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Favorite Swans Album

topic posted Tue, November 4, 2003 - 9:25 AM by  Sal
The Great Annihilator! That album blows me away (not that the other ones don't)!
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    Re: Favorite Swans Album

    11/04
    That's a good one. Soundtracks For The Blind still blows me away every time I hear it. It's so dense to me, every time I give it a listen, it sounds new.
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  • Monika
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    Re: Favorite Swans Album

    11/05
    White Light From the Mouth of Infinity and
    Great Annihilator....
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      Re: Favorite Swans Album

      11/05
      I LOVE them all, of course, but my favorites are Children of God and Love of Life. Children of God was the first Swans album I ever bought (a cassette, in college).
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        Re: Favorite Swans Album

        11/05
        Children of God is a really good one...I got the two-disc deal w/ World of Skin a few months ago, so Children of God is relatively new to me (other than what's on Various Failures)...as I fill in the gaps in my Swans collection, I'm amazed at how excellent every single album is...
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  • Re: Favorite Swans Album

    11/06
    White light from the mouth of infinity, whitout a doubt. That said, I listened to Great Annhihilator this morning, and it took two fucking hours to get out of bed.

    She's just a drug adiction, and a self-relflecting image of a narcotized mind.
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    Re: Favorite Swans Album

    04/09
    Love of Life and White Light

    and somebody please explain what's up with the carrots and the bunnies on fire

    favorite foundsound lines...


    "i shot her right through the heart. practically tore it in two..."

    and

    "well, i dont know what to say.everybody here knows that i'm fucked up. and everybody here knows that you're fucked up. but does everybody know....."
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    Re: Favorite Swans Album

    04/20
    I have yet to hear a bad (or even a just okay Swans release). The question should be 'what's your least favorite Swans album'? In that case I'd say the live album that's mastered as one track.

    If pressed, however, I'll say my favorite album is 'Children of God'.

    BTW, if anyone is interested, there's also a tribe dedicated to Whitehouse.
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    • keith
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      Re: Favorite Swans Album

      04/24
      can't think of a least favorite, probably the Love will tear us apart EP, but even it is great.i'm not as fond of the non-swans material.

      and that one track live does suck, skinny puppy's Ain't it dead yet? is the same way. uncalled for and annoying.
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        Re: Favorite Swans Album

        04/26
        Actually, I don't think it's a bad album at all. Very lo-fi and the mastering is an annoyance.

        I guess it's an album only the diehards will get into anyway, so the mastering is like a test of how 'true' you are.

        Merzbow and many black metal bands seem to use that ploy as well.
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  • Olivia
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    Re: Favorite Swans Album

    09/09
    It's a toss up between Holy Money and COP. Either is a good way to start the morning.
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    • John
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      Re: Favorite Swans Album

      10/07
      Since I'm a new member, I'm a little late to the
      discussion. But I generally lean towards the ultra
      grime and power of the early material (anything
      from "Body to Body" relics to the supreme industrial
      filth of live albums like "Public Castration Is A Good
      Idea" or "Feel Good Now"). After that, the final era
      material is also amazing, whether it's the tribal
      mantras of "Great Annihilator" or the eerie
      existential drones of "Soundtracks For The Blind."
      The middle period Swans (a.k.a. the "goth" period)
      seems less unique and inspired. Sadly, I think it's
      also their most popular material, despite M Gira
      accurately summing it up as "various failures"
      when he reissued it recently. However, there is
      still a wealth of emotionally potent and
      atmospherically amazing music in that era...in my
      mind, everything Swans has done is worthy!

      But I suppose "Swans Are Dead" is the ultimate
      Swans release, since it manages to assimilate
      everything the band ever released without
      sacrificing the cruel dominating muscle of old
      Swans, the swooning prettiness of the middle
      era Swans, or the shivery ambient chill of final
      period Swans.

      So there you have it. Sorry for the verbose
      blathering...and the lateness of the response.

      J
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        Re: Favorite Swans Album , tour

        11/10
        More than a year after this thread began, anyone seen SWANS when they toured for children of god? It is my favorite album for the lyrics and the memories. I was a freshman at Univ. of NC in Raleigh and that's where the merchandising was located before it moved to Atlanta. It was one of my favorite concert 2 concerts ever: at the old 9:30 club in dc with my arguable favorite band opening : blackgirls. Does anyone know how many shows the band carried blackgirls with them along the tour. Thanks.
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