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                <title><a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/van-der-graaf-generator-mn0000257544" aria-label="Read more about artist Van der Graaf Generator">Van der Graaf Generator</a> - <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/still-life-mw0000196086 ">Still Life</a></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Released 50 years ago today, VDGG's second step on the mid-'70s comeback trail saw Peter Hammill attempting to meld the introspective and the cosmic throughout, though this did not stop him from taking a dead run at a grandiose concept or two -- the consequences of immortality on the title track, and the grand fate of humanity on the epic "Childlike Faith in Childhood's End."]]></description>
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                <media:title>Staff Pick: Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life [1976]</media:title>
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