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    Posted: June 13 2019 at 13:55
Originally posted by Argo2112 Argo2112 wrote:

You get to pick 8 Floyd Gentle Giant Van Der Graaf Generator tracks to go on your own compilation album. The one rule is you can only use one track form each existing album. Pick for any 8 albums you like. Don't worry about song length, just pick 8 songs.

That's over 93 minutes!

A
Darkness (11/11)
Afterwards
Pioneers Over C

B
A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers

C
The Sleepwalkers
My Room
Cat's Eye/Yellow Fever (Running)

D
Meurglys III (The Songwriter's Guild)
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1. Lemmings (Metropolis version)
2. White Hammer
3. Pioneers over C
4. Man-erg
5. Scorched Earth
6. Childlike Faith in Childhood's End
7. Mr. Sands
8. Wondering
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Refugees repeat × 8
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Originally posted by Barbu Barbu wrote:

Refugees repeat × 8
Does that either mean you like Refugees an awful lot or that you only like Refugees by VdGG (or none of the above)?    
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Argh. I love these threads as anyone else does, but they pop up far too fast! Probably need a week or two for those that I'd still love to do...
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^take the time you need. I think I spent almost ten minutes on this (but I just click back and fourth on the titles in itunes until it looks about right).
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A
- Darkness (11/11)
- Into a Game
- House With No Door

B
- Plague of the Lighthouse Keepers

C
- The Sleepwalkers
- Still Life
- Cat's Eye/Yellow Fever

D
- Meurglys III
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- Room 1210


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Basically "Godbluff" and "Still Life" (without "My Room") will be it <3
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1. Killer
2. White Hammer
3. A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
4. Scorched Earth
5. A Place To Survive
6. La Rossa
7. Cat's Eye / Yellow Fever (Running)
8. Alfa Berlina
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Darkness
House with no door
Lighthouse Keeper
Undercover Man
Childhood End
Meurglyss III (abridged)
Cat's Eye (VdG, not VdGG)
Every Bloody Emperor
Over The Hill







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Necromancer
A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
Colossus
The Wave
House With No Door
Shikata Ga Nai
Childlike Faith in Childhood's End
Darkness (11/11)

Chances are I'm a somewhat strange VDGG listener; Godbluff is their highest rated album and despite otherwise being a fan of the band, that one completely passes me by. Actually researching for this I realise that I like every song of Still Life, Quiet Zone/Pleasure Dome, Pawn Hearts and The Least We Can do (with one exception) more than every song on Godbluff. What's wrong with me?
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The Undercover Man
Scorched Earth
Man-Erg
Childlike Faith In Childhood's End
Killer
Darkness 11/11
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This is a tough one.

I'd go with:

1. Darkness (11/11)
2. House With No Door
3. The Sleepwalkers
4. Still Life
5. Vision
6. Aquarian
7. Cat's Eye/Yellow Fever
8. Man-Erg
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Argh. I love these threads as anyone else does, but they pop up far too fast! Probably need a week or two for those that I'd still love to do...
I love these Make Your Own Album threads too, but I was a bit late coming to the party last September, so I'm now going back and seeing what I missed out on before I arrived here. I have a lot of work to do in putting together my ideal Van der Graaf Generator album though, because I only listened to VDGG for the very first time on Christmas Day.  I have a lot of listening to do to choose my favourite eight VDGG songs from eight different albums. Smile
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1. Afterwards (The Aerosol Grey Machine)
 
 
2. Refugees (The Least We Can Do is Wave to Each Other)
 
 
3. A House with No Door (H to He Who Am the Only One)
 
 
4. Man-Erg (Pawn Hearts)
 
 
5. The Undercover Man (Godbluff)
 
 
6. My Room (Still Life)
 
 
7. Masks (World Record)
 
 
8. The Siren Song (The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome)
 
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

^take the time you need. I think I spent almost ten minutes on this (but I just click back and fourth on the titles in itunes until it looks about right).
Wow! That was fast! It took me at least 12 hours to listen to Van der Graaf Generator's first eight albums twice over and then pick my favourite track from each album, but it was great fun too. Smile
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As a person whose entire forum identity is based on Van der Graaf Generator, I feel entitled to go beyond eight tracks, instead choosing to create two separate albums corresponding to the Early Period and Late Period music. I still obey the rule of one track per existing album, though I have also included tracks from compilation albums, but not those that are also on studio albums.
 
 
Early Period:
 
1. Necromancer (The Aerosol Grey Machine)
2. After The Flood (The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other)
3. Lost (H To He, Who Am The Only One)
4. A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers (Pawn Hearts)
5. Blackroom (Time Vaults)
6. The Boat of Millions of Years (I Prophesy Disaster)
 

Late Period:
 
1. Scorched Earth (Godbluff)
2. Still Life (Still Life)
3. A Place to Survive (World Record)
4. The Sphinx In The Face (The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome)
5. Manuelle (Present - CD 2)
6. (We Are) Not Here (Trisector)
7. Mr. Sands (A Grounding In Numbers)
8. Aloft (Do Not Disturb)
 
 

 
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