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Subject: IQ - Dark Matter

From: zappaboggs <zappaboggs@...>
Date: 2004-07-06

I was wondering if anyone on the list had the opportunity to hear this album yet..  The reviews have certainly grabbed my attention, and I was/am? an IQ fan from "The Wake" daze...  Here is an example:
 
"Innovation is a word that is not in the IQ dictionary. Dark Matter is simply a culmination of all the previous releases, the main difference lies in the extensive use of Mellotrons, Moogs and a Hammond organ which gives the album its distinctive classical sound. The band states that the attitude and aggression of the new cd is reminiscent of IQ�s early days. This might be so, but the feel of the album is in my opinion more in the line of the title track of their previous album The Seventh House. Dark Matter is a little bit more melodic and is therefore a perfect album to get acquaintanced with the band. A small point of criticism is that the 24 minute epic �Harvest Of Souls�, a great track in itself, is a bit dominating, especially considering the fact that the album features just over 52 minutes of music."


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