Van der Graaf Generator discography

Van der Graaf Generator discography
Van der Graaf Generator discography
Studio albums	13
Live albums	9
Compilation albums	8
Singles	7
Video albums	4

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

Albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
Year	Album details	UK ^[1]^[2]	GER ^[3]	NLD ^[4]	ITA ^[5]^[6]
1969	The Aerosol Grey Machine Release date: September 1969 Label: Mercury/Fontana	—	—	—	—
1970	The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other Release date: February 1970 Label: Charisma/Probe	47	—	—	15
1970	H to He, Who Am the Only One Release date: December 1970 Label: Charisma/Dunhill	—	—	—	—
1971	Pawn Hearts Release date: 12 November 1971 Label: Charisma	—	—	—	12
1975	Godbluff Release date: October 1975 Label: Charisma/Mercury	—	—	—	—
1976	Still Life Release date: April 1976 Label: Charisma/Mercury	—	—	—	—
1976	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	—	34
2008	Trisector Release date: 17 March 2008 Label: Virgin/EMI	—	—	—	83
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	48

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 Release date: June 2009 Label: Voiceprint
2012	Live at Metropolis Studios 2010 Release date: June 2012 Label: Salvo With DVD live from 18 December 2010
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 With DVD live from 5 November 2005
2023	The Bath Forum Concert Label: Esoteric Antenna Box set of 2 CDs + DVD + BluRay Recorded 1 March 2022

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
1987	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
2000	The Box Release date: November 2000 Label: Virgin
2021	The Charisma Years 1970–1978^[7] Release date: 3 September 2021 Label: Universal Music

UK releases, except where noted.

Year	Single	Release date	Album
1969	"People You Were Going To" / "Firebrand"	17 January 1969^[8]^[A]	non-album single
1969	"Afterwards" / "Necromancer"	December 1969^[B]	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^[9]^[C]	non-album single
1976	"Wondering" / "Meurglys III" (excerpt)	October 1976	World Record
1977	"Cat's Eye" / "Ship of Fools"	September 1977^[D]	The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome
2011	"Highly strung" / "Elsewhere"	April 2011^[E]	A Grounding in Numbers

Notes:

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
2003	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 Release date: June 2009 Label: Voiceprint	Live at Paradiso, Amsterdam, 14 April 2007