The Aerosol Grey Machine

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The Aerosol Grey Machine
Studio album by Van der Graaf Generator
Released	1969
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	53:50 (CD release)
Label	Mercury Records
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	The Aerosol Grey Machine (1968)	The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other (1970)

The Aerosol Grey Machine is the first album by the British progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. It was released in 1969.

The album was originally intended as a solo album by the band's lead singer and main songwriter, Peter Hammill, but due to a deal with the record company, it was released under the Van der Graaf Generator name.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Afterwards" (Hammill) – 4:55
2. "Orthenthian St., Pts. 1 & 2" (Hammill) – 6:18
3. "Running Back" (Hammill) – 6:35
4. "Into a Game" (Hammill) – 6:57
5. "Aerosol Grey Machine" (Hammill) – 0:47
6. "Black Smoke Yen" (Banton, Ellis, Evans) – 1:26
7. "Aquarian" (Hammill) – 8:22
8. "Necromancer" (Hammill) – 3:38
9. "Octopus" (Hammill) – 8:00

The following additional tracks (comprising the two sides of the band's first single) were included on a CD version of the album released in 1997 by the German company Repertoire Records:

1. "People You Were Going To" (Hammill) – 2:44
2. "Firebrand" (Hammill) – 4:08

The following additional tracks were included on the CD release of the album from Peter Hammill's own UK record label, FIE! Records, also in 1997:

1. "Giant Squid"
2. "Ferret And Featherbird"