Still Life
by Van Der Graaf Generator
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Van Der Graaf Generator bestography
Still Life is ranked 3rd best out of 27 albums by Van Der Graaf Generator on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Van Der Graaf Generator is Pawn Hearts which is ranked number 1190 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,474.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Still Life track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Still Life rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 60 Music Albums of 1976 | 30/60 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Sonoffatboy | Top 70 Greatest Music Albums | 69/70 | 3 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | My Favorite Prog-Rock Albums | 21/100 | - |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best albums from '75 to '84 | 8/100 | - |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 35 Music Albums of 1976 | 3/35 | 5 |
| 2026 |  JMGL95 | Top 33 Music Albums of 1976 | 22/33 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1976 | 28/50 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 137 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 669 | |||
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Still Life ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/09/2026 10:01 | dronjack | 70 | 41/100 |
| ! | 05/14/2026 07:32 | Pavloss | 488 | 50/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2026 19:28 | emnasut | 153 | 87/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.2/100, a mean average of 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.0.
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Still Life forum mentions
Liedzeit 02/27/2024 13:40 in What album are you listening to right now?
LedZep 04/24/2023 08:16 in You must listen to the album below you.View all forum mentions
Still Life comments
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Peter Hammill is another unrecognised English musical genius. Perhaps the first to recognise that the voice is another instrument to experiment with. Still Life just resonates with pain, wonder, melancholy and hope. No weak songs, but the title track and Childhood's end are masterpieces. (Edited)
I read in the liner notes that one reviewer said this album had too many "Smart-ass existentialist one-liners". I think that's awesome, myself. Pilgrims in particular captures a feeling of a sort of unfounded but passionate hope that is just chilling and indescribable. I don't agree with the philosophical message of the album, but I can definitely relate to feeling in the songs. VDGG always keeps it real.
In my opinion, VDGG best album and one of the bests from 1976.
Absolutely brilliant. This is my favorite VDGG album.
Parktribur 06/07/2017 16:16 | #192194 | TOP COMMENT
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Pilgrims is a masterpiece.
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