous. The second of those has some nice archive film from the 70s..
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Hallelujah their first three albums are all very much prog orientated with the still remarkable Argus one of my favourites.Saw them 2 weeks at The Renfrew Ferry in Glasgow where they always play to a full house of all ages who thoroughlly appreciate their brand of music.The King will come and at long last so has Wishbone Ash into Progarchives.
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Might I recommend the DVDs 'Almighty Blues' and 'Phoenix Rising'- though the DVDs aren't so great- they split a concert into 2 discs so the punter would pay more- the gig featured is tremendous. The second of those has some nice archive film from the 70s..

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I agree,fantastic DVD's
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Points: 997 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 31 2006 at 18:04

Finally in the Archives! Justice done.

In my opinion Argus is their best studio album, but LIVE DATES is one of the best live albums of all times, up there with Yessongs and Live at Carnegie Hall (Renaissance)

 
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