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IQ is a fairly new band to me- and this was my first experience with them. After hearing the tune "The Narrow Margin" I HAD to perchase the album. At 20 minutes- the song flies by like a 10 minute song. It truely is an amzing track and worth the album alone in my opinion. That specific track pretty much does represent the rest of the CD- nice melodic ranges- great lyrics (and may I mention a bonus of not having any anti-American lyrics- wich is pretty much keeping me from buying "Dark Matter"- but that's a whole other story)- as I asid before- great Melodic range- lyrics are insightful- and the singing is decent. The atmosphere presented in the album is excellent- what great NEO prog should be. I don't give it 5 stars because a couple of the tracks do drag- ("Sometimes in Time" comes to mind) Overall- EXCELLENT album- I need more NEO after this one. 4 solid stars.