Godbluff

Infobox Album | Name = Godbluff
Type = Album
Artist = Van der Graaf Generator


Released = October 1975
Recorded = June 9-29, 1975
Genre = Progressive rock
Length = 37:29
Label = Charisma Records
Producer = Van der Graaf Generator
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1kd5vwrva92k link] | Last album = "Pawn Hearts"
(1971)
This album = "Godbluff"
(1975)
Next album = "Still Life"
(1976)

"Godbluff" is the first record released by Van der Graaf Generator after they reformed in 1975. It is their fifth disc overall.

It features a tighter, more pared-down sound than the band's earlier recordings with John Anthony. Hammill makes extensive use of the Hohner Clavinet D6 electromechanical keyboard.

The first release of the record in the United States was on Mercury Records. The 2005 reissue added live performances by Van der Graaf Generator of two songs from Peter Hammill's album "The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage" (1974). The tracks were recorded at a concert at L'Altro Mondo, Rimini, Italy.

Track listing

All tracks written by Peter Hammill, except where indicated.
# "The Undercover Man" – 7:25
# "Scorched Earth" (Hammill, David Jackson) – 9:48
# "Arrow" – 9:45
# "The Sleepwalkers" – 10:31
# "Forsaken Gardens" – 7:58 (bonus track on CD reissue)
# "A Louse Is Not a Home" – 12:23 (bonus track on CD reissue)
#* Tracks 5 and 6 were recorded live on August 9 1975

Personnel

*Peter Hammill – voice, piano, clavinet, electric guitar
*Hugh Banton – organs (including bass pedals), bass guitar
*Guy Evans – drums and percusssion
*David Jackson – saxophones and flute