IQ: The Seventh House CD 2000. A 57 minute Progressive Rock masterpiece! Prog Legends. Check audio (whole album) + 2 video album reviews

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The band spent most of the year 2000 writing and recording the new studio album  The Seventh House a 57 minute Progressive Rock masterpiece that was released to wide acclaim in February 2001. This new CD has proved to be a worthy follow-up to Subterranea, combining a harder edge with IQ’s renowned melodic sensibilities. 2001 also saw the 20th anniversary of IQ

SAMPLES:  www.allmusic.com/album/the-seventh-house-mw0000669745

1. Wrong Side of the Weird, The
2. Erosion
3. Seventh House, The
4. Zero Hour
5. Shooting Angels
6. Guiding Light
Peter Nicholls (vocals); Mike Holmes (guitar); Martin Orford (keyboards); John Jowitt (bass guitar); Paul Cook (drums, percussion)

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5.0 out of 5 stars wow!
If, like me, you’ve been listening to prog since the late 60’s and if, like me you wish Gabriel had stayed with Genesis and if, like me you buy prog CDs by the truck load from all over the World – its great to find that ‘special’ CD. I hadn’t really taken much notice of IQ but THE SEVENTH HOUSE really made me sit up and take notice. The album kicks in with the superbly titled THE WRONG SIDE OF WEIRD which rocks with the best of them, EROSION follows with sweeping keys and voice before chugging guitars lift it to another plane – as so it goes on through to the finale in the form of GUIDING LIGHT, another rocker but not until the trade mark melodious keys. It’s not a perfect album but it IS a superb prog effort from a band that really know their stuff.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A superb effort
IQ, along with Marillion and several other groups, were at the forefront of the so-called neo-progressive scene of the early 80s. While Marillion have in recent times shied away from their early influences, with mixed results, IQ have very much continued along prog lines and, judging by this album, are justified in doing so.
Every one of the six songs on this album grabbed my attention so its very difficult to pick out a stand-out track, although the title song is just possibly the strongest.
Admittedly this album will not be to everyone’s taste. It has a huge production sound which doesn’t sit comfortably with today’s fashion for lo-fi, so it’ll probably take some getting used to for the uninitiated, and the early Genesis influence is clear, what with the swirling keyboard solos, and vocalist Peter Nicholls does sound like Peter Gabriel. Nevertheless I’d heartily recommend this album to anyone, even if you don’t have much experience of the genre.
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5.0 out of 5 stars 19 years on and IQ seem to be saving their best ’till last
IQ have been around since the early eighties and have always been synonymous with top quality musicianship and composition, but they seem to have scaled new heights with The Seventh House. Beginning with a bright and breezy opening track followed by the atmospheric ‘Erosion’, the band then embark on a fourteen-minute odyssey title track containing some of their greatest work – the line ‘Cathedral that man created…’ is so well sung it brings a lump to my throat! The rest of the album provides some refreshing moments with ‘Shooting Angles’ being the only below-par track on the Album. Mike Holmes seems to be bringing in some different styles on guitar and the sumptuous chord work lets John Jowitt really twang those bass strings! Martin Orford is top-class on the keys as usual, and I’ve never heard Paul Cook’s drums sound quite so good. It is difficult to see how IQ can improve on this one, but I will certainly look forward to their next masterpiece.

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