Seven Stories into Eight

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Seven Stories into Eight
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Demo album by
IQ
ReleasedOctober 1982
Recorded1981-1982
Genre Neo-prog
Length43:31
Label self released/independent
Producer IQ
IQ chronology
Seven Stories into Eight
(1982)
Tales from the Lush Attic
(1983)
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Seven Stories into Eight is a demo album by the neo-prog band IQ. It was released in 1982 on cassette. [1] In 1998, a new version of this work (Seven Stories into '98) was released as a studio album.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Capital Letters (In Surgical Spirit Land)" – 3:46
  2. "About Lake Five" – 5:02
  3. "Intelligence Quotient" – 6:55
  4. "For Christ’s Sake" (Live) – 5:05
  5. "Barbell Is In" – 5:32
  6. "Fascination" – 5:56
  7. "For The Taking" – 4:17
  8. "It All Stops Here" – 6:58

Personnel

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References

  1. "Seven Stories into Eight – IQ | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic .