IQ - Discography (Studio Albums)

(Series D, Vol.12 : IQ - Studio Albums)

2010.09.05~06 (GMT)

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Tales From the Lush Attic 1983 3.94 76 ratings 32 reviews 32% 5 stars Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection

Studio Album, released in 1983 Songs / Tracks Listing Side 1 1. The Last Human Gateway (19:57) 2. Through The Corridors (2:35) Side 2 3. Awake And Nervous (7:45) 4. My Baby Treats Me Right ´Cos I´m A Hard Lovin´ Man All Night Long (1:45) 5. The Enemy Smacks (13:49) Total time Classic one Shoe Lp: (45:51) Bonus track on Giant CD 6. Just Changing Hands (5:12) Total Time: 51:03 Line-up / Musicians - Paul Cook / drums - Tim Essau / bass - Mike Holmes / guitar - Peter Nicholls / voice - Martin Orford / keyboards Releases information LP The Major Record Company MAJ 1001 (1983) UK LP The Classic One Shoe Records Label MAJ 1001 (1984) UK CD Samurai Records SAMR (CD) 1001 (1983) France CD MSI CDMS 1018 (1991) France (also as Limited Edition 600 copies Picture CD) CD Giant Electric Pea GEPCD 1010 (1994) UK

The Wake 1985 3.80 113 ratings 47 reviews 35% 5 stars Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection

Studio Album, released in 1985 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. Outer Limits (8:15) 2. The Wake (3:12) 3. The Magic Roundabout (8:18) 4. Corners (6:20) 5. Widow's Peak (9:12) 6. The Thousand Days (5:12) 7. Headlong (7:25) Bonus tracks: 8. Dans Le Parc Du Chateau Noir (7:37) 9. The Thousand Days (demo) (3:55) 10. The Magic Roundabout (demo) (6:27) Total Time 67:08 Line-up / Musicians - Paul Cook / drums and percussion - Tim Essau / music man, basses & bass pedals - Mike Holmes / guitars - Peter Nicholls / voice, tambourine - Martin Orford / keyboards Guest: - Harun / ablas on "Corners" - Dave Stewart / loan of the Sitar guitar Releases information LP Mayking Records Ltd. SAH 136 (1985) UK (Testpressing) LP Sahara SAH 136 (1985) UK+France CD Samurai Records SAMR (CD) 136 (1986) France CD MSI CDMS 1028 (1988) France (also as Limited Edition 600 copies Picture CD) CD Giant Electric Pea GEPCD 1011 (1994) UK

Nomzamo 1987 2.85 49 ratings 21 reviews 6% 5 stars Good, but non-essential

Studio Album, released in 1987 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. No Love Lost (6:02) 2. Promises (As The Years Go By) (4:34) 3. Nomzamo (7:00) 4. Still Life (5:57) 5. Passing Strangers (3:47) 6. Human Nature (9:41) 7. Screaming (4:07) 8. Common Ground (6:59) Bonus tracks: 9. Colourflow (5:26) 10. No Love Lost (Piano/Vocal Version) (4:12) 11. Common Ground (live) (6:34) Total Time: 64:26 Line-up / Musicians - Paul Cook / drums - Tim Esau / bass, bass pedals, rhythm guitar, vocals - Mike Holmes / electric and acoustic guitars, guitar synth - Paul Menel / vocals - Martin Orford / keyboards, vocals Additional Musicians: - Ray Carless / sax - Phillip Erb: Emu II programming - Micky Groome / backing vocals - Jules / vocal duet (Track 9) Releases information Limited Edition-LP Squawk Records / Metronome 834 181-1 (1987) with a bonus "IQ 'Live' EP" Metronome 870 085-1 SIDE A: 1) The Wake/The Last Human Gateway (9:49) SIDE B: 1) Passing Strangers (3:33) 2) Common Ground (6:36) CD Squawk Records / Mercury 832 141-2 (1987) (only 10 tracks) CD Giant Electric Pea GEPCD 1012 (1995) (with extra bonus-track 11)

Are You Sitting Comfortably ? 1989 2.72 39 ratings 12 reviews 3% 5 stars Good, but non-essential

Studio Album, released in 1989 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. War Heroes (6:26) 2. Drive On (4:57) 3. Nostalgia (2:22) 4. Falling Apart at the Seams (7:47) 5. Sold On You (4:40) 6. Through My Fingers (5:30) 7. Wurensh (9:37) 8. Nothing At All (4:46) Bonus track: 9. Nothing At All (live) (4:43) Total Time: 50:52 Line-up / Musicians - Paul Cook / drums, percussion - Tim Essau / bass guitar, bass pedals, back vocal - Mike Holmes / guitar, guitar synthetizers - Paul Menel / vocals, backing vocals, strimpapa, tambourine - Martin Orford / keyboards, backing vocals, sax, flute and flying tart Releases information CD Squawk Records / Vertigo 836 429-2 (1989) (only 8 tracks) CD Giant Electric Pea GEPCD 1013 (1995) (with bonus-track 9)

Ever 1993 4.01 104 ratings 37 reviews 41% 5 stars Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection

Studio Album, released in 1993 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. The Darkest Hour (10:52) 2. Fading Senses (6:36) i. After All ii. Fading Senses 3. Out Of Nowhere (5:10) 4. Further Away (14:30) 5. Leap Of Faith (7:22) 6. Came Down (5:57) Total Time: 50:27 Line-up / Musicians - Peter Nicholls / lead and back vocals - Martin Orford / keyboards, flute, backing vocals - Mike Holmes / guitars - John Jowitt / bass, backing vocals - Paul Cook / drums Releases information CD Giant Electric Pea GEPCD 1006 (1993)

Subterranea 1997 3.80 117 ratings 37 reviews 41% 5 stars Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection

Studio Album, released in 1997 Songs / Tracks Listing CD 1: (52:22) 1. Overture (4:38) 2. Provider (1:36) 3. Subterranea (5:53) 4. Sleepless Incidental (6:23) 5. Failsafe (8:57) 6. Speak My Name (3:34) 7. Tunnel Vision (7:24) 8. Infernal Chorus (5:09) 9. King Of Fools (2:02) 10. The Sense In Sanity (4:47) 11. State Of Mine (1:59) CD 2: (50:09) 1. Laid Low (1:29) 2. Breathtaker (6:04) 3. Capricorn (5:16) 4. The Other Side (2:22) 5. Unsolid Ground (5:04) 6. Somewhere In Time (7:11) 7. High Waters (2:43) 8. The Narrow Margin (20:00) Total Time: 102:31 Line-up / Musicians - Peter Nicholls / lead and back vocals - Martin Orford / keyboards, flute, back vocals - Mike Holmes / guitars - John Jowitt / bass, backing vocals - Paul Cook / drums Releases information 2CD Giant Electric Pea GEPCD 1021 (1997)

The Seventh House 2000 4.03 115 ratings 44 reviews 39% 5 stars Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection

Studio Album, released in 2000 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. The Wrong Side Of Weird (12:24) 2. Erosion (5:43) 3. The Seventh House (14:23) 4. Zero Hour (6:57) 5. Shooting Angels (7:24) 6. Guiding Light (9:58) Total Time: 56:49 Line-up / Musicians - Peter Nicholls / lead and back vocals - Martin Orford / keyboards, flute, back vocals - Mike Holmes / guitars, guitar synth, keyboards - John Jowitt / bass, back vocals - Paul Cook / drums and percussion - Tony Wright / saxophone Releases information CD Giant Electric Pea GEPCD1028

Dark Matter 2004 3.97 217 ratings 98 reviews 39% 5 stars Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection

Studio Album, released in 2004 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. Sacred Sound (11:40) 2. Red Dust Shadow (5:53) 3. You Never Will (4:54) 4. Born Brilliant (5:20) 5. Harvest of Souls (24:29) Total Time: 52:16 Line-up / Musicians - Paul Cook / drums & percussion - Mike Holmes / guitars & keyboards - John Jowitt / bass guitar & bass pedals - Peter Nicholls / lead vocals - Martin Orford / keyboards & backing vocals Releases information CD Giant Electric Pie #GEPCD1034-UK (2004)

Frequency 2009 4.10 137 ratings 45 reviews 36% 5 stars Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection

Studio Album, released in 2009 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. Frequency (8:29) 2. Life Support (6:28) 3. Stronger Than Friction (10:32) 4. One Fatal Mistake (4:54) 5. Ryker Skies (9:45) 6. The Province (13:43) 7. Closer (8:11) Total Time 62:02 Line-up / Musicians - Peter Nicholls / vocals - John Jowitt / bass - Mike Holmes / guitar - Andy Edwards / drums - Mark Westworth / keyboards Releases information CD Inside Out Records (2009)

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2009's Top 10 Prog Albums by ProgArchives.com

1		4.35 (105 ratings) WR = 4.2305	Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré Magma	Zeuhl Studio, 2009
2		4.29 (168 ratings) WR = 4.2202	Part the Second Maudlin Of The Well	Experimental/Post Metal Studio, 2009
3		4.34 (81 ratings) WR = 4.1956	The Underfall Yard Big Big Train	Crossover Prog Studio, 2009
4		4.22 (268 ratings) WR = 4.1749	Anno Domini High Definition Riverside	Progressive Metal Studio, 2009
5		4.21 (82 ratings) WR = 4.0969	The Hazards of Love The Decemberists	Prog Folk Studio, 2009
6		4.48 (25 ratings) WR = 4.0962	Il Nome del Vento Delirium	Rock Progressivo Italiano Studio, 2009
7		4.20 (65 ratings) WR = 4.0593	Barbares Nemo	Eclectic Prog Studio, 2009
8		4.08 (185 ratings) WR = 4.0344	The Whirlwind Transatlantic	Symphonic Prog Studio, 2009
9		4.09 (134 ratings) WR = 4.0331	Frequency IQ	Neo-Prog Studio, 2009
10		4.06 (157 ratings) WR = 4.0110	Crack the Skye Mastodon	Tech/Extreme Prog Metal Studio, 2009

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09101. Magma - Emehntehtt-Re I 06:54
09102. Magma - Emehntehtt-Re II 22:24
09103. Magma - Emehntehtt-Re III 13:07
09104. Magma - Emehntehtt-Re IV 03:55
09105. Magma - Funehrarium kanht 04:13
09106. Magma - Sehe 00:25

09201. Maudlin Of The Well - Excerpt from 6,000,000,000,000 Miles Before the First, or, the Revisitation of the Blue Ghost 10:55
09202. Maudlin Of The Well - Another Excerpt- Keep Light Near You, Even When Dying 05:59
09203. Maudlin Of The Well - Rose Quartz Turning to Glass 07:30
09204. Maudlin Of The Well - Clover Garland Island 08:18
09205. Maudlin Of The Well - Laboratories of the Invisible World (Rollerskating the Cosmic Palmistric Postborder) 11:50

09301. Big Big Train - Evening Star 04:52
09302. Big Big Train - Last Train 06:27
09303. Big Big Train - Master James Of St. George 06:19
09304. Big Big Train - The Underfall Yard 22:53
09305. Big Big Train - Victorian Brickwork 12:32
09306. Big Big Train - Winchester Diver 07:30

09401. Riverside - Hyperactive 05:45
09402. Riverside - Driven to Destruction 07:06
09403. Riverside - Egoist Hedonist; I. Different, II. Hedonist Party, III. Straw Man Dance 08:57
09404. Riverside - Left Out 10:59
09405. Riverside - Hybrid Times 11:53

09501. The Decemberists - Prelude 03:04
09502. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love 1 04:18
09503. The Decemberists - A Bower Scene 02:08
09504. The Decemberists - Won't Want for Love 04:06
09505. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love 2 04:25
09506. The Decemberists - The Queen's Approach 00:29
09507. The Decemberists - Isn't It a Lovely Night 03:38
09508. The Decemberists - The Wanting Comes in Waves Repaid 06:26
09509. The Decemberists - An Interlude 01:40
09510. The Decemberists - The Rake's Song 03:16
09511. The Decemberists - The Abduction of Margaret 02:06
09512. The Decemberists - The Queen's Rebuke The Crossing 03:56
09513. The Decemberists - Annan Water 05:11
09514. The Decemberists - Margaret in Captivity 03:07
09515. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love 3 03:21
09516. The Decemberists - The Wanting Comes in Waves 01:30
09517. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love 4 05:57

09601. Delirium - Intro 01:23
09602. Delirium - Il Nome del Vento 06:01
09603. Delirium - Verso il Naufragio 06:35
09604. Delirium - L'Acquario delle Stelle 06:15
09605. Delirium - Luci Lontane 04:14
09606. Delirium - Profeta Senza Profezie 04:20
09607. Delirium - Ogni Storia 05:02
09608. Delirium - Noti di Tempesta 04:29
09609. Delirium - Dopo il Vento 09:40
09610. Delirium - Cuore Sacro 06:48
09611. Delirium - L'Aurora Boreale 04:24

09701. Nemo - LDI 09:40
09702. Nemo - 19-59 06:48
09703. Nemo - Le Film De Ma Vie 07:40
09704. Nemo - L'armee Des Ombres 10:04
09705. Nemo - Faux Semblants 08:04
09706. Nemo - Barbares (Parties I A VII) 25:52

09801. Transatlantic - The Whirlwind 09:54
09802. Transatlantic - The Wind Blew Them All Away 06:10
09803. Transatlantic - On the Prowl 06:02
09804. Transatlantic - A Man Can Feel 06:35
09805. Transatlantic - Out of the Night 04:22
09806. Transatlantic - Rose Colored Glasses 07:53
09807. Transatlantic - Evermore 04:10
09808. Transatlantic - Set Us Free 05:03
09809. Transatlantic - Lay Down Your Life 05:10
09810. Transatlantic - Pieces of Heaven 02:17
09811. Transatlantic - Is It Really Happening! 08:11
09812. Transatlantic - Dancing With Eternal Glory ~ Whirlwind (reprise) 12:03

09901. IQ - Frequency 08:29
09902. IQ - Life Support 06:27
09903. IQ - Stronger Than Friction 10:31
09904. IQ - One Fatal Mistake 04:53
09905. IQ - Ryker Skies 09:45
09906. IQ - The Province 13:42
09907. IQ - Closer 08:10

09a01. Mastodon - Oblivion 05:46
09a02. Mastodon - Divinations 03:29
09a03. Mastodon - Quintessence 05:27
09a04. Mastodon - The Czar 10:54
09a05. Mastodon - Ghost Of Karelia 05:24
09a06. Mastodon - Crack The Skye 05:54
09a07. Mastodon - The Last Baron 13:00
09a08. Mastodon - Oblivion (Instrumental) 05:47
09a09. Mastodon - Divinations (Instrumental) 03:30

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1997's Top 11 Prog Albums by ProgArchives.com

1		4.25 (68 ratings) WR = 4.0272	Unfolded Like Staircase Discipline	Symphonic Prog Studio, 1997
2		4.10 (122 ratings) WR = 3.9834	Entropia Pain of Salvation	Progressive Metal Studio, 1997
3		4.11 (90 ratings) WR = 3.9541	F# A# ∞ Godspeed You! Black Emperor	Post Rock/Math rock Studio, 1997
4		4.05 (148 ratings) WR = 3.9538	The Divine Wings Of Tragedy Symphony X	Progressive Metal Studio, 1997
5		4.01 (232 ratings) WR = 3.9486	OK Computer Radiohead	Crossover Prog Studio, 1997
6		4.05 (86 ratings) WR = 3.9030	A Pleasant Shade Of Grey Fates Warning	Progressive Metal Studio, 1997
7		4.07 (50 ratings) WR = 3.8402	Ocean Machine: Biomech Devin Townsend	Experimental/Post Metal Studio, 1997
8		3.91 (92 ratings) WR = 3.7950	Stardust We Are The Flower Kings	Symphonic Prog Studio, 1997
9		3.81 (117 ratings) WR = 3.7309	Subterranea IQ	Neo-Prog Studio, 1997
10		3.82 (97 ratings) WR = 3.7230	The Kindness Of Strangers Spock's Beard	Symphonic Prog Studio, 1997
11		3.35 (291 ratings) WR = 3.3416	Falling Into Infinity Dream Theater	Progressive Metal Studio, 1997

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97101.Discipline - Canto IV (Limbo) 13:46
97102.Discipline - Crutches 13:09
97103.Discipline - Into The Dream 22:01
97104.Discipline - Before The Storm Part 1 05:21
97105.Discipline - Before The Storm Part 2 10:31

97201.Pain of Salvation - ! (foreword) 06:11
97202.Pain of Salvation - Welcome to Entropia 01:22
97203.Pain of Salvation - Winning A War 06:23
97204.Pain of Salvation - People Passing By 09:11
97205.Pain of Salvation - Oblivion Ocean 04:43
97206.Pain of Salvation - Stress 05:04
97207.Pain of Salvation - Revival 07:36
97208.Pain of Salvation - Void Of Her 01:49
97209.Pain of Salvation - To The End 04:53
97210.Pain of Salvation - Circles 00:58
97211.Pain of Salvation - Nightmist 06:48
97212.Pain of Salvation - Plains Of Dawn 07:17
97213.Pain of Salvation - Leaving Entropia (epilogue) 02:37

97301.Godspeed You! Black Emperor - The Dead Flag Blues 16:28
97302.Godspeed You! Black Emperor - East Hastings 17:58
97303.Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Providence 29:02

97401.Symphony X - Of Sins And Shadows 04:58
97402.Symphony X - Sea Of Lies 04:18
97403.Symphony X - Out Of The Ashes 03:40
97404.Symphony X - The Accolade 09:51
97405.Symphony X - Pharaoh 05:29
97406.Symphony X - The Eyes Of Medusa 05:26
97407.Symphony X - The Witching Hour 04:15
97408.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy 20:42
97409.Symphony X - Candlelight Fantasia 06:45

97501.Radiohead - Airbag 04:44
97502.Radiohead - Paranoid Android 06:23
97503.Radiohead - Subterranean Homesick Alien 04:27
97504.Radiohead - Exit Music (For A Film) 04:25
97505.Radiohead - Let Down 04:58
97506.Radiohead - Karma Police 04:22
97507.Radiohead - Fitter Happier 01:57
97508.Radiohead - Electioneering 03:50
97509.Radiohead - Climbing Up The Walls 04:45
97510.Radiohead - No Surprises 03:48
97511.Radiohead - Lucky 04:19
97512.Radiohead - The Tourist 05:24

97601.Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray Part I 01:53
97602.Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray Part II 03:26
97603.Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray Part III 03:53
97604.Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray Part IV 04:27
97605.Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray Part V 05:24
97606.Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray Part VI 07:28
97607.Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray Part VII 04:51
97608.Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray Part VIII 03:31
97609.Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray Part IX 04:46
97610.Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray Part X 01:19
97611.Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray Part XI 03:35
97612.Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray Part XII 09:08

97701.Devin Townsend - Seventh Wave 06:50
97702.Devin Townsend - Life 04:32
97703.Devin Townsend - Night 04:45
97704.Devin Townsend - Hide Nowhere 05:00
97705.Devin Townsend - Sister 02:48
97706.Devin Townsend - 3 A.M. 01:56
97707.Devin Townsend - Voices In The Fan 04:39
97708.Devin Townsend - Greetings 02:53
97709.Devin Townsend - Regulator 05:06
97710.Devin Townsend - Funeral 08:06
97711.Devin Townsend - Bastard 10:17
97712.Devin Townsend - The Death Of Music 12:15
97713.Devin Townsend - Things Beyond Things 04:47

97801. The Flower Kings - In The Eyes Of The World 10:38
97802. The Flower Kings - A Room With A View 01:26
97803. The Flower Kings - Just This Once 07:54
97804. The Flower Kings - Church Of Your Heart 09:10
97805. The Flower Kings - Poor Mr. Rain's Ordinary Guitar 02:44
97806. The Flower Kings - The Man Who Walked With Kings 05:00
97807. The Flower Kings - Circus Brimstone 12:03
97808. The Flower Kings - Crying Clown 00:58
97809. The Flower Kings - Compassion 08:40
97810. The Flower Kings - Pipes Of Peace 01:19
97811. The Flower Kings - The End Of Innocence 08:29
97812. The Flower Kings - The Merrygoround 08:17
97813. The Flower Kings - Don Of The Universe 07:02
97814. The Flower Kings - A Day At The Mall 00:45
97815. The Flower Kings - Different People 06:20
97816. The Flower Kings - Kingdom Of Lies 05:47
97817. The Flower Kings - If 28 02:15
97818. The Flower Kings - Ghost Of The Red Cloud 04:37
97819. The Flower Kings - Hotel Nirvana 01:49
97820. The Flower Kings - Stardust We Are 25:03

97901.IQ - Overture 04:38
97902.IQ - Provider 01:36
97903.IQ - Subterranea 05:53
97904.IQ - Sleepless Incidental 06:23
97905.IQ - Failsafe 08:57
97906.IQ - Speak My Name 03:35
97907.IQ - Tunnel Vision 07:24
97908.IQ - Infernal Chorus 05:10
97909.IQ - King of Fools 02:02
97910.IQ - The Sense in Sanity 04:48
97911.IQ - State of Mine 01:59
97912.IQ - Laid Low 01:29
97913.IQ - Breathtaker 06:04
97914.IQ - Capricorn 05:16
97915.IQ - The Other Side 02:22
97916.IQ - Unsolid Ground 05:04
97917.IQ - Somewhere in Time 07:11
97918.IQ - High Waters 02:43
97919.IQ - The Narrow Margin 20:00

97a01.Spock's Beard - The Good Don't Last 10:04
97a02.Spock's Beard - In The Mouth Of Madness 04:45
97a03.Spock's Beard - Cakewalk On Easy Street 05:01
97a04.Spock's Beard - June 05:29
97a05.Spock's Beard - Strange World 04:20
97a06.Spock's Beard - Harm's Way 11:05
97a07.Spock's Beard - Flow 15:50
97a08.Spock's Beard - The Good Don't Last (Bonus Track - Radio Edit) 03:19
97a09.Spock's Beard - In The Mouth Of Madness (Bonus Track - Radio Edit) 03:58
97a11.Spock's Beard - June (Bonus Track - Home Demo) 05:28
97a12.Spock's Beard - Strange World (Bonus Track - Home Demo) 04:31

97b01.Dream Theater - New Millennium 08:20
97b02.Dream Theater - You Not Me 04:58
97b03.Dream Theater - Peruvian Skies 06:43
97b04.Dream Theater - Hollow Years 05:53
97b05.Dream Theater - Burning My Soul 05:29
97b06.Dream Theater - Hell's Kitchen 04:16
97b07.Dream Theater - Lines In The Sand 12:05
97b08.Dream Theater - Take Away My Pain 06:03
97b09.Dream Theater - Just Let Me Breathe 05:28
97b10.Dream Theater - Anna Lee 05:51
97b11.Dream Theater - Trial Of Tears (I. It's Raining, II. Deep In Heaven, III. The Wasteland) 13:07

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