IQ Appreciation Thread

Frequency is a very powerfull album due in part to Andy Edwards on the drums. Dark Matter for me showed IQ had stalled and were in need of some change and the two new members made a big difference. It also allowed Orford to concentrate on his solo music which resulted in the equally as good The Old Road. I would be hard pressed to say which is the best although if you wrestled me to the ground and put me in an arm lock and demanded an answer then it would be ...a broken arm

Edited by richardh - July 28 2012 at 14:42

I'm really enjoying Subterranea right now. Next to The Wake, it's probably my favorite IQ recording so far.

richardh wrote: ^The Wake live is superb.   The other 3 albums you havn't got are excellent although Dark Matter as I said before is nothing partiucular new. You can have fun though comparing Harvest Of Souls to Suppers Ready   There are two other official studio releases. Seven Stories Into Ninety Eight was a rerecording of their original debut album that only previously available on cassette. Good luck on tracking that down as its very hard to find now The Lost Attic has several previously unreleased tracks including the BBC session version of Widows Peak. Both albums are well worth having

Edited by Mirror Image - July 31 2012 at 09:47

Ytse_Jam wrote: Mirror Image wrote: IQ albums I haven't heard yet: Tales From The Lush Attic Dark Matter Frequency Absolutely in their top 5. You will enjoy them.

^ You should also try Martin Orford's solo albums

The album More Than Meets The Eye from "cousin band" Jadis (Orford and Jowitt play in it) is also very recommendable for anyone who likes IQ.

Gerinski wrote: The album More Than Meets The Eye from "cousin band" Jadis (Orford and Jowitt play in it) is also very recommendable for anyone who likes IQ.   More guitar-oriented and less dark than IQ, very melodic but more than prog enough to please most of us. The melodies and harmonies are better than the average IQ IMO, although it's not fair to compare 1 album with the complete output from another band. IQ output is much more consistently good while the other Jadis albums are much weaker, but MTMTE is excellent Neo.

I`m new to this band... IQ but thanks to M27Brney on the TFK thread. I`m hooked. my order from the IQ on line store as a arrived. 9cd`s by IQ. Tales/Wake/Ever/Subterranea / The Seventh House/ Dark Matter/Nomzaao/The Wake Live/ Are You Sitting Comfortably?. as well I`ve pre-ordered the new album The Road Of Bones. due in 05/14... still I need to find the time to sit and listen to the 9cd`s how    is that.

[QUOTE=richardh]Frequency is a very powerfull album due in part to Andy Edwards on the drums. Dark Matter for me showed IQ had stalled and were in need of some change and the two new members made a big difference. It also allowed Orford to concentrate on his solo music which resulted in the equally as good The Old Road. I would be hard pressed to say which is the best although if you wrestled me to the ground and put me in an arm lock and demanded an answer then it would be ...a broken armIn my humble opinion he plays circles around Andy Edwards, but that's just my opinion. We are all free to like who we like. 

An album has already been released with Paul Cook back on drums and that is The Wake Live. Its a brilliant live reproduction of the classic , so good that I can't decide which I prefer - both get 5 stars anyway.