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IQ Albums Ranked


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Created by: majormalfunction | 07.12.2023



1. IQ - Ever
1993 Rating: 9 Top picks: Further Away, Fading Senses, Leap of Faith
2. IQ - The Seventh House
2000 Rating: 9 Top picks: Zero Hour, The Seventh House, Erosion
3. IQ - Subterranea
1997 Rating: 9 Top picks: Subterranea, Capricorn, Somewhere in Time
4. IQ - Dark Matter
2004 Rating: 9 Top picks: You Never Will, Sacred Sound, Harvest of Souls
5. IQ - Nomzamo
1987 Rating: 8 Top picks: Promises, No Love Lost, Screaming
6. IQ - Seven Stories Into Eight
1982 Rating: 8 Top picks: Barbell is In, Fascination, It All Stops Here
7. IQ - The Road Of Bones
2014 Rating: 8 Top picks: From the Outside In, Without Walls, Until The End
8. IQ - Resistance
2019 Rating: 8 Top picks: The Great Spirit Way, For Another Lifetime, Shallow Bay
9. IQ - The Wake
1985 Rating: 8 Top picks: The Magic Roundabout, Outer Limits, The Wake
10. IQ - Are You Sitting Comfortably?
1989 Rating: 7 Top picks: Wurensh, Nostaliga/ Falling Apart from the Seams, War Heroes
11. IQ - Tales From The Lush Attic
1983 Rating: 7 Top picks: The Enemy Smacks, Awake and Nervous, The Last Human Gateway
12. IQ - Seven Stories Into '98
1982 Rating: 7 Top picks: It All Stops Here, Capital Letters, Fascination
13. IQ - Frequency
2009 Rating: 7 Top picks: Frequency, Stronger Than Friction, The Province of the King



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07.12.2023 - 09:36
JoHn Doe
Debut is too low in the list, Nonzamo is too high.
I've grown to dislike the two Menel albums, although the guy is a good vocalist. Those two albums would be at the bottom for me.

Road of Bones is much better than Resistance, better flow and song-writing IMO.
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07.12.2023 - 10:03
majormalfunction
Written by JoHn Doe on 07.12.2023 at 09:36

Debut is too low in the list, Nonzamo is too high.
I've grown to dislike the two Menel albums, although the guy is a good vocalist. Those two albums would be at the bottom for me.


The debut is good but despite many listens I don't get the same connections as most others IQ albums. Nonzamo is both extremly catchy and well-performed throughout. Don't get why it usually considered among their weaker releases.

Written by JoHn Doe on 07.12.2023 at 09:36

Road of Bones is much better than Resistance, better flow and song-writing IMO.


I also think so if we're only talking about the first disc of Road of Bones, which is a lot tighter than Resistance, but if we're seeing them both as double albums then they are quite equal in my world.
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07.12.2023 - 10:11
JoHn Doe
Written by majormalfunction on 07.12.2023 at 10:03

Written by JoHn Doe on 07.12.2023 at 09:36

Debut is too low in the list, Nonzamo is too high.
I've grown to dislike the two Menel albums, although the guy is a good vocalist. Those two albums would be at the bottom for me.


The debut is good but despite many listens I don't get the same connections as most others IQ albums. Nonzamo is both extremely catchy and well-performed throughout. Don't get why it usually considered among their weaker releases.


People either love or hate Nonzamo. I used to like it at some point, but the more I listened to it, the more I started to dislike it. It is more of a pop album than progressive as were the previous two albums. That might be why some progheads reject it.


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07.12.2023 - 10:12
JoHn Doe
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Written by JoHn Doe on 07.12.2023 at 09:36

Road of Bones is much better than Resistance, better flow and song-writing IMO.


I also think so if we're only talking about the first disc of Road of Bones, which is a lot tighter than Resistance, but if we're seeing them both as double albums then they are quite equal in my world.


No problem.

I just enjoy RoB more then Resistance.
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07.12.2023 - 12:17
majormalfunction
Written by JoHn Doe on 07.12.2023 at 10:11

People either love or hate Nonzamo. I used to like it at some point, but the more I listened to it, the more I started to dislike it. It is more of a pop album than progressive as were the previous two albums. That might be why some progheads reject it.


That's probably it.

Any suggestions of another prog band to listen through? Thinking about Pendragon, I like the albums I own by them but maybe there's something else? Marillion and Yes will be done but they feel like a too big of a project right now.
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07.12.2023 - 13:02
JoHn Doe
Written by majormalfunction on 07.12.2023 at 12:17

Any suggestions of another prog band to listen through? Thinking about Pendragon, I like the albums I own by them but maybe there's something else? Marillion and Yes will be done but they feel like a too big of a project right now.


Well, Pallas are similar to IQ and have a pretty solid discography. But they're not on MS, not even invisible. Galahad are on MS, another good British neo-prog band.

Sylvan is a great band from Germany. They started as IQ imitators but soon distanced themselves and created kinda their own sound. Posthumous Silence is a must listen.

Enchant is a favorite of mine, I don't know if you are familiar with them. They are on a(nother) hiatus and their vocalist (Ted Leonard) is in Spock's Beard now and recently in Pattern-Seeking Animals. He's been in a couple of progressive metal bands, too (Affector, Thought Chamber).

You might also like Mystery (Canadian band). (not on MS, but might appeal to metalheads).

French band Nemo (they do sing in French, if you don't mind that, highly recommended).

I'll get back once I come up with other examples.




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07.12.2023 - 20:08
majormalfunction
Written by JoHn Doe on 07.12.2023 at 13:02

Written by majormalfunction on 07.12.2023 at 12:17

Any suggestions of another prog band to listen through? Thinking about Pendragon, I like the albums I own by them but maybe there's something else? Marillion and Yes will be done but they feel like a too big of a project right now.


Well, Pallas are similar to IQ and have a pretty solid discography. But they're not on MS, not even invisible. Galahad are on MS, another good British neo-prog band.

Sylvan is a great band from Germany. They started as IQ imitators but soon distanced themselves and created kinda their own sound. Posthumous Silence is a must listen.

Enchant is a favorite of mine, I don't know if you are familiar with them. They are on a(nother) hiatus and their vocalist (Ted Leonard) is in Spock's Beard now and recently in Pattern-Seeking Animals. He's been in a couple of progressive metal bands, too (Affector, Thought Chamber).

You might also like Mystery (Canadian band). (not on MS, but might appeal to metalheads).

French band Nemo (they do sing in French, if you don't mind that, highly recommended).

I'll get back once I come up with other examples.


Oh wow, many interesting suggestions. I own the three first albums by Enchant, don't remember much of the second and third one but the debut contains some outstanding songs. I've also heard the debut by Pallas long time ago, really liked it. I'm unfamiliar with the rest. Probably will start with Enchant this month but I will add all of these into my "need to check out" spotify list.
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