The Wake Including Bonus

Digitally remastered and expanded edition. The Wake is the third studio album by the British neo-progressive rock band IQ and was released in 1985. It entered the UK album chart on 22 June 1985. It is the only album by IQ to enter the UK album chart. The cover art is by lead singer Peter Nicholls. Most of the characters in the image are original, but the central character is based on Rae Dawn Chong wearing clay face (and body) paint as Ika in the film Quest for Fire (1981). However, according to Nicholls, many of the band’s fans misinterpreted this as a self-portrait, since he wore extensive stage makeup at the time.