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I gave it a listen on spotify (ugh). It's way too long and everything kinda blurs into the same ponderous soft haze. There are good moments and it's well performed. He has a good voice (i'm not very familiar with the band), but my god it does drag!
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The Road of Bones first disc didn't really do it for me although I like the second disc a lot. IQ essentially revisited the track Further Away (from Ever) for inspiration but I would still rather listen to Ever. I like the last album a lot. Durrant has spread his wings and added so much more imo.

As a long time IQ fan I would personally rate their albums
Tales From The Lush Attic 8/10
The Wake 9/10
Nomzamo 5/10
Are You Sitting Comfortably? 6/10
Ever 10/10
Subterranea 7/10
Seven Stories Into Ninety Eight 8/10
The Seventh House 8/10
Dark Matter 7/10
Frequency 9/10
The Road of Bones 7/10
Resistance 8/10








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I love Resistance, there are some absolutely stellar tracks on it in my opinion, but Road Of Bones is still my favourite IQ release. Actually, to me both are quite similar in many ways, certainly I get a sense of the same overall atmosphere from both, which has been a trend with IQ for the past decade.

I guess if you wanted to be critical you could say perhaps the first CD bogs down a little after track 2, but frankly I find with most IQ releases (heck with most releases of any artist), that not every track can be of the same standard.
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I will have to revisit. ROB. However it did not grab me like the latest CD...I still think that the latest is the best in terms of length and consistency...but an opinion that seems to be seen as contraversial....we shall see!
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

in my opinion, Road of Bones is a vastly superior album. I find the first cd of the new one to be a chore, and my rating is dropping to 3. I will get round to a review before the end of the year 😕
I just hope that I don't pop off before then. LOL

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The production also sounds very lifeless, road of bones is just better in every sense of the word. Hard to believe they missed the mark this bad.
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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

in my opinion, Road of Bones is a vastly superior album. I find the first cd of the new one to be a chore, and my rating is dropping to 3. I will get round to a review before the end of the year 😕
I just hope that I don't pop off before then. LOL
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in my opinion, Road of Bones is a vastly superior album. I find the first cd of the new one to be a chore, and my rating is dropping to 3. I will get round to a review before the end of the year 😕
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The Wake, the debut and Frequency are the only ones I listen to (and own) from the group. I gave away the others I had (believe it was Ever, Subterranea and Dark Matter) in exchange for some IDM albums that my friend didn’t listen to
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Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

I think I prefer The Wake


their debut and Ever are much better if you ask me (than both the Wake and the new one. LOL)
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I think I prefer The Wake
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So the rating dropped to 4.26 and i still think it's too high for this album. LOL
Road of Bones has 4.25. I also find it more interesting and more inspired than the new one.

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Alright so over the months Road of Bones has become one of my favorite albums ever. So I've really tried with this one, I've come back to it several several times expecting it to click and my final verdict on it is that I just don't like it. Its too long, there's too much ambient downtime, everything sounds very samey and there's nothing about it that tops anything off road of bones in my opinion.

I wish the reviews reflected the general consensus in this thread. 2 stars.

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Yeah sometimes long albums can be a bit draining so double LPs like the lamb and wall are generally reserved for two separate listening occasions for me. Snow Live is always a marathon though.

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Originally posted by dougmcauliffe dougmcauliffe wrote:

Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

I've spent quite a bit of time on this album, still a very solid album.........It's too long?? They make another genre of music called pop rock with songs that max out at about 3min.

It's too long.....sheesh.

I don't think an album should have 3 epics...

except tales from topographic oceans



But seriously, albums rarely hold my attention for 2 hours. For me resistance is definitely a two-sitting album.


I guess I am the exception to this strange rule......I have been spinning records since about 11am PST today. I sit and listen and absorb it all in, IQ was one of many records I listened to today. Currently spinning TAAB, Side II....Tales might be next! 

More epics please!! Clap
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Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

I've spent quite a bit of time on this album, still a very solid album.........It's too long?? They make another genre of music called pop rock with songs that max out at about 3min.

It's too long.....sheesh.

I don't think an album should have 3 epics...

except tales from topographic oceans



But seriously, albums rarely hold my attention for 2 hours. For me resistance is definitely a two-sitting album.
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I've spent quite a bit of time on this album, still a very solid album.........It's too long?? They make another genre of music called pop rock with songs that max out at about 3min.

It's too long.....sheesh.
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^I agree about the length. If they had only released the second disc by itself, it might be my #1 pick of the year. 
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I gave it another listen and I admit it is growing on me, still think its too long though.
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Originally posted by foregonillusions foregonillusions wrote:

"Stay Down", "Shallow Bay", "If Anything" have grown on me a lot. I get goosebumps from the former when the chorus appears with the metal(?) riffs.

Tangentially related, but I'd kill for more acoustic work by Mr. Holmes. In fact, I'd love see he and Markus Steffen collaborate on a song that primarily features their combined acoustic goodness.

I gave it my undivided attention last night and it's quality music from the very start. Little bits of it that seemed bland have blended onto the whole superbly. Great CD. Even tbe slower sort of ballad is very good. Somebody said it was like 80's genesis - i'm not hearing that at all....definately IQ have decided that they should reinforce their place in the modern symph prog renaissance...as the number one act...
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