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		<title>Album review: IQ &#8211; Dominion</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alanjones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/03/album-review-iq-dominion/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IQ-Dominion1-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="IQ - Dominion" title="IQ - Dominion" /></a>Giant Electric Pea  -  [Release Date: 28.03.25] It’s a new IQ album &#8211; what’s not to like? At the forefront of the progressive rock cognoscenti’s ‘Finest Prog Bands’ list since their debut ‘Tales From The Lush Attic’ in 1983 (when &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/03/album-review-iq-dominion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/03/album-review-iq-dominion/">Album review: IQ &#8211; Dominion</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>News: RUSH, IQ, CANDICE NIGHT (February 2025)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 13:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/01/news-february-2025/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/140208_gor_hwind-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Hawkwind, Giants Of Rock - 8 February 2014" title="Hawkwind, Giants Of Rock - 8 February 2014" /></a>Bryan Adams released the title track of his forthcoming album &#8216;Roll With The Punches&#8217; on February 7. The album is due later this year and was co-written with Robert John &#8220;Mutt&#8221; Lange. Deko Entertainment release a 50th anniversary edition of Angel&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/01/news-february-2025/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/01/news-february-2025/">News: RUSH, IQ, CANDICE NIGHT (February 2025)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: RAIN &#8211; Radio Silence</title>
		<link>https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-rain-radio-silence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2023 19:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alanjones</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=85887</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-rain-radio-silence/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/RAIN-RADIO-SILENCE1-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="RAIN - RADIO SILENCE" title="RAIN - RADIO SILENCE" /></a>Giant Electric Pea    [Release date: 27.01.23] Another release on the Giant Electric Pea label &#8211; they’re getting quite prolific… For those not in the know, GEP is the label founded by IQ stalwarts Mike Holmes and Martin Orford in &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-rain-radio-silence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-rain-radio-silence/">Album review: RAIN &#8211; Radio Silence</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album Review: RETURNED TO THE EARTH &#8211; Fall Of The Watcher</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2023 20:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alanjones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-returned-to-the-earth-fall-of-the-watcher/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/RETURNED-TO-THE-EARTH1-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="RETURNED TO THE EARTH" title="RETURNED TO THE EARTH" /></a>Giant Electric Pea [Release date: 27.01.23] Written and recorded through lockdown between 2019 and 2021, ‘Fall Of The Watcher’ is Returned To The Earth’s fourth foray into the studio. Originally released in 2022 on BandCamp, Giant Electric Pea, the exemplary &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-returned-to-the-earth-fall-of-the-watcher/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-returned-to-the-earth-fall-of-the-watcher/">Album Review: RETURNED TO THE EARTH &#8211; Fall Of The Watcher</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: PAUL MENEL AND THE ESSENTIALS &#8211; Spare Parts For Broken Hearts</title>
		<link>https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/04/album-review-paul-menel-and-the-essentials-spare-parts-for-broken-hearts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2017 14:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/04/album-review-paul-menel-and-the-essentials-spare-parts-for-broken-hearts/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/paulmanel-150x150.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="PAUL MENEL AND THE ESSENTIALS - Spare Parts For Broken Hearts" title="PAUL MENEL AND THE ESSENTIALS - Spare Parts For Broken Hearts" /></a>www.paulmenelessentials.co.uk [Release date 14.02.17] Paul Menel will be known to many prog rock fans as the lead singer with IQ between 1985 and 1990. However, since then and on this album in particular, he takes a few prog leanings and &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/04/album-review-paul-menel-and-the-essentials-spare-parts-for-broken-hearts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/04/album-review-paul-menel-and-the-essentials-spare-parts-for-broken-hearts/">Album review: PAUL MENEL AND THE ESSENTIALS &#8211; Spare Parts For Broken Hearts</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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