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Road of Bones with Subby Boeing a close second.

Dark Matter I guess

I like IQ but don't love them

Prog On!

I really don't like the idea of The Seventh House not having any votes , so it got mine.

I would rank as follows

1. The Wake

2. Ever

3. Frequency

4. Tales From The Lush Attic

5. The Road Of Bones

6. The Seventh House

7. Are You Sitting Comfortably?

8. Subterranea

9. Dark Matter

10. Seven Stories Into Ninety Eight

11. Nomzamo

Dark Matter has always been overrated in my book although the live versions on one of the DVD's where Andy Edwards plays on are superb. Frequency kicks serious arse. Only one vote? Really??!

I'm not a huge IQ fan, but I absolutely love Tales From The Lush Attic.

when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents

Interesting reading so far, thanks everybody Smile

I was suprised to see so few votes for The Seventh House and Frequency, and so many for Dark Matter. I'm not sure why, but I struggled with DM when I first heard it, and it wouldn't be in my top 5, but the opening and closing tracks are 2 of their best.

As for The Menel years: well, that's where I came in with IQ, so those 2 albums are very important to me, and I still think they are brilliant albums - yes, more poppy, but AYSC is very consistent, and although there are a couple of tracks on Nomzamo that are probably the bands' weakest (you know what they are), overall it's a fabulous album, and in Common Ground you have one of my favourite songs of all time.

Harvest of Souls is a monster epic and had a lot to do with my renewed interest in Prog music in recent years

Ever for me

Quinino wrote:

Harvest of Souls is a monster epic and had a lot to do with my renewed interest in Prog music in recent years

The music is great, but it has some absolutely cringe-worthy lyrics. The part that starts with "The sky lights up above America" and ends with "We will shoot you where you stand" almost makes me want to turn it off, it's so bad.

Subterranea for me.

With magic, you can turn a frog into a prince.
With science, you can turn a frog into a Ph.D. and you still have the frog you started with.

'tis my birthday, and "Scrape Across The Sky" (live concert Blu-Ray) has fallen through my letterbox...

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I adore 'The Wake' and have played it incessantly ever since the early 80s. After that, I find I really like most of them and they change places depending on my mood at the time. A big shout for Frequency, Dark Matter and Subterranea. I lIke Road of Bones a lot too, although interestingly it was the bonus CD tracks which at times was even stronger than the main concept CD. Not much to choose between with this band - surprisingly consistent. I know they are like marmite for some - love or hate them - but I've always been a fan!

Just wish they'd play more up here in the North of England these days. Getting down south for the Christmas gigs Is never easy at that time of the year.

Edited by Squonk19 - October 26 2017 at 15:38

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Poll Question: Just pick the best...
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Tales From The Lush Attic	3	[5.66%]
The Wake	4	[7.55%]
Nomzamo	0	[0.00%]
Are You Sitting Comfortably?	1	[1.89%]
Ever	5	[9.43%]
Subterranea	9	[16.98%]
Seven Stories Into '98	0	[0.00%]
The Seventh House	2	[3.77%]
Dark Matter	9	[16.98%]
Frequency	5	[9.43%]
The Road Of Bones	15	[28.30%]
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