Nexus [Extra tracks, Import]

Argent | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 10, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: Sbme Import
• ASIN: B000007WDR
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #280,079 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Coming of Kohoutek [Instrumental]

2. Once Around the Sun [Instrumental]

3. Infinite Wanderer

4. Love

5. Music from the Spheres

6. Thunder and Lightning

7. Keeper of the Flame

8. A Man for All Reasons

9. Gonna Meet My Maker

Editorial Reviews

1998 reissue on Columbia of the original 1974 release for the label by Rod Argent's post-Zombies' band. Features all nine original tracks, including 'The Coming Of Kohoutek' and'Once Around The Sun'.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Argent's Best!!, August 24, 2001

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This review is from: Nexus (Audio CD)

This album is great. Argent was not headed in the wrong direction, it just wasn't a commerical success...Music From the Spheres is a fantastic song, well worth the price of the CD. It may be their best song, if it isn't it is probably only second to Hold Your Head Up. Unless something on a release after this is better (I've heard that Circus is excellent)...I haven't heard the subsequent releases but of all of the prior ones I think this album is the best overall. Closely followed by All Together and Ring of Hands... Besides Music from the Spheres, Thunder and Lightning and Keeper of the Flame are noteworthy tracks here . Coming of Kohoutek/Once Around the Sun starts of this brilliant album. It will not turn off progrock lovers. Not one bit. Lots of cool synths and good sound quality. If you aren't a progrock fan, maybe this isn't for you, else, go for it!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Taking you back, August 12, 2002

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Jerry Fry (Freeman, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nexus (Audio CD)

I'd say a 4 rating is rather generous for this album but 2 or 3 of the songs on it rate a 5. All I ever knew about Argent until I bought Nexus on 8 track around 28 years ago was the song "Hold your Head up". I had a little extra money and took a chance on "Nexus". There are some great keyboards here, especially on "Thunder & Lightning". "Gonna Meet My Maker" is also worth getting this CD for. In fact, for years all I've had is the album. I didn't find the CD till now. The picture on the album is better, but what the hey, you can't have everything. "Music From the Spheres" has a beautiful ending, the keyboard playing by Argent is stupendous. Listen to this song when your driving around in the winter, on a cold sunny day near sunset, with snow around but not on the roads. It's a winner.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great synthesizer-heavy progressive hard rock, December 3, 2005

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Jeffrey J.Park (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nexus (Audio CD)

Released in 1974, this album moved Argent closer to the realm of progressive rock. Stylistically, the nine pieces fuse elements of the progressive rock style (virtuosity, classical form and structure) with thunderous hard rock to make a very enjoyable listening experience. The first three instrumental tracks form a lengthy suite that features the Hammond organ work of superb keyboardist Rod Argent, along with sweeping pipe organ parts, some excellent mellotron and piano work, and the use of loads of synthesizers (they sound mostly like moog synthesizers). In fact, synthesizers are used extensively throughout the entire album. The guitarist alternately uses clean tones and slightly distorted tones, and can be characterized as a fairly heavy player while the rhythm section is tight and extremely heavy. The quiet, mellotron-drenched ballad Love was written by Russ Ballard and provides a nice contrast to the opening prog extravaganza and really is a very nice composition. The remaining five tracks range from tightly arranged, sophisticated progressive hard rock pieces (Music of the Spheres, Keeper of the Flame, and A Man for all Reasons) to hard rock pieces complete with an aggressive, "hard rock" vocal style (Thunder and Lightning and Gonna' Meet my Maker). Of these five tracks, the 8'07" Music of the Spheres features a ripping, jazz inflected electric piano solo with superb contributions by the other band members and is a personal favorite. Other great tracks include Keeper of the Flame and A Man for all Reasons, which both feature more prog than hard rock. The follow-up to Nexus was the Circus album released in 1975, which exhibits slightly more of the progressive rock style than Nexus. For those folks that like Nexus, Song for America (Kansas, 1975) and Hemispheres (Rush, 1978) might also prove enjoyable.