Argus
by Wishbone Ash
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Argus is ranked as the best album by Wishbone Ash.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 86 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 02/19/2026 15:38 | serge1957 | 235 | 66/100 | |
| 02/03/2026 15:24 | alexandermause | 1,555 | 86/100 | |
| 01/02/2026 04:27 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,990 | 70/100 | |
| 12/30/2025 22:24 | FrancK | 510 | 83/100 | |
| 11/23/2025 07:18 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.8/100, a mean average of 78.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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Maybe my favorite album ever made, just so much good stuff going on with the twin guitar melodies
Solid prog record
Another one of the all time essential prog albums! Nearly every song is perfect, both complex and listenable. Those guitars are just excellent!
Solid prog rock with interesting themes.
What an outstanding display of guitar work that demands your attention right from the start. This is one of the best guitar performances I have ever heard on a prog rock record with them synchronising so well with the other instruments. This makes for a cohesive listen for us and one that never stops putting out quality performances. The vocals slot in perfectly as well with the drums adding an extra layer to make it even better. The compositions the group have come up with as well are simply stunning with them providing us with some fantastic build up and then giving us a beautiful payoff on basically every track. Not a single song on here is filler with every song being great and all of them fill you with energy due to the vibrant solos and passionate vocal performance. It is seamless also as one song leads into the next making the record completely fly by. Overall, this is a record I didn't stumble across for a while but now I have I am immensely grateful as this is phenomenal.
Jboy56 04/13/2022 17:31 | #284200
I made a revisit today. What a revisit it was, this album is AWESOME. The guitar work. harmonies, the song structures are just fantastic. A classic album and should be higher on any list. Recommended. All songs are at least 95/100
Just going to echo what everyone else said. A fantastic album that somehow took years to reach me. Some of the best guitar work on any album ever. It's full of enjoyable, accessible prog/folk/hard rock from start to finish. All killer, no filler.
Ive been getting into prog a lot lately... a friend recommended me this one and I loved it!! Some of the best guitar work Ive heard on any record. Sometime World and Warrior in particular are awesome!
teague 07/07/2020 04:33 | #255155
Wishbone Ash's guitar work is really what separates them from the rest of progressive rock, most bands only had one guitarist, if any. Argus is their version of a magnum opus; sprawling, technical, and understated.
I went into this album not knowing a lot about the band, and I fell in love with the guitar interplay throughout the album. A real winner that somehow took a while to reach my ears.
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