The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome

by Van der Graaf

The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome cover art

Truncating their name and radically altering their lineup to replace Hugh Banton and David Jackson with violin and bass, the band pursued a remarkably stripped-down, aggressive art-rock direction. The album balances highly poetic, philosophical progressive rock suites with surprisingly manic, new-wave-inflected energy and deeply passionate, complex vocal performances.

Genres

  • Progressive Rock
  • Art Rock

Tracklist

  1. Lizard Play
  2. The Habit Of The Broken Heart
  3. The Siren Song
  4. Last Frame
  5. The Wave
  6. Cat’s Eye / Yellow Fever (Running)
  7. The Sphinx In The Face
  8. Chemical World
  9. The Sphinx Returns
  10. Door
  11. Ship Of Fools
  12. The Wave - Demo Version
  13. Cat's Eye / Yellow Fever (Running) - BBC Radio One John Peel Session / 1977
  14. The Sphinx In The Face - BBC Radio One John Peel Session / 1977
  15. (Fragments Of) A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers / Sleepwalkers - BBC Radio One John Peel Session / 1977