Van der Graaf Generator discography | |
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Studio albums | 13 |
Live albums | 8 |
Compilation albums | 8 |
Video albums | 4 |
Singles | 7 |
This discography covers the work of the English band Van der Graaf Generator.
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
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UK [1] [2] | GER [3] | NLD [4] | ||
1969 | The Aerosol Grey Machine | — | — | — |
1970 | The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other | 47 | — | — |
H to He, Who Am the Only One
| — | — | — | |
1971 | Pawn Hearts
| — | — | — |
1975 | Godbluff
| — | — | — |
1976 | Still Life
| — | — | — |
World Record
| — | — | — | |
1977 | The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome
| — | — | — |
2005 | Present
| 103 | 100 | — |
2008 | Trisector
| — | — | — |
2011 | A Grounding in Numbers
| — | — | 81 |
2012 | ALT
| — | — | — |
2016 | Do Not Disturb
| 88 | — | 96 |
Year | Album details |
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1978 | Vital
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1994 | Maida Vale
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2007 | Real Time
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2009 | Live at the Paradiso
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2012 | Live at Metropolis Studios 2010
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2015 | Merlin Atmos
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2015 | After the Flood: At the BBC 1968-1977
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2018 | Live at Rockpalast – Leverkusen 2005
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Year | Album details |
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1972 | 68–71
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1980 | Repeat Performance
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1982 | Time Vaults
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1987 | First Generation (Scenes from 1969 to 1971)
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Second Generation (Scenes from 1975 to 1977)
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1993 | I Prophesy Disaster
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2000 | An Introduction: From The Least to The Quiet Zone
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The Box
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2021 | The Charisma Years 1970–1978 [5]
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UK releases, except where noted.
Year | Single | Release date | Album |
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1969 | "People You Were Going To" / "Firebrand" | 17 January 1969 [6] | non-album single [upper-alpha 1] |
"Afterwards" / "Necromancer" | December 1969 [upper-alpha 2] | The Aerosol Grey Machine | |
1970 | "Refugees" / "The Boat of a Million Years" | 24 April 1970 | The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other |
1972 | "Theme One" / "W" | 4 February 1972 [upper-alpha 3] | Pawn Hearts |
1976 | "Wondering" / "Meurglys III" | October 1976 | World Record |
1977 | "Cat's Eye/Yellow Fever (Running)" / "Ship of Fools" | September 1977 [upper-alpha 4] | The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome |
2011 | "Highly strung" / "Elsewhere" | April 2011 | A Grounding in Numbers (Record Store Day release) |
Notes:
Year | Video details | Notes |
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2003 | Masters from the Vaults
| Belgian TV session, March 1972, incorrectly labelled as 1971 |
Godbluff Live 1975
| Live in Charleroi 1975 + the same Belgian session | |
2005 | Inside VdGG
| Includes the two mentioned above + Beat Club 1970 |
2009 | Live at the Paradiso
| Live at Paradiso, Amsterdam, 14 April 2007 |
Peter Joseph Andrew Hammill is an English musician and recording artist. He was a founder member of the progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. Best known as a singer-songwriter, he also plays guitar and piano and produces his own recordings and occasionally those of other artists. In 2012, he was recognised with the Visionary award at the first Progressive Music Awards.
Godbluff is the fifth album released by English progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. It was the first album after the band reformed in 1975 and was recorded after a European tour.
Pawn Hearts is the fourth album by English progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator, released in October 1971 on Charisma Records. The original album features just three tracks, including the side-long suite "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers". The album was not commercially successful in the UK, but reached number one in Italy. It has since seen retrospective critical praise and was reissued on CD in 2005 with extra material.
H to He, Who Am the Only One is the third album by the British progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. It was released in 1970 on Charisma Records.
Still Life is the sixth album by English progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator, originally released in 1976. It was their second album after reforming in 1975, the first being Godbluff. One live bonus track was added for the 2005 re-mastered re-release. A new re-master, with 5.1 surround sound re-mixes by Stephen W Tayler, was released on 3 September 2021.
The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other is the second album by the British progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator, released in February 1970 on Charisma Records. It was the group's first album to be released in the UK and the only one to chart in the top 50 in that country.
Christopher John Judge Smith, is an English songwriter, author, composer and performer, and a founder member of progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. Initially working under the name Chris Judge Smith, he has been known simply as Judge Smith since 1994. After Van der Graaf Generator, he has written songs, stage musicals and operas, and from the early 1990s on he has released a number of solo CDs, including three "Songstories".
Vital: Van der Graaf Live is the first live album by English progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. It was recorded 16 January 1978 at the Marquee Club in London and was released in July, one month after the band's 1978 break-up. The album was credited under the abbreviated name Van der Graaf, like the previous year's The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome (1977), and featured the same line-up plus newcomer cellist/keyboardist Charles Dickie, who had officially joined the band in August 1977, and original saxophonist and flautist David Jackson, who re-joined the band for this recording.
Hugh Robert Banton is a British musician and electronic organ builder, most widely known for playing organ and keyboards with the group Van der Graaf Generator.
The Aerosol Grey Machine is the debut studio album by English progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. It was first released in the United States in 1969 by Mercury Records.
World Record is the seventh studio album by the British progressive rock group Van der Graaf Generator, originally released in 1976 on Charisma Records. Bonus tracks were added for the 2005 rerelease.
Present is the ninth studio album by British progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator, released in 2005. It was the band's first studio album since The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome in 1977, and the first with the 'classic' line-up since World Record in 1976. The Charisma Records label was re-activated for its release, as well as a re-issue series of Van der Graaf Generator's catalogue and Peter Hammill's solo releases from 1972-86.
Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night is the second solo album by British singer-songwriter Peter Hammill. It followed in the aftermath of the breakup of Hammill's band Van der Graaf Generator, and other ex-members of Van der Graaf Generator perform on the album.
Van der Graaf Generator are an English progressive rock band, formed in 1967 in Manchester by singer-songwriters Peter Hammill and Chris Judge Smith and the first act signed by Charisma Records. They did not experience much commercial success in the UK, but became popular in Italy during the 1970s. In 2005 the band reformed, and are still musically active with a line-up of Hammill, organist Hugh Banton and drummer Guy Evans.
Keith Ian Ellis, was an English bass player. He was born in Matlock, Derbyshire. He is known for his associations with The Koobas, The Misunderstood and Juicy Lucy. He was also a member of Van der Graaf Generator from 1968 to 1969. Ellis worked with Mike Patto and Ollie Halsall's band Boxer from 1975 until late 1976 when the original line-up split.
Real Time: Royal Festival Hall, London, 06.05.05 is a live album by Van der Graaf Generator, released in 2007 on Fie! Records. It contains the entire recording of the group's reunion concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London, England on 6 May 2005. The album includes at least one song from every album released between 1970-1976, plus their 2005 reunion album Present. Nothing is included from 1969's Aerosol Grey Machine and The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome, released in 1977 after Hugh Banton and David Jackson left the group. The album also contains "(In the) Black Room", a song performed live by Van der Graaf Generator in 1972 ; following the band's August 1972 breakup, it was released on Peter Hammill's 1973 solo album Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night, with Banton, Evans and Jackson all performing on the track.
Trisector is the tenth studio album by the British rock group Van der Graaf Generator. It was released on Virgin/EMI Records in March 2008. It is the first album the band has recorded as a trio. Saxophonist David Jackson departed the band following the 2005 tour.
A Grounding in Numbers is the eleventh studio album by the British rock group Van der Graaf Generator. It was released on 14 March 2011. This date, if written as 3,14, comprises the first three digits of the number π. The second track, "Mathematics", refers to Euler's identity, sometimes known as the mathematical poem. The album's release signals a continuation in the direction set by the current trio lineup, but it is released on a new label, Esoteric Recordings, a departure from previous releases on Virgin/Charisma. Hugh Padgham is the mixer of the album.
"A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" is a song by the English rock band Van der Graaf Generator, from their fourth album Pawn Hearts (1971). It is a concept piece over 23 minutes long, which comprises the whole B-side of the album. "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" evolved in the studio, recorded in small sections and pieced together during mixing. The song has many changes in time signature and key signature, and even incorporates some musique concrète.
Do Not Disturb is the thirteenth studio album by British progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. It was released, on Esoteric Recordings, on 30 September 2016.