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    Posted: January 09 2017 at 08:46
Hi folks

Not sure if this is news already, but IQ have now reissued 2010 band-approved remaster of The Wake as a standalone single cd (at a sensible price).

So no need to pay silly money for the box set, and if you want an overview on how the remaster sounds then here's my take on it:

https://momentstransition.wordpress....the-wake-1985/

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Sounds good.  I dived into IQ backwards, beginning with Road of Bones.  I haven't reached Wake yet.  

I like all of the albums so far, but I feel Road of Bones is best. If I had grown up with IQ, I wonder if my opinion would be different. 
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My favorite IQ album remains Ever, with The Wake being the runner-up. Both are musts if you're an IQ fan.
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Originally posted by omphaloskepsis omphaloskepsis wrote:

Sounds good.  I dived into IQ backwards, beginning with Road of Bones.  I haven't reached Wake yet.  

I like all of the albums so far, but I feel Road of Bones is best. If I had grown up with IQ, I wonder if my opinion would be different. 

Funny thing, I think Road of Bones is their worst so far.
But it has al been explained somewhere. When you grow up with a band, the nostalgia thing weighs very heavy.
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Points: 15916 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2017 at 02:42
I'll always be a Lush Attic fanboy, but love The Wake too, and Ever. These are my top 3 from I.Q.
Curious to hear how 'improved' the remaster of The Wake is.
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Are You Sitting Comforatbly was my first and The Wake my second album. Loved them both to bits.

Nothing At All is my favorite song of the band.
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Points: 17508 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2017 at 08:30
I can't find much info on the 2010 version........Discogs simply states that Holmes remastered it, but there is no mention of any remixing, which is a tear down and then rebuild basically and from usually the master tapes which is preferable.
Anyhow, I'll wait/hope for vinyl releases as my CDs are fine for now, last thing I want is more CDs.

Road of Bones on vinyl is pretty freaking amazing....Clap
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yep, remixed and remastered by Holmes and recommended.
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Points: 30845 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2017 at 07:47
Untrue. Lush Attic was remixed but not The Wake. Anyway, the sound quality is excellent.
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^ Correct, Lush was remixed in 2013 by Holmes and also issued on clear limited vinyl.
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Originally posted by omphaloskepsis omphaloskepsis wrote:

 I dived into IQ backwards, beginning with Road of Bones..I like all of the albums so far, but I feel Road of Bones is best..

Me too! So far, Road of Bones is my fav but also like/bought Ever, Frequency ( and Forever Live).
Dark Matter prob is next on agenda. Subterrania really didn't grab me at all. Haven't tried Nomzamo, (edit: 7th house), and Sitting Comfortably yet. From what i read those are the weaker albums?

Finding this site a year or two ago has had me playing catchup, can't listen to everything :D


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Nomzamo and Are You Sitting are not weaker. They are different.
Different singer, different sound. They are edgier, have pop influences. They fit the time very well.

Seventh House is their most ´seventies´ sounding record. I love it to bits.
Subterrannea is just splendid. Maybe the best neo-progalbum ever made (paired with Generation 13 by Saga).

But I have no idea what it would be like to discover IQ backwards. Maybe all the other albums are weaker. To me they are stronger. In my case, both Fequency and Road of Bones haven't convinced me....
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

My favorite IQ album remains Ever, with The Wake being the runner-up. Both are musts if you're an IQ fan.
 
totally agree
 
I would also strongly recommend The Wake Live and Frequency (my 3rd fave by IQ) .
 
 
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Originally posted by Barbu Barbu wrote:

yep, remixed and remastered by Holmes and recommended.
 
Not done yet but something in the back of my head tells me they were going to do this and its still on the agenda.
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I like all their albums!...  Not biased on any.  Just a brilliant band. 
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I like every album they've made (Nomzamo and AYSC are good in a very different way), but Subterranea is the best for me. Along with The Masquerade Overture and Seasons End, the best neo-prog album ever.
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Points: 43 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 16 2017 at 05:27
I've been a solid IQ fan for 10 years now, but I still don't have the "original" Wake - only the Live version.  It's possibly my least favourite album, with the exception of AYSC and Nomzamo, which are almost unlistenable.  It has grown on me with time, but with Wake tracks well represented on their live albums I don't feel I need to own another version.  Lowlights for me are Corners (ugh!) and The Thousand Days (boring) but there is some good stuff elsewhere, particularly WIdow's Peak and Headlong.
 
In terms of a favourite album, I find it hard to choose between Road of Bones, Frequency, Dark Matter and Seventh House.  Subterranea and Ever are just below this group, and then Lost Attic.
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Points: 15080 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 16 2017 at 16:45
IQ's early live album Living Proof covers Lush Attic and Wake territory and those are probably the best live versions. But IQ's one of the most consistent live acts out there.
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Points: 7 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 03 2017 at 05:48
I can't name a single I.Q. album I dislike and The Seventh House is not a week album it has (IMO) two of their best songs (The Seventh House and Guiding Light) and I would give Subterranea another chance I too at first had a hard time getting into it but it has turned out to be the album I find myself going back to time and time again. It also has one of there best 20 minute songs, The Narrow Margin.
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