Forever Live

IQ | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 19, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Inside Out U.S.
• ASIN: B0009WPLMG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #99,714 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. The Wake

2. The Darkest Hour

3. Widow’s Peak

4. Out Of Nowhere

5. Nostalgia/Falling Apart At The Seams

6. The Last Human Gateway (Middle Section)

7. Fading Senses

Disc: 2

1. The Thousand Days

2. Leap Of Faith

3. Human Nature

4. The Enemy Smacks

5. Headlong

6. The Last Human Gateway (End Section)

7. No Love Lost

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent performance all around., July 5, 1998

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Bob Koehler ([e-mail]) (San Francisco Bay Area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Forever Live [2-CD SET] (Audio CD)

Forever Live by IQ is truly a wonderful listening experience. If you are a progressive rock fan you can not pass this one up. I highly recommend the version which includes the video, especially if you live in North America, where the chances of seeing a live IQ show are very slim at best (although I did get lucky back in '94!). For those new to IQ, they are a band which employs a very high level of musicianship combined with excellent lyrics penned and sung by Peter Nicholls. Their overall sound is dark and brooding, with the occasional ray of sunlight bursting through. Unlike some progressive rock, IQ's music is not all flash and solos. It is highly emotional and tightly arranged. The live album sounds great and includes most of their best material. I recommend all albums by this band, particularly the titles that include Peter Nicholls as vocalist: Tales from the Lush Attic, The Wake, Ever, and their latest, Subterranea. This stuff will blow you away!!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ALMOST PERFECT!!!!, June 2, 2003

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Carlos I. Alsina "superflypr" (San Juan, Puerto Rico United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Forever Live (Audio CD)

Tengo que reconocer que "SUBTERRANEA" es un albùn conceptual muy bien grabado, donde IQ demuestra su talento creativo y en el que hay partes del concierto realmente extraodinarias. Por algunos meses pensè que èste era el mejor trabajo en directo de esta banda hasta que escuche FOREVER LIVE. Sin que me quede nada por dentro, este doble CD que cubre varios de los primeros trabajos de este mega grupo supera con creces "SUBTERRANEA" y a muchos otros grupos de la època.

Ambos CD tienen siete (7) pistas y el primero contiene verdaderas piezas a destacar como "The Wake", "The darkest hour y "Nostalgia", pero la esencia de su mùsica està en el segundo CD. Sinceramente, no tiene desperdicio. Perfecciòn musical de pies a cabeza en Leap of Faith", The enemy smacks (increible), la sensibilidad de Headlong y The last human gateway y la expresiòn magistral sonora en No love lust dejan a cualquiera estuperfacto. Holmes, Cook, Nichols, Jowitt y Orfeo forman IQ, una banda desgraciadamente poco conocida en gran parte de los Estados Unidos y, sin embargo, uno de los mejores que jamàs haya escuchado.

I have to admit that "Subterranea" is one of the best conceptual albums that I have heard recently. Great recording, magnificent lirics. For almost a year, I thought that SUBTERRANEA was the best live works of this megagroup. I was wrong by far. FOREVER LIVE is one the best live albums ever recorded. It is at the level of GENESIS-SECONDS OUT or LA GAZZA LADRA, MARILLION live masterpiece.

This is a double CD. Both of them included seven (7) songs. CD 1 includes The Wake, The darkest hour and Nostalgia but the second CD 2 simply rounds musical perfection. Leap of Faith, The enemy smacks (incredible performance by Holmes), sensibility at glance in Headlong and The last human gateway and the grand finale of No love lust can't be explain in writting...Holmes,Cook, Nichols, Jowitt and Orfeo are IQ, a band not so well known in the States but for me, one of greates band that I ever heard......I have to say that this is one the top of my 3,000 CD collection....

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really great !, March 18, 2007

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Guy Campeau (Stoneham, Québec Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Forever Live (Audio CD)

Very good double Live album from I.Q. The sound is just perfect.

Vey good choice of music, great versions, some even better than the studio tracks. Recommanded if you are new to I.Q., if you want to discover a great prog band.