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What should be emphasisied is that this is a proper double album. The second disc is not inferior to the first.
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I'm still waiting for mine to pop through the letterboxOuch
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Just listening to Road Of Bones and the epic third track is giving me some serious goosebumps around the twelve minute mark. So who was fretting about the drummer. Worry no more. The king is dead ,long live the king (of the IQ skins). 
<span style="line-height: 1.2;">This is most certainly not another version of Ever. Wink</span>


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I`m still waitin` for mine too!. just been watchin` Deep Purple on sky arts... the classic line up of Gillian, Lord, Glover, Paice `n` blackmore... band. this was followed by Jimi Hendrix really viewing.
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Arrived in the postbox this morning, and on now for the first timeClap

This is damned fine stuff!
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opening the front door once home from work. there it was the new IQ = The Road Of Bones. YES... playin` it for the first time...
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I must wait till the 10th May - My name-day to get this latest CD!!
I think I can wait....Anticipation is the finest of human experiences!!!
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M27Braney once you have the new album. you will enjoy, its amazing. I`ve gotten the special edition there is a filler song on it.   
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Points: 3126 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 11 2014 at 10:07
Well after one listen disc one I found pretty unspectacular and nothing moved me. Disc two appears better. However it's the track Constellations that stands out, shining like a beacon. It's amazing, the best new piece of music I've heard this year.
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After 2 listens I think it's ok, time will tell if it's a grower. Mainly a bit too quiet perhaps, accentuated by the cover showing a younger Peter Gabriel asking them to keep it down a bit.
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I have my copy, that I got for my name-day on Saturday the 10th. I have been uber-busy drinking beer, eating food, adult prerogative and all that...so not listened to it as yet I'm pregnant with expectation!!!
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I`m sure you will enjoy the album...
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Just listening to the new album - is that a bit of Chicory Tip's "Son of my Father" I can hear at the end of "Ten Million Demons"?
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Just listening to the new album - is that a bit of Chicory Tip's "Son of my Father" I can hear at the end of "Ten Million Demons"?

It is, indeedSmile
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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Just listening to the new album - is that a bit of Chicory Tip's "Son of my Father" I can hear at the end of "Ten Million Demons"?

It is, indeedSmile

Anyone else think that track has a bit of a Muse vibe going onSmile
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Right then Peeps, Just listened to Both CD's of TROB!
Got to say , I think the weaker tracks are the first four - the epic is spoilt by a fade-out just as Holmes is cutting loose on what appears to be a rip-roaring solo - this is a prog CD !!! (extend the epic by 5 mins to get in the full guitar solo!!!).
Anyway, just as I was expecting a bit of a damp-squib...Until the End saves CD 1 !! Excellent - and then CD II - just BLOWS AWAY CD 1!
especially Constellations, Fall & Rise , Ten Million Demons (Prog meets Gary Newman!) and the stunning instrumental end of Hardcore !!!
CD 1 may be a grower I suppose but CD II a HIT right away!!! Buy this CD as it's a good-un! I shall be reviewing on a few more spins!!!


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I listened to a little of IQ's newest The Road Of Bones via YouTube and I didn't really find it all that good. Certainly not deserving of the apparent high rating it's been getting IMHO. I like some of their earlier work like The Wake and Ever, for example, but nothing they've been doing lately has given me any kind of fulfillment. I think a lot of the problem with progressive rock bands today is there seems to be an emotional disconnection in the music. IQ are all quite good musicians, so don't think for a second that I don't recognize their talent. There's just something missing in the music that I can't quite put my finger on.
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Overall I like the album, there may be parts of songs I skip over but not really whole songs......They can play thru just fine.

4-star album...if they issue on vinyl then it will be 5 star
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Points: 3126 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 14 2014 at 03:22
I'm sticking with my original impression.

I find disc 1 fairly average though there are a few interesting parts.  A bit of a Wake vibe going on I think, it's pretty dark and gloomy, but nowhere near the standard of that classic album.

Disc 2 is better without doubt, and in Constellations we may well have a potential top 5 IQ track of all time.  That piece is mind bogglingly good.
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I have listened to the first CD now three times.

The title track is absolutely magnificent, but the rest.........I find it unspectacular compared to their earlier stuff and even compared to Frequency.

The problem is not the musicianship - Tim Esau in particular deserves a lot of praise for some stellar playing - but the composition.

I have always suspected that a lot of the basic structure of the tracks on Frequency owed a lot to a certain keyboard player from the past (he has himself suggested that he co-wrote some of them before he left). I suspect the new material is entirely written by the current members and, to me, it lacks the sheer quality and impact of yore. I wonder if Martin Orford's compositional skills are missed more than his musicianship (because both keyboard players who have replaced him do a very fine job of sounding very like him!)

Don't get me wrong - this is a very good album, but IQ have to be judged by their own stellar standards and this isn't quite up there with their best, though time will tell if it grows on me. Interestingly, I lent the CD to a friend who had never heard of IQ and he's bowled over by it. I wonder what he will make of Ever, The Wake and Subterranea, then!
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