 | IQ Tales from the Lush Attic
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| 3.5 great | Deadwing2112 | April 8th 20 |
IQ is often overlooked however historically deserves co-credit along with better known Marillion for stubbornly keeping the progressive rock door open during the early 1980s. Often dubbed the neo prog genre, it is rather ironic that both of these bands would release their inaugural albums in 1983. However unlike the more commercially successful Script for a Jester's Tear, IQ's own offering Tales from the Lush Attic presents an earthier and grittier side to progressive rock. The album is loosely thematically linked in concept to dystopic isolation and the yearning to reconnect with a loved one. Peter Nicholls tries his best to emulate Peter Gabriel to mixed effect. The album ambitiously opens with a 20 minute suite in The Last Human Gateway as a somewhat hommage to Supper's Ready. Although a bit thin sounding not atypical for the 80s, this really deserves to be properly re-evaluated from the 2013 remaster by Giant Electic Pea not yet obtained. It is ironic that while bands such as Marillion and IQ were forging against insurmountable odds to preserve and honor early 70s progressive rock, legendary art acts such as Genesis transitioned into pop while others from King Crimson, Yes and Emerson, Lake and Palmer collaborated into a "supergroup" as Asia to great commercial success. And to much credit, IQ and Marillion still survive and perform to this day.
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| 3.5 great | ZeddSquared | May 23rd 19 |
Maybe a bit too derivative of Genesis at times, but ultimately one of the more energetic and consistently engaging albums to cop that style. An especially underrated performance from the rhythm section of Esau and Cook on this album.
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| 4.0 excellent | e210013 | June 17th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Akifexx | October 5th 18 |
| 3.0 good | jybt | July 21st 18 |
| 2.5 average | igi78 | April 3rd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | daFigz | November 4th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Ianman | June 18th 16 |
| 3.5 great | progsun | February 23rd 16 |
| 4.5 superb | orlock | November 13th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Amebix | May 9th 14 |
| 3.0 good | jsem | April 13th 11 |
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