Seven Stories into Eight

Seven Stories into Eight
Demo album by IQ
Released	October 1982
Recorded	1981-1982
Genre	Neo-prog
Length	43:31
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. In 1998, a new version of this work (Seven Stories into '98) was released as a studio album.

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

• Peter Nicholls – lead vocals (tracks 6–8)
• Mike Holmes – acoustic, electric & twelve-string guitars
• Martin Orford – keyboards, lead vocals (tracks 3 & 5)
• Tim Esau – bass guitar
• Mark Rideout – drums, percussion (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
• Paul Cook – drums, percussion (all other tracks)