All Together Now (Argent album)

All Together Now
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1972 (UK)
Recorded1971
StudioAbbey Road, London
Genre
Length41:42
71:18 (CD re-release)
LabelEpic
ProducerChris White, Rod Argent
Argent chronology
Ring of Hands
(1971)
All Together Now
(1972)
In Deep
(1973)

All Together Now is the third album by British rock band Argent, released in April 1972. It was originally released on Epic Records, KE 31556. It was Argent's first hit album; it features "Hold Your Head Up", their most successful single, which reached #5 in the UK, Canadian, and U.S. singles charts. Other featured songs include "Tragedy" which reached #34 in the UK, "I Am the Dance of Ages" and "He's a Dynamo". The album reached #14 in Canada.[2]

The 1997 compact disc re-release of All Together Now by Koch Records features an additional seven tracks not included on the original seven-track vinyl record. The bonus tracks include "God Gave Rock and Roll to You", which, owing to the popular cover/remake by Kiss, is one of Argent's best-known songs.

In 2009, for their reunion, Mr. Big recorded a cover of "Hold Your Head Up" and played it throughout the tour. Australian rock supergroup The Party Boys covered "Hold Your Head Up" in 1987 on their only studio album, The Party Boys. Uriah Heep also covered the song on their 1989 album Raging Silence. All bonus tracks were previously released on albums, except "Kingdom", which was the flip side of the "Celebration" single, and "Closer to Heaven" which was the B-side of the single "Hold Your Head Up".

Steppenwolf covered "Hold Your Head Up" on their 1982 album Wolftracks.

In 2012, Esoteric Recordings of Europe released the album (ECLEC 2321) with "Closer to Heaven" as a bonus track.

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  2. ^ "RPM Magazine - September 30, 1972 - page 12" (PDF).