Argus
by Wishbone Ash

Album
Argus by Wishbone Ash
Year: 1972
Release date: 1972-04-28
Overall rank: 928th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 307 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1972 (19th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (189th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (928th)

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Argus is ranked as the best album by Wishbone Ash.

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Argus track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 86 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Time Was
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Sometime World
Average Rating: 87 (81 votes)Comments: View 1
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Blowin' Free
Average Rating: 86 (79 votes)Comments: View 0
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The King Will Come
Average Rating: 86 (86 votes)Comments: View 1
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Leaf And Stream
Average Rating: 85 (76 votes)Comments: View 0
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Warrior
Average Rating: 86 (74 votes)Comments: View 1
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Throw Down The Sword
Average Rating: 86 (75 votes)Comments: View 0

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Argus rankings

Argus rankings summary
Overall rank: 928th | 1970s rank: 189th | 1972 rank: 19th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 307 votes)
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75/100
 !		07/01/2026 20:49 iann97  Ratings distribution  2,10574/100
 
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 !		06/10/2026 07:16 brent13  Ratings distribution  2,14367/100
 
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 !		05/11/2026 21:30 greasel  Ratings distribution  1882/100

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From BestEverAlbums 08/31/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5421): By Simon_bramhall
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Simon_bramhall () 1. by (1973) 2. by by (1969) 4. by (1977) 6. by (1969) 7. (1966) 8. by (1975) 9. by (1968) 11. by by by by (1969) 15. by by by (1973) 18. (1972) 19. by (2009) 20. (1973) 21. by (1987) 22. by (1971) 23. by by (1973) 25.…”
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From BestEverAlbums 08/19/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5409): By bermolder
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by bermolder () 1. by by by (2001) 4. by (2010) 5. by (1973) 6. (2004) 7. by (2003) 8. by (2014) 9. by (2012) 10. by (2006) 11. by (2008) 12. by (2024) 14. by (1975) 15. by (2006) 16. by (2003) 17. (1975) 18. (1971) 19. by (2016) 20. (1977) 21.…”
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From BestEverAlbums 07/08/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5367): By borninhockeytown
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by by (1974) 3. (1989) 4. by (2015) 5. by (1973) 6. by (2005) 8. by (2003) 9. by (1986) 10. by (1966) 11. by (2005) 12. by (2016) 13. (1996) 14. by by (1968) 16. (1977) 17. by (1987) 18. by (2024) 19. by by (1996) 21. by (1993) 23. by…”
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From 09/22/2023 04:50 | #299202
Maybe my favorite album ever made, just so much good stuff going on with the twin guitar melodies (Edited)
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75/100
From 09/06/2022 17:37 | #289410
Solid prog record (Edited)
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From 08/21/2022 00:28 | #288736
Another one of the all time essential prog albums! Nearly every song is perfect, both complex and listenable. Those guitars are just excellent! (Edited)
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From 07/07/2022 18:56 | #287178
Solid prog rock with interesting themes. (Edited)
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From 05/21/2022 00:10 | #285583 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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. (Edited)
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