THE QUIET ZONE / THE PLEASURE DOME

Where VDGG becomes VDG as they stopped generating interest for a lot of people. As understandable as it is for the VDGG purist, the line-up is quite different - with Banton out and Jakson guesting on a couple of tracks but the novelty is Graham Smith on violin - and they (the Purists) are lost. However , this is still unmistakably a VDG (not VDGG) album with Hammill at the controls and there are a few good ideas with the violin notably the excellent Cat's Eye/Yellow Fever and Broken Heart. But the rest is rather weaker and this makes it a slightly less inferior GRAAF album along with H To He. Please note that side 1 (up to track 4 incl) is named the Quiet Zone (in fact it is the noisier side) and side 2 of the original vinyl is the Pleasure Dome .

Please note that this is mainly this line-up that you will find on Hammill's solo album Over released around that same year and holding some of his most beautiful songs ever.