IQ- Resistance - Progressive Rock Music Forum

I nearly voted for “it’s awful” but I stepped back from the brink🤣

Heaven is waiting but waiting is Hell

second vote for:

"I like Subterranea better but it's still not bad".

Polarised opinion is not necessarily such a bad thing. Compared to say Brave or Tales From Topographic Oceans I would much rather listen to Resistance personally.

I’m a huge fan but this is by far their weakest album. Have tried and tried but it’s poor. TGSW was great at first but even my appreciation of that has faded.

This album scores 10/20, whereas all other albums by them score at least 18/20….

Heaven is waiting but waiting is Hell

This album seems to have mixed responses. Maybe it's one of those "grower" albums.

I had a copy on red vinyl, spinned it 3 or 4 times through, traded it in for store credit. Resistance sounds to these ears like leftovers that failed to make the cut for Road of Bones.

It would also be nice if someone told Peter Nicholls it is okay to write fewer lyrics.

One of their best

Very Good

Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson

It's very good and one of their best albums, which isn't a small thing, because almost of their albums are amazing.(function(){function c(){var b=a.contentDocument||a.contentWindow.document;if(b){var d=b.createElement('script');d.innerHTML="window.__CF$cv$params={r:'8c825157bcdecbce',t:'MTcyNzE3NjExOS4wMDAwMDA='};var a=document.createElement('script');a.nonce='';a.src='/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js';document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(a);";b.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(d)}}if(document.body){var a=document.createElement('iframe');a.height=1;a.width=1;a.style.position='absolute';a.style.top=0;a.style.left=0;a.style.border='none';a.style.visibility='hidden';document.body.appendChild(a);if('loading'!==document.readyState)c();else if(window.addEventListener)document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded',c);else{var e=document.onreadystatechange||function(){};document.onreadystatechange=function(b){e(b);'loading'!==document.readyState&&(document.onreadystatechange=e,c())}}}})();< height="1" width="1" style=": ; top: 0px; left: 0px; border: none; visibility: ;">

"PROG IS MY FERRARI".
Jem Godfrey (Frost*)

It's an album that haunted me for months. I actually prefer the second halve (the last three sides of the lp). The Great Spirit Way is my favorite epic by IQ. As much as I love the album now, it was a very tough nut to crack at first. It sounds bleak, moody and brooding.

The only thing I don't like about it, is the heavy compressed sound, which makes it an unpleasant listen in the living room.

I'm guitarist and songwriter for the prog-related band Mother Bass. Find us at http://www.motherbass.com. I also enter stages throughout the Netherlands performing my poetry.

Poll Question: What do you think of IQ's Resistance?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Their best album	2	[3.23%]
One of their best albums	11	[17.74%]
Their best double album but not one of their very best	0	[0.00%]
It's very good. Top five IQ but not top three.	1	[1.61%]
Top three IQ	2	[3.23%]
It's very good	8	[12.90%]
It's good but that's about it	4	[6.45%]
It's ok	2	[3.23%]
It's not too good / Too boring	0	[0.00%]
I don't enjoy it	1	[1.61%]
I like Subterranea better but it's still not bad	2	[3.23%]
One of the weaker IQ albums	1	[1.61%]
It should have been a single album (too padded)	1	[1.61%]
I'd rather listen to Tales from Topographic Oceans	18	[29.03%]
Not a fan of this album	2	[3.23%]
Not a fan of IQ and this is no exception	3	[4.84%]
I don't know this album	0	[0.00%]
My least favorite IQ album but still good	0	[0.00%]
It seems ok but maybe hasn't clicked for me yet	0	[0.00%]
It seems a bit dense and hard to get into but not awful	0	[0.00%]
It's awful	1	[1.61%]
Other	3	[4.84%]
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