Swans by Swans

Swans

Swans

1982

Swans is a Alt/Indie album by Swans, originally released in 1982. On Gatefold: 5 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.

Sound DNA

  • Alt/Indie
  • Noise Rock
  • abrasive
  • aggressive
  • nocturnal

About

Noise-rock behemoths Swans’ final record of the 20th century—they would go dark for the next 14 years—broke sharply with the rest of their ’90s output, in part because it’s essentially a Michael Gira solo project. Far from its pummeling predecessors, this ambitious double album is a fever dream of electronic sketches interwoven with found sounds and Dictaphone remnants. Bits of full-band jams and cacophonous live scraps peek through the fog, only to be swallowed up by the ambient swirl. Swans’ most experimental project, it’s a heady, enveloping listen, while the odd rave-up—like “Blood Section,” jet-engine loud—reminds us that they’re among the world’s heaviest.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Red Velvet Corridor3:05
  2. 2I Was a Prisoner In Your Skull6:39
  3. 3Helpless Child15:47
  4. 4Live Through Me2:31
  5. 5Yum-Yab Killers5:07
  6. 6The Beautiful Days7:49
  7. 7Volcano5:19
  8. 8Mellothumb2:45
  9. 9All Lined Up4:48
  10. 10Surrogate 21:51
  11. 11How They Suffer5:52
  12. 12Animus10:43
  13. 2.1Red Velvet Wound2:02
  14. 2.2The Sound13:11
  15. 2.3Her Mouth Is Filled With Honey3:18
  16. 2.4Blood Section2:39
  17. 2.5Hypogirl2:44
  18. 2.6Minus Something4:14
  19. 2.7Empathy6:45
  20. 2.8I Love You This Much7:23
  21. 2.9YRP7:46
  22. 2.10Fan's Lament1:28
  23. 2.11Secret Friends3:08
  24. 2.12The Final Sacrifice10:27
  25. 2.13YRP 22:09
  26. 2.14Surrogate Drone2:10

Credits

Performers

3 collectors on Gatefold own this · 5 pressings tracked on Gatefold