Godbluff
Sign in to saveGodbluff is the fifth album released by English progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator, released in October 1975 via Charisma-Mercury. It was the first album after the band reformed in 1975 and was recorded after a European tour.
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- Type
- Album
- Artist
- Van der Graaf Generator
- First released
- 1975-10
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- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 8
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Key facts
- Album.name
- Godbluff
- Album.type
- Album
- Album.artist
- Van der Graaf Generator
- Album.cover
- Godbluff.jpg
- Album.released
- October 1975
- Album.recorded
- 9–29 June 1975
- Album.studio
- Rockfield Studios, Monmouthshire
- Album.genre
- Progressive rock
- Album.length
- 37:44
- Album.label
- UK Charisma RecordsUSA Mercury Records
- Album.producer
- Van der Graaf Generator
- Album.prev_title
- Pawn Hearts
- Album.prev_year
- 1971
Key dates
- Published
- October 1975
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- album
- Genre
- progressive rock
- Producer
- Van der Graaf Generator
- Duration
- +2249
- Performer
- Van der Graaf Generator
- Record label
- Charisma
- Distribution format
- music streaming
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- P407
- English language
- P7937
- studio album
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Godbluff is the fifth album released by English progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator, released in October 1975 via Charisma-Mercury. It was the first album after the band reformed in 1975 and was recorded after a European tour.
As the first self-produced album by the band, it featured a tighter, more pared-down sound than the band's earlier recordings with producer John Anthony. Hammill said "we did not want to make 'Son of Pawn Hearts' with a big long side two and lots of studio experiments". Van der Graaf Generator would never work with an outside producer from this point forward. Hammill made extensive use of the Hohner Clavinet D6 keyboard, which he had first started using on his previous solo album, ''Nadir's Big Chance'' (1975).