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akaBona 
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Hercules
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Posted: July 25 2015 at 15:24 |
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I like Crime of the Century, but The Wake is just superior in every respect; an absolute masterpiece.
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Andrea Cortese
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Posted: July 25 2015 at 15:42 |
Supertramp 
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Wanorak
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Posted: July 25 2015 at 18:49 |
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Crime; stills sounds great today, while the Wake doesn't IMO.
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A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!!
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: July 25 2015 at 20:21 |
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IQ by a wide margin.
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t d wombat
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Posted: July 25 2015 at 20:46 |
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When I rejoined this madhouse not so long ago I thought at first that Mickey's hard line on Neo was more than a tadge harsh. IQ makes me question that. Maybe it would grow on me given time but my first reaction to it is nowt but a ho hum.
Now I know Crime is blatantly commercial but damn it all, like Dean, from the first moment the needle touched vinyl I was sucked right in and have never really seen fit to change my stance. For me, not so much prog but near perfect pop albeit with a progish nod and a wink. At the time was there anything like it ? It still has that "here comes the goofy grin" quality. shame they couldn't sustain it.
Marching right on through to the next round as well. Looks like crime really does pay.
Edited by t d wombat - July 26 2015 at 21:35
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Andrew B
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someone_else
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Posted: July 26 2015 at 05:49 |
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The Wake.
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Skalla-Grim
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Posted: July 26 2015 at 07:12 |
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"Crime of the Century" is very boring in my opinion. I have never understood what is supposed so great about this album. Maybe I should give it another listen.
IQ is my favourite neoprog band, and The Wake gets my vote though it's not their best album.
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micky
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Posted: July 26 2015 at 08:19 |
 Skalla-Grim wrote:
"Crime of the Century" is very boring in my opinion. I have never understood what is supposed so great about this album. Maybe I should give it another listen.
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personal tastes I suppose  I don't think it was anywhere close to their best album myself and compared to harder core prog bands.. if judging the music on that basis as we on a site like this.. nah. Not in the same league, creatively or musically. Great song writers though.. but again.. they wouldn't peak in that department for another 5 years.
Edited by micky - July 26 2015 at 08:19
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TeleStrat
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Posted: July 26 2015 at 09:50 |
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Crime Of The Century
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: July 26 2015 at 10:02 |
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I like em both equally. The Wake is imo the best album IQ ever did. Love the angsty post-punk feel there is to it.
Ahh to hell with it. IQ it is.
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: July 26 2015 at 11:28 |
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Can't abide The Wake, COTC was one of the most played albums of my youth though it hardly gets played now, it gets the vote just to kill off IQ
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Barbu
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Posted: July 27 2015 at 04:58 |
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Crime of the Century
Better than sex and beer.
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twalsh
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Posted: July 27 2015 at 15:28 |
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I like The Wake (courtesy of some 80s era video and that crazy 80's hair) but hard to top Supertramp.
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More heavy prog, please!
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Andrea Cortese
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Posted: July 27 2015 at 16:06 |
Barbu wrote:
Crime of the Century
Better than sex and beer. |
really?
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micky
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Posted: July 27 2015 at 16:09 |
Andrea Cortese wrote:
Barbu wrote:
Crime of the Century
Better than sex and beer. |
really? |
pffff.. Budweiser and masturbation don't count.. unless of course you are talking some SWilson 
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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GKR
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Posted: July 27 2015 at 16:12 |
micky wrote:
pffff.. Budweiser and masturbation don't count.. unless of course you are talking some SWilson
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Budweiser, masturbation and Steven Wilson... isnt the three thing which half of PA members LIVE for?
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Andrea Cortese
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Posted: July 27 2015 at 16:13 |
errr... you meant TAKING some SWilson didn't you?
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kenethlevine
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Posted: July 28 2015 at 13:07 |
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yup Supertramp is very overrated, although this album somewhat less than their other big albums. I still pick them over IQ, which says something
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dr wu23
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Posted: July 28 2015 at 16:01 |
kenethlevine wrote:
yup Supertramp is very overrated, although this album somewhat less than their other big albums. I still pick them over IQ, which says something |
I agree with you that Supertramp in general is overrated, but I also chose them over the Wake.....but had the OP listed Dark Matter or Frequency ...or Road Of Bones it would have been a different vote.
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