Encore: Live in Concert [Live]

Argent | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 9, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B00002CEZ1
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #278,384 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Only if you're into "prog", December 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Encore: Live in Concert (Audio CD)

If you cannot stomach "prog-rock" and would cheerfully shoot Rick Wakeman or Keith Emerson on sight, stop reading this now. This album is not for you. If, however, you never met a synthesiser you didn't like and can get into long, spacey jams titled after comets, Argent's live album will likely go down just fine with you. It features all of prog's granduer/excess (take your pick) in full bloom; spacey synths, pomp-and-circumstance organs, odd-beat bass/drums patterns and the guitar solos straight from the Steve Howe/Hackett riff catalogue. You DO get one "song" song here; guitarist Russ Ballard gives a solo reading of his "I Don't Believe In Miracles," as pretty a pop tune as ever there was(and a hit for ex-Zombies vocalist Colin Blunstone). But that's the exception; everything else here is from the prog side of the street and how you like it depends very, very much on your liking for that rock sub-genre. I like.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is an excellent live show for Argent fans and Prog Fans, August 31, 2006

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mbfthrasher (Renton, Washington United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Encore: Live in Concert (Audio CD)

I'm puzzled that other reviewers fault this piece. If you are an Argent fan I can't see how you wouldn't be absolutely thrilled; I know I am. True, as sometimes happens in live shows the songs may be longer than the studio versions. If it bothers you when a band "extends" songs when live then maybe this would not be your favorite. However, I'll put it to you plainly - if you like Yes, ELP, Triumvirat, Deep Purple, I don't see how you would not thoroughly enjoy this concert. It is well recorded/mixed and each player does a fine job. Nobody sounds wasted or burned out; it simply is an excellent piece. Again, for instance, if you cannot stand a band like, for instance, Yes, this is not for you.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Argent - 'Encore: Live In Concert' (Collectables), October 16, 2004

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Encore: Live in Concert (Audio CD)

Originally released in 1974, 'Encore: Live In Concert' has never been considered to be all that great of a live album. In fact, it's pure mediocre. However, it does have a few highlights throughout it's 78 minute duration. Whew! That's a long disc there. The few cuts that I thought more or less made the disc worth hanging onto (at least to me) were "Music From The Spheres", the eleven minute refreshing "Hold Your Head Up" and their rendition of The Zombie's "Time Of The Season". Fairly recent, I ran into keyboardist / songwriter Rod Argent while he was on tour with former Zombies vocalist Colin Blunstone and he was telling me that to this day, Argent reforms now and again with all five original members to usually play benefit concerts. I firmly believe that Argent could most likely sound better than 'Encore' at a present day live gig.