THE WAKE

But I have taken a shine to IQ. Not only because this is the very thing my personality has precious little off. But also because their Genesis based style is pretty pleasing to the ear. I am more a fan of their Dark Matter/Subter.... era than their earlier era......... like this album for example. The Wake is their second album. I have their first album, but I have not yet been able to listen to it due to believing The Wake is their debut album and the debut being their follow up..... Confusion galore.

The Wake is full of good melodies in the Genesis Peter Gabriel mode. Add some 1980s pop music to the mix and you have this album. Songs like the title track weaves it way through some mainly keyboards orientated stuff. The guitars just fills in the gaps now and then. The same goes for the rest of the album. Unfortunate; it has a typical plastic fantastic 1980s sound. It sounded great then. Today, it makes me slightly cringe.

All songs have some good melodies. But the dot over the i is missing on all the songs. It is great, but parts of it is also pretty dull. I think the age has not done this album any favours. It is still good, but just that. I prefer their newer stuff. This is good, but not essential.

3 stars

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