IQ - Frequency (2009) [FLAC] (DVD9 NTSC)
Label: Inside Out Music – IOMSECD 311
Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition
DVD, DVD-Video
Country: Germany
Released:May 2009
Genre: Rock
Style: Prog Rock
One of the Pioneers on the British Neo Prog scene (apologies to Martin ORFORD - I know you hate the Neo Prog concept), IQ is one of the few bands from the 80's and 90's scene that superbly delivers a full symphonic, rich in emotion music. The outstanding vocals of Peter NICHOLLS give the band its trademark, but the keyboard arrangements from the multiband man Martin ORFORD (JADIS) really add to the atmosphere here. Not enough, the guitar work from Mike HOLMES completes the last essential ingredient of the band's musicianship.
The band is strongly influenced by (GABRIEL era) GENESIS, with a hard-edged and powerfull sound. Very extensive discography, in which you easely notice the band's evolution. I would say IQ is one of the few bands that has been able to maintain a growing curve in terms of musicianship and identity over the years. The music became heavier on the 90's, but with no doubt, it improved a lot.
They truly carried the torch of progressive music into the 80s. Their first two prosper albums, "Tales From The Lush Attic" and "The Wake" are among the very finest progressive rock albums released in that decade. However, IQ's most recent recordings "Ever" and the double-album, "Subterranea", are considered by many of their fans to be even better than their seminal early 80s work. ESSENTIAL PROG!!!
Tracklist:
Frequency
1.1 Frequency 8:29
1.2 Life Support 6:27
1.3 Stronger Than Friction 10:31
1.4 One Fatal Mistake 4:53
1.5 Ryker Skies 9:45
1.6 The Province 13:42
1.7 Closer 8:10
Bonus DVD - IQ Live In Holland 2007 (1:49:45)
2.1 Awake And Nervous
2.2 You Never Will
2.3 Frequency
2.4 The Magic Roundabout
2.5 Harvest Of Souls
2.6 Sleepless Incidental
2.7 Crashed And Burned (Stronger Than Friction)
2.8 The Seventh House
2.9 It All Stops Here
2.10 Guiding Light
Special Feature - Encores (18:50)
2.11 Subterranea
2.12 The Darkest Hour
Distributed By – SPV GmbH – SPV 28040 CD+DVD
Licensed To – Inside Out Music
Recorded At – Aubitt Studios
Bass Guitar – John Jowitt
Design, Artwork – Tony Lythgoe
Drums, Percussion – Andy Edwards
Engineer – Rob Aubrey
Guitar, Keyboards, Producer – Michael Holmes (2)
Keyboards – Mark Westworth
Vocals [Lead], Backing Vocals, Lyrics By – Peter Nicholls
Written-By, Arranged By – IQ (7)
