Still Life (Van der Graaf Generator album)

Still Life
Studio album by Van der Graaf Generator
Released	April 1976
Recorded	June 1975, 12-25 January 1976 at Rockfield Studios
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	44:38
Label	Charisma Records Mercury Records
Producer	Van der Graaf Generator
Van der Graaf Generator chronology
Godbluff (1975) Still Life (1976) World Record (1976)

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Still Life is an album by Van der Graaf Generator. It was originally released in 1976. One bonus track was added for the 2005 rerelease. The album cover shows a Lichtenberg figure.

Jonathan Barnett of New Musical Express, describing the songs on the album, wrote: "They start off with the kind of morbid over-sensibility, y'know.. smart ass existientialist one-liners like that, accompanied by furtive, lurching manic melodies that emphasise the personality disorientation of the whole thing."^[2]

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 1.3 Bonus tracks on 2005 reissue 2 Personnel 3 References

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Hammill, except where noted

Side one

1. "Pilgrims" (Hammill, David Jackson) – 7:12
2. "Still Life" – 7:24
3. "La Rossa" – 9:52

Side two

4. "My Room (Waiting for Wonderland)" – 8:02
5. "Childlike Faith in Childhood's End" – 12:24

Bonus tracks on 2005 reissue

6. "Gog" - 10:29
   • Recorded live at the Theatr Gwynedd, Bangor, Wales on 10 May 1975

Personnel

• Peter Hammill – vocals, guitar, piano
• David Jackson– saxophone, flute
• Hugh Banton - organ, bass, mellotron, piano
• Guy Evans - drums, percussion
• Engineered and mixed by Pat Moran

References

Van der Graaf Generator Peter Hammill · Hugh Banton · Guy Evans Former members: David Jackson · Nic Potter · Keith Ellis · Chris Judge Smith · Graham Smith · Nick Pearne · Charles Dickie Studio albums The Aerosol Grey Machine (1969) · The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other (1970) · H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970) · Pawn Hearts (1971) · Godbluff (1975) · Still Life (1976) · World Record (1976) · The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome (1977) · Present (2005) · Trisector (2008) · A Grounding in Numbers (2011) Other albums Time Vaults (1982) Live albums Vital (1978) · Maida Vale (1994) · Real Time (2007)