Ring of Hands

Ring of Hands
Studio album by Argent
Released	February 1971
Recorded	1970
Studio	Sound Techniques, London
Genre	Progressive rock [1]
Length	42:40
Label	Epic
Producer	Rod Argent, Chris White
Argent chronology
Argent (1970) Ring of Hands (1971) All Together Now (1972)

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Review scores
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AllMusic	[1]

Ring of Hands is a 1971 album and the second released by British rock band Argent. It was originally released on Epic Records, E 30128.

The song "Chained" was re-recorded by Three Dog Night on their 1972 release Seven Separate Fools . This was the second Argent song covered by them.

Track listing

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

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Celebration"		2:55
2.	"Sweet Mary"		4:06
3.	"Cast Your Spell Uranus"	Russ Ballard	4:31
4.	"Lothlorien"		7:50

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Chained"	Ballard	5:19
6.	"Rejoice"		3:46
7.	"Pleasure"		4:52
8.	"Sleep Won't Help Me"		5:11
9.	"Where Are We Going Wrong"	Ballard	4:10

Personnel

Argent

• Rod Argent – organ, electric piano, lead (1, 2, 6, 7) and backing vocals
• Russ Ballard – guitar, lead (1–5, 8, 9) and backing vocals, piano (3)
• Jim Rodford – bass guitar, backing vocals, guitar
• Robert Henrit – drums, percussion

Technical

• Jerry Boys – engineer

A two-disc CD re-issue of this album plus Argent (1970) was released by BGO Records in 2000.

References

1. DeGagne, Mike. "Argent Ring of Hands review". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 16 October 2011.