Nexus (Argent album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Nexus

| type = Studio

| artist = Argent

| cover = Argent-nexus.jpg

| alt =

| released = March 1974

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Progressive rock{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/rockingclassicse0000maca|url-access=registration|title=Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture|last=Macan|first=Edward L.|date=1997|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780195098877|page=[https://archive.org/details/rockingclassicse0000maca/page/138 138]}}

| length = {{Duration|m=41|s=59}}

| label = Epic

| producer = Chris White, Rod Argent

| prev_title = In Deep

| prev_year = 1973

| next_title = Encore

| next_year = 1974

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative cover

| type = album

| cover =

| border =

| alt =

| caption = US and Canadian release.

}}

}}

{{Album reviews

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}} {{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/nexus-mw0000369158|title=Argent - Nexus (1974) album rating at AllMusic |publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=May 29, 2018}}

}}

Nexus is the fifth album by British rock band Argent. It was released in March 1974{{Cite web|url=https://www.45worlds.com/vinyl/album/sepc65924|title=Nexus – Argent|website=45worlds|access-date=5 October 2024}} on CBS Records. "Nexus" was the last Argent album to feature guitarist/lead singer Russ Ballard.

Track listing

Songs written by Rod Argent and Chris White except as noted.

{{Tracklisting

| headline = Side one

| title1 = The Coming of Kohoutek

| note1 = instrumental

| length1 = 3:01

| title2 = Once Around the Sun

| note2 = instrumental

| length2 = 2:49

| title3 = Infinite Wanderer

| note3 = instrumental

| length3 = 3:42

| title4 = Love

| writer4 = Russ Ballard

| length4 = 3:51

| title5 = Music from the Spheres

| length5 = 8:10

}}

{{Tracklisting

| headline = Side two

| title6 = Thunder and Lightning

| writer6 = Ballard

| length6 = 5:05

| title7 = Keeper of the Flame

| length7 = 6:02

| title8 = Man for All Reasons

| writer8 = Ballard

| length8 = 4:44

| title9 = Gonna Meet My Maker

| writer9 = Ballard

| length9 = 4:35

}}

Personnel

;Argent

Charts

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Chart (1974)

! Peak
position

{{Album chart|Billboard200|149|artist=Argent|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 20, 2024}}

References