IQ Appreciation Thread

IQ are taking center stage in my music listening these days.

The Road Of Bones has surprised the hell out of me. IQ have done everything right on this album and they have definitely built a stronger sound foundation from their previous album, Frequency.

I also really admire Mike Holmes's dedication to diversify with the use of his guitar sound.
I certainly enjoy the Kentucky Mandolin and Banjo on fall and rise, Until The End and the astoundingly diverse 'Hardcore.'

The reality is you can't as more from a band that is 30+ years-old.
I think IQ have done a tremendous job by still keeping the listener interested and creating some different walls of sounds.

The Road Of Bones is a fab album of top symphony progressive rock...
there are those whom would say it is a concept album, well the rested would say NO!. or like me don`t now

The 30th anniversary collector's edition of Lush Attic was bought for me on Fathers day! - I will have to take it all in plenty of extras on the DVD you get with IT!!!

Thanks Neil. Will do!

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. :)

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....

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.

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!!!

been away for a little time, due to ill health gotten to the point I don`t listen to any music, I`m back at the hospital on 25/7/14...

verslibre wrote: 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).