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Album

The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome

A release by Van Der Graaf Generator, as collectible cards in HitMasters.

Artist
Van Der Graaf Generator
Year
1977
Tracks
12
Length
54 min

The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome is the eighth album by British progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. Released in 1977, it was their last studio album before their 2005 reunion. The album features a more energetic, new wave sound than its three immediate predecessors, anticipating singer and songwriter Peter Hammill's late 1970s solo work. For this album, bassist Nic Potter returned to the band, having left in 1970, and violinist Graham Smith also joined the line-up, in place of the two members who had departed in the aftermath of their previous album, World Record: organist Hugh Banton and saxophonist/flutist David Jackson. This considerably modified the band's sound. Officially, the band's name was shortened to just "Van der Graaf" for this album and the live album, Vital, that followed, but contemporaneous Charisma Records promotional materials used both the full and shortened name.

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Tracks

  1. 1Lizard Play4:32Demo
  2. 2The Habit Of The Broken Heart (2005 Digital Remaster)4:40Demo
  3. 3The Siren Song (2005 Digital Remaster)6:06Demo
  4. 4Last Frame (2005 Digital Remaster)6:18Demo
  5. 5The Wave (2005 Digital Remaster)3:16Demo
  6. 6Cat's Eye/Yellow Fever (Running) (2005 Digital Remaster)5:22Demo
  7. 7The Sphinx In The Face (2005 Digital Remaster)5:59Demo
  8. 8Chemical World (2005 Digital Remaster)6:13Demo
  9. 9The Sphinx Returns (2005 Digital Remaster)1:31Demo
  10. 10Door3:29Demo
  11. 11Ship Of Fools (2005 Digital Remaster; GB-AAA-05-00880)3:04Demo
  12. 12The Wave (Early Instrumental Demo Version;2005 Digital Remaster)3:44Demo

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