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Originally posted by Roland113 Roland113 wrote:

I'm absolutely loving "The Road of Bones".  The first disc is pretty good but to me, the second disc is far and away the winner here.  I absolutely love ever song on disc 2.


You are far from being alone here, my my fellow progger. I cannot get enough of it.
It's so beautifully crafted with exceptional track flow. I love the whole damn thing, but KNUCKLEHEAD is my favourite although disc 1 as a whole I like a bit more.

Do you think the intro to 10,000,000 demons reminds you of Depeche mode? Does for me. ;)
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Great and very versatile band!

Have a snippet of a young Paul Anthony interviewing the band on Signal Radio approx 1985 that I can upload once I've found the tape. (Unsure if it contravenes site policy so will check first).
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Outer Limits is probably the best neo-prog song EVER.
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Originally posted by Roland113 Roland113 wrote:

I'm absolutely loving "The Road of Bones".  The first disc is pretty good but to me, the second disc is far and away the winner here.  I absolutely love ever song on disc 2.



This has been my experience with the album as well.  The second CD is more varied (as much as IQ gets, anyway), the "main" CD is more homogeneous, which I guess was why they didn't just make it a 2 CD album (rather than a one CD album with a "bonus" CD).

Either way, the whole thing is quite good.
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I'm absolutely loving "The Road of Bones".  The first disc is pretty good but to me, the second disc is far and away the winner here.  I absolutely love ever song on disc 2.
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Originally posted by M27Barney M27Barney wrote:

Well well well , after all these years...I'd always wondered about the track "Wurensh" on Are you Sitting Comfortably - and always thought it was another German word for efficiency or summat (certainly not comedy anyway!). Anyway - as I was entering the CD details into my catalogue on my PC, I realised that the Producer is Terry Brown (Ring a Bell???)and apparently the track name is an anagram of "New Rush" - you learn something new (and in this case reasonably trivial) every day!!!


Really? Very very interesting. Thanks man.
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Points: 3136 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2014 at 11:21
Ah well - IQ did have at least three male musicians....who play guitars, keyboards, bass and drums......to a typical pop music critic that's all they needed to classify them as a Rush tribute band
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Originally posted by M27Barney M27Barney wrote:

Well well well , after all these years...I'd always wondered about the track "Wurensh" on Are you Sitting Comfortably - and always thought it was another German word for efficiency or summat (certainly not comedy anyway!). Anyway - as I was entering the CD details into my catalogue on my PC, I realised that the Producer is Terry Brown (Ring a Bell???)and apparently the track name is an anagram of "New Rush" - you learn something new (and in this case reasonably trivial) every day!!!


Yes, the "New Rush" thing is funny, mainly because IQ doesn't sound like Rush! I guess it wouldn't be unfathomable to draw some sonic parallels between that album and '85-'87 Rush, though (and The Police, another band '80s Rush was compared to).
Probably a little joke at the expense of the music critics at the time, who typically couldn't tell their Rush from their ELP and so liked to compare neo-prog bands to random prog bands from the past without really considering how they actually sounded.
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Nothing serious I hope - Get well soon from everyone here at Prog Archives and sunny Swinton!!!
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Originally posted by M27Barney M27Barney wrote:

Well well well , after all these years...I'd always wondered about the track "Wurensh" on Are you Sitting Comfortably - and always thought it was another German word for efficiency or summat (certainly not comedy anyway!). Anyway - as I was entering the CD details into my catalogue on my PC, I realised that the Producer is Terry Brown (Ring a Bell???)and apparently the track name is an anagram of "New Rush" - you learn something new (and in this case reasonably trivial) every day!!!


Yes, the "New Rush" thing is funny, mainly because IQ doesn't sound like Rush! I guess it wouldn't be unfathomable to draw some sonic parallels between that album and '85-'87 Rush, though (and The Police, another band '80s Rush was compared to).
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Well well well , after all these years...I'd always wondered about the track "Wurensh" on Are you Sitting Comfortably - and always thought it was another German word for efficiency or summat (certainly not comedy anyway!). Anyway - as I was entering the CD details into my catalogue on my PC, I realised that the Producer is Terry Brown (Ring a Bell???)and apparently the track name is an anagram of "New Rush" - you learn something new (and in this case reasonably trivial) every day!!!
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Originally posted by Mellotron Storm Mellotron Storm wrote:

I'll probably get around to reviewing it this weekend. A solid 4 stars i'd say and that rating will be for the main disc as I just don't include bonus tracks or discs in my evaluation. Yes the bonus disc is very good. I haven't bothered yet to check into this but is this really a concept album? I enjoy that sampled mellotron(at least I think it's sampled) and the bass and drumming especially. A safe album i'd say but really enjoyable.


You know, I did some searching around and I can't find any mention of it by any members of the band on their web site or elsewhere referring to any sort of concept.  The "Road Of Bones" is an actual thing though, so maybe it relates to this?  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/1404085/Road-of-Bones-where-slaves-perished.html
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Points: 2447 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 14 2014 at 08:12
Just thought I'd chime in here on the new one.  Got it last week, have listened to both CD's.  Main thing I notice is that Nichols just seems to get better the older he gets (the opposite of most singers).  Also, as other's have mentioned, Durant's keys really make this album shine, which is interesting since he's replacing the master, Martin Orford.

Anyway, I like the CD's about equally for now, though I need quite a few more listens to really get into this thing.  First CD is quite dark, of course, but that can be a very good thing for me if I'm in the mood.  "Bonus" CD is much more varied, though really I think they should have just called it a double album and been done with it since all of the tracks are of such high quality.  Great comeback album for Cookie and Esau.
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Points: 7859 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2014 at 20:46
Originally posted by M27Barney M27Barney wrote:

Well - Just listened to the 30th edition re-mix of tales -- very good indeed!! I especially like the bonus version of Just changing hands - lovely synth solo....


That album edition is such a real treasure. I got so much out of it. I even loved the liner notes and explanations from mike Holmes on how he transferred the music from the original master tapes, which ironically enough were found in an attic!
How beautiful and fitting. Enjoy man.

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Points: 3136 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 11 2014 at 15:50
Well - Just listened to the 30th edition re-mix of tales -- very good indeed!! I especially like the bonus version of Just changing hands - lovely synth solo....
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Originally posted by Spherical Spherical wrote:

Hello, Neil from IQ here...
I just thought I'd pop in and thank everyone for the interesting feedback for <span style="line-height: 1.2;">'The Road Of Bones' in this thread.  It's really interesting to know what people think, and useful feedback for us.</span>
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We're delighted to discover that we have been nominated in two categories in the 2014 "Prog" magazine Progressive Music Awards, for Best Album (The Road of Bones) and Best Anthem (From The Outside In).  If you've enjoyed the new album, we'd be deeply grateful if you could head over here and send a vote in our direction!! 
Thanks again!
Neil


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It was my pleasure Neil. All voted up. :)
IQ is at the top of the chain for me thus far in 2014. :)
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Points: 7859 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2014 at 18:15
I of course voted for IQ. No question or doubts. Saw the list and immediately I knew IQ was the winner for me.
I just hope they win. Really deserve it this time around. :)
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Points: 3136 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2014 at 12:08
Aye - I've voted as well! Hello Neil from IQ.
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Thanks Neil. Will do!
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