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Swans is an American post-punk band originally active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. The band was one of the few groups to emerge from the early 1980s New York No Wave scene and stay intact into the next decade. Formed by Gira in 1982, Swans employed a shifting lineup of musicians until their dissolution in 1997. Besides Gira, the only other constant members were keyboardist/vocalist/songwriter Jarboe from 1984 to 1997, and semi-constant guitarist Norman Westberg. The band was noted for droning vocals and strange instrumentation. In 2010, Gira reactivated Swans without Jarboe. The reformed band has released two new studio albums: My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky in 2010, followed by The Seer in 2012.
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White Light From the Mouth of Infinity/Love of Life [2015]
White Light from the Mouth of Infinity [2015]
Song | Duration |
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When She Breathes | 5:00 |
Blind | 4:31 |
Love of Life | 3:41 |
The Golden Boy That Was Swallowed by the Sea | 4:31 |
The Other Side of the World | 4:39 |
(---). Pt. 4 | 0:34 |
Kitchen Archives, Vol. 3: Amplified New Music Meets Rock 1981-1986 [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Weakling | 5:17 |
A Mystery of Faith: Unreleased Pieces - Swans + World of Skin [2005]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I Put a Spell on You | 2:35 |
Filth/Body to Body, Job to Job [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Stay Here | 5:41 |
Big Strong Boss | 3:11 |
Blackout | 3:47 |
Power For Power | 5:52 |
Freak | 3:48 |
Thank You | 3:55 |
Weakling | 5:20 |
Gang | 3:24 |
Half Life | 3:57 |
Job | 5:40 |
Mother, My Body Disgusts Me | 4:53 |
Cop | 5:56 |
Thug | 9:44 |
Cop/Young God/Greed/Holy Money [1999]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Half Life | 4:18 |
Job | 4:45 |
Why Hide | 5:50 |
Clay Man | 5:05 |
Your Property | 4:46 |
Cop | 6:47 |
Butcher | 4:01 |
Thug | 5:10 |
I Crawled | 5:39 |
Raping A Slave | 6:20 |
Young God | 7:03 |
This Is Mine | 5:25 |
Time Is Money (Bastard) | 6:19 |
Money Is Flesh | 4:56 |
Another You | 7:44 |
Blackmail | 4:42 |
Stupid Child | 5:17 |
Anything For You | 4:48 |
Nobody | 4:42 |
Heaven | 4:55 |
Coward | 5:06 |
A Hanging | 5:48 |
You Need Me | 1:22 |
Greed | 6:12 |
Public Castration Is a Good Idea [1999]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Money Is Flesh | 12:06 |
Anything for You | 9:09 |
Coward | 8:33 |
A Hanging | 12:32 |
Stupid Child | 5:40 |
Another You | 10:16 |
Various Failures 1988-1992 [1999]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Miracle of Love | 6:26 |
The Golden Boy That Was Swallowed by the Sea | 5:09 |
I Remember Who You Are | 4:24 |
Her | 5:23 |
When She Breathes | 4:31 |
Why Are We Alive? | 6:05 |
The Other Side of the World | 4:40 |
Song For Dead Time | 4:58 |
Song for Dead Time [Mg Version] | 4:34 |
Love Will Save You | 6:05 |
Blind | 4:31 |
Unfortunate Lie [Instrumental] | 2:20 |
Failure | 6:19 |
Identity | 5:35 |
Can't Find My Way Home | 4:48 |
Trust Me | 4:19 |
Better Than You | 5:58 |
God Damn the Sun | 4:21 |
Song for Dead Time [J. Version] | 4:59 |
Amnesia | 3:42 |
New Mind | 3:25 |
New Mind [Acoustic] | 3:26 |
Children of God/World of Skin [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
New Mind | 5:12 |
In My Garden | 5:35 |
Our Love Lies | 4:31 |
Sex, God, Sex | 6:36 |
Blood and Honey | 4:47 |
You're Not Real, Girl | 4:17 |
Beautiful Child | 4:52 |
Blackmail | 3:31 |
Trust Me | 4:58 |
Real Love | 6:20 |
Blind Love | 7:44 |
Children of God | 4:22 |
Everything at Once | 4:21 |
Cry Me a River | 4:47 |
Breathing Water | 4:17 |
Blood on Your Hands | 3:52 |
Nothing Without You | 5:43 |
We'll Fall Apart | 4:42 |
I Want to Be Your Dog | 3:35 |
My Own Hands | 4:38 |
24 Hours | 4:12 |
Red Rose | 4:29 |
One Small Sacrifice | 6:42 |
Still a Child | 5:22 |
The Center of Your Heart | 4:47 |
Real Love [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Coward | 6:09 |
Stupid Child | 7:08 |
Anything for You | 7:46 |
Money Is Flesh | 8:07 |
A Hanging | 8:08 |
Soundtracks for the Blind [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Red Velvet Corridor | 3:04 |
I Was a Prisoner in Your Skull | 6:39 |
Helpless Child | 15:47 |
Live Through Me | 2:31 |
The Beautiful Days | 7:49 |
Volcano | 5:19 |
Mellothumb | 2:45 |
All Lined Up | 4:48 |
Surrogate 2 | 1:51 |
Animus | 10:42 |
Red Velvet Wound | 2:02 |
The Sound | 13:11 |
Hypogirl | 2:44 |
Minus Something | 4:14 |
Empathy | 6:45 |
Yrp | 7:46 |
Fan's Lament | 1:28 |
Secret Friends | 3:08 |
The Final Sacrifice | 10:27 |
Yrp 2 | 2:09 |
Surrogate Drone | 2:09 |
The Great Annihilator [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Blind | 4:36 |
Cop/Young God [1993]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Half Life | 4:18 |
Job | 4:45 |
Why Hide | 5:50 |
Clay Man | 5:05 |
Your Property | 4:46 |
Cop | 6:47 |
Butcher | 4:00 |
Thug | 5:10 |
I Crawled | 5:39 |
Raping a Slave | 6:22 |
Young God | 7:03 |
This Is Mine | 5:24 |
Greed/Holy Money [1993]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Time Is Money (Bastard) | 6:19 |
Money Is Flesh | 4:57 |
Another You | 7:46 |
Blackmail | 4:41 |
Stupid Child | 5:21 |
Anything for You | 4:22 |
Nobody | 4:41 |
Heaven | 4:54 |
Coward | 5:08 |
A Hanging | 5:47 |
You Need Me | 1:21 |
Greed | 6:12 |
Love of Life [1992]
Love of Life [With Bonus Digital Download] [1992]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Love of Life | |
The Golden Boy That Was Swallowed By the Sea | |
The Other Side of the World | |
Identity | |
God Loves America |
Omniscience [1992]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Her | 8:43 |
Amnesia | 6:19 |
Love of Life | 8:32 |
God Loves America | 6:31 |
Body to Body, Job to Job [1991]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Half Life | 4:00 |
Job | 5:36 |
Mother, My Body Disgusts Me | 4:55 |
Cop | 6:01 |
Thug | 9:42 |
White Light from the Mouth of Infinity [1991]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Better Than You | 5:57 |
Power and Sacrifice | 5:31 |
You Know Nothing | 5:46 |
Song for Dead Time | 5:17 |
Love Will Save You | 6:06 |
Failure | 5:19 |
Song for the Sun | 5:01 |
Miracle of Love | 6:39 |
Why Are We Alive? | 5:28 |
The Most Unfortunate Lie | 5:29 |
Filth LP #1/EP #1 1982/3 [1990]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Stay Here | 5:37 |
Big Strong Boss | 3:02 |
Blackout | 3:46 |
Power for Power | 5:53 |
Freak | 1:13 |
Thank You | 3:52 |
Weakling | 5:20 |
Gang | 3:19 |
Speak | 4:31 |
Laugh | 4:06 |
Take Advantage | 4:29 |
Can't Find My Way Home [1989]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Can't Find My Way Home | |
(She's A) Universal Emptiness |
Saved [1989]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Saved | |
See No More (Acoustic) |
The Burning World [1989]
Feel Good Now [1988]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
New Mind | 18:45 |
Blood and Honey | 8:31 |
Trust Me | 7:02 |
Beautiful Child | 4:55 |
Blackmail | 5:11 |
Children of God | 3:41 |
Thank You | |
Blind Love |
Greed [1986]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Anything for You | |
Nobody | |
Stupid Child | |
Greed | |
Heaven | |
Money Is Flesh |
Holy Money [1986]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
A Hanging | |
You Need Me | |
Another You | |
Coward |
Filth [1983]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Stay Here | |
Big Strong Boss | |
Power for Power | |
Freak | |
Weakling | |
Gang |
Swans [1982]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Speak | |
Laugh | |
Take Advantage |
Celebrity Lifestyle
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Celebrity Lifestyle | 4:07 |
Mother/Father | 4:04 |
Children of God
Song | Duration |
---|---|
New Mind | 5:13 |
In My Garden | 5:34 |
Our Love Lies | 5:50 |
Sex, God, Sex | 6:49 |
Blood and Honey | 4:46 |
You're Not Real, Girl | 4:21 |
Beautiful Child | 5:16 |
Blackmail | 3:34 |
Trust Me | 5:23 |
Real Love | 6:23 |
Children of God | 4:34 |
Feel Good Now [11 Tracks]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Blind Love | 18:45 |
Like a Drug | 8:31 |
Blood and Honey | 7:02 |
New Mind | 5:29 |
Beautiful Child | 5:45 |
Blackmail | 4:21 |
Children of God | 4:55 |
Filth [LP]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Blackout | |
Thankyou |
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Trust Me | |
Our Love Lies |
Seer [Special Edition]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Lunacy | 6:08 |
Mother Of The World | 9:57 |
The Wolf | 1:35 |
The Seer | 32:14 |
The Seer Returns | 6:17 |
The Daughter Brings The Water | 2:40 |
Song For A Warrior | 3:58 |
Avatar | 8:51 |
A Piece Of The Sky | 19:10 |
The Apostate | 23:01 |
Beautiful Child [Fragment] |
Swans Are Dead (Live '95-'97)
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Feel Happiness | 16:57 |
Low Life Form | 4:54 |
Blood on Your Hands | 2:59 |
Hypogirl | 3:22 |
I Crawled | 10:05 |
I Am the Sun | 5:26 |
Blood Promise | 15:23 |
The Sound | 12:51 |
I See Them All Lined Up | 6:26 |
Yum Yab | 4:36 |
Helpless Child | 17:44 |
The Great Annihilator
Song | Duration |
---|---|
In | 2:27 |
I Am the Sun | 3:23 |
She Lives! | 7:00 |
Celebrity Lifestyle | 4:10 |
Mother/Father | 4:07 |
Blood Promise | 4:15 |
Mind/Body/Light/Sound | 4:52 |
My Buried Child | |
Warm | 2:58 |
Alcohol the Seed | 3:29 |
Killing for Company | 6:55 |
Telepathy | 6:11 |
The Great Annihilator | 4:53 |
Out | 2:24 |
The Seer
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Lunacy | 6:08 |
Mother of the World | 9:57 |
The Wolf | 1:35 |
The Seer | 32:14 |
The Seer Returns | 6:17 |
93 Ave. B Blues | 5:21 |
The Daughter Brings the Water | 2:40 |
Song For a Warrior | 3:58 |
Avatar | 8:51 |
A Piece of the Sky | 19:10 |
The Apostate | 23:01 |
Time Is Money (Bastard)
Song | Duration |
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Time Is Money (Bastard) |
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