Van der Graaf Generator discography
Studio albums13
Live albums8
Compilation albums8
Video albums4
Singles7

This discography covers the work of the English band Van der Graaf Generator.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions
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
  • Release date: December 1970
  • Label: Charisma/Dunhill
 — — —
1971 Pawn Hearts
  • Release date: October 1971
  • Label: Charisma
 — — —
1975 Godbluff
  • Release date: October 1975
  • Label: Charisma/Mercury
 — — —
1976 Still Life
  • Release date: April 1976
  • Label: Charisma/Mercury
 — — —
World Record
  • Release date: October 1976
  • Label: Charisma/Mercury
 — — —
1977 The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome
  • Release date: 2 September 1977
  • Label: Charisma/Mercury
 — — —
2005 Present
  • Release date: 25 April 2005
  • Label: Charisma
 103 100 —
2008 Trisector — — —
2011 A Grounding in Numbers
  • Release date: 14 March 2011
  • Label: Esoteric
 — — 81
2012 ALT
  • Release date: 25 June 2012
  • Label: Esoteric
 — — —
2016 Do Not Disturb
  • Release date: 30 September 2016
  • Label: Esoteric
 88 — 96

Live albums

Year Album details
1978 Vital
  • Release date: July 1978
  • Label: Charisma/PVC
1994 Maida Vale
  • Release date: June 1994
  • Label: Band of Joy
2007 Real Time
  • Release date: March 2007
  • Label: Fie!
2009 Live at the Paradiso
2012 Live at Metropolis Studios 2010
  • Release date: June 2012
  • Label: Salvo
2015 Merlin Atmos
  • Release date: February 2015
  • Label: Esoteric Antenna
2015 After the Flood: At the BBC 1968-1977
  • Release date: April 2015
  • Label:
2018 Live at Rockpalast – Leverkusen 2005
  • Release date: May 2018
  • Label: Mig Music

Compilation and demo albums

Year Album details
1972 68–71
  • Release date: August 1972
  • Label: Charisma
1980 Repeat Performance
  • Release date: September 1980
  • Label: Charisma
1982 Time Vaults
  • Release date: 1982
  • Label: Sofa Sound
1987 First Generation (Scenes from 1969 to 1971)
  • Release date: February 1987
  • Label: Virgin
Second Generation (Scenes from 1975 to 1977)
  • Release date: February 1987
  • Label: Virgin
1993 I Prophesy Disaster
  • Release date: September 1993
  • Label: Virgin
2000 An Introduction: From The Least to The Quiet Zone
  • Release date: November 2000
  • Label: Virgin
The Box
  • Release date: November 2000
  • Label: Virgin
2021 The Charisma Years 1970–1978[5]
  • Release date: 3 September 2021
  • Label: Universal Music

Singles

UK releases, except where noted.

Year Single Release date Album
1969 "People You Were Going To" / "Firebrand" 17 January 1969[6][upper-alpha 1] non-album single
"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" 18 February 1972[7][upper-alpha 3] Pawn Hearts
1976 "Wondering" / "Meurglys III" (excerpt) October 1976 World Record
1977 "Cat's Eye" / "Ship of Fools" September 1977[upper-alpha 4] The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome
2011 "Highly strung" / "Elsewhere" April 2011[upper-alpha 5] A Grounding in Numbers

Notes:

  1. ↑ This single was withdrawn shortly after release
  2. ↑ released in US
  3. ↑ also released in various EU and Australia
  4. ↑ released in France
  5. ↑ Record Store Day release

Videos

Year Video details Notes
2003 Masters from the Vaults
  • Release date: February 2003
  • Label: Intense Gmbh
 Belgian TV session, March 1972, incorrectly labelled as 1971
Godbluff Live 1975
  • Release date: July 2003
  • Label: Classic Rock
 Live in Charleroi 1975 + the same Belgian session
2005 Inside VdGG
  • Release date: June 2005
  • Label: Classic Rock
 Includes the two mentioned above + Beat Club 1970
2009 Live at the Paradiso Live at Paradiso, Amsterdam, 14 April 2007

References

  1. ↑ "The Official Charts Company – Van der Graaf Generator discography". The Official Charts Company. 6 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Chart Log UK: V – Vybe". zobbel.de. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Suche nach "Van Der Graaf Generator"". charts.de. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Discografie Van Der Graaf Generator". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "The Charisma Years".
  6. ↑ "Discography".
  7. ↑ "Promo disc".
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