The Aerosol Grey Machine is the debut studio album by English progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator.

[2] An initial edition contained the song "Giant Squid" instead of "Necromancer", but that was a mis-print which was corrected immediately.

For this release Hammill also united both parts of "Orthenthian Street" into one song by an initially intended cross fade.

In his retrospective review, Steven McDonald of AllMusic called it "A raw, energetic effort that sometimes did little to show off the young Hammill's talents" that "nevertheless has some fine moments that hint at the possibilities for future releases".

[3] Paul Stump, in his 1997 History of Progressive Rock, commented that the album "said little unsaid elsewhere at the time; it was poetically skewed pop, arcanely arranged and cautiously extended.