Best Swans Album
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Topic: Best Swans Album
Posted By: Xonty
Subject: Best Swans Album
Date Posted: July 24 2014 at 05:37
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Pretty simple, what's your favourite Swans album and why? Going for "The Seer" on this one - little bit let down by "To Be Kind" if I'm honest (although there are some fantastic tracks on it). Not really a huge fan on the 20th century albums, although "Soundtracks For The Blind" was pretty great. As always, thanks for any feedback!
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Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: July 24 2014 at 06:18
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Children Of God. Great atmosphere and it's not as megalomaniac as
Soundtracks For The Blind or The Seer, nor as same-ish as White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity. ------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: July 24 2014 at 07:16
| The Seer followed by Soundtracks for the Blind |
Posted By: melotron98
Date Posted: July 24 2014 at 07:27
Nice poll Xonty!  I think the two latest albums are the best from whole discography. Just after I got my preorder of To Be Kind I'd vote for that one without doubt. But now I don't know... a good reason to listen those 2-hours albums now. 
EDIT Btw, what if someone would like to vote for Public Castration Is a Good Idea?
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: July 24 2014 at 10:28
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1. To Be Kind ----- No Order Great Annihilator Soundtracks Seer Love of Life
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: July 24 2014 at 10:57
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I don't really have a favorite, but my top tier would consist of (no order) The Seer To Be Kind Body to Body, Job to Job (comp/live) Swans Are Dead (live) ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: July 24 2014 at 11:12
Cheers!
 Definitely agree, and I meant to put, it's just studio albums |
melotron98 wrote:Posted By: Billy Pilgrim
Date Posted: July 24 2014 at 21:52
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The Great Annihilator. Little bit of everything Swans have done, represents the band perfectly. Soundtracks, The Seer, Children Of God and White Light are all close seconds.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: July 24 2014 at 21:56
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I'm a Swans newbie. Soaking up To Be Kind.
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Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: July 24 2014 at 22:05
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Honestly I was disappointed with To Be Kind. It seemed to me much weaker that The Seer.
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: July 24 2014 at 22:18
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WAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Luna
Date Posted: July 24 2014 at 22:44
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I feel like much of their discography is just apples and oranges. No vote for me as I only own Greed, Children of God, Love of Life, and To Be Kind, but I could see myself voting for any of those. ------------- https://aprilmaymarch.bandcamp.com/track/the-badger" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: July 25 2014 at 02:13
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The ones I have, in order of preference: 1) My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky 2) To Be Kind 3) The Seer 4) The Great Annihilator As to why, well Father is the first one I got and I just fell in love with it. What else can be said? ------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: July 25 2014 at 18:45
| Children Of God |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: July 25 2014 at 19:25
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So I ordered Soundtrack For The Blind but maybe I should have ordered Children Of God instead? I also ordered The Seer and To Be Kind of course. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Billy Pilgrim
Date Posted: July 27 2014 at 19:08
Children of God is great, might be more accessible than Soundtracks, COG I think is the first one where they started straying away from the crushing noise rock of their first albums, but that style is still there. Both great.
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Posted By: Billy Pilgrim
Date Posted: July 27 2014 at 19:15
| And To Be Kind is awesome, but I'm still taking it in, as of now I can't say if I like it more than The Seer or not. Screenshot might be my favorite song they've done since they reformed. |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: July 27 2014 at 19:21
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: August 03 2014 at 19:56
Sounds like I need Chidren Of God then, thanks! ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: August 03 2014 at 19:58
I tend to do the same, just trying to get an idea of people's opinions through reviews and ratings. It helps I believe. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: August 03 2014 at 21:07
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Soundtracks is a fine place to start. Honestly though, i prefer Great Annihilator to Children of God. So there's that too. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: August 03 2014 at 22:17
Oh stop! Kidding aside I will check into that one as well, thanks. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: August 04 2014 at 15:04
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:-] ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: August 17 2015 at 14:37
| I voted "The Seer" I like the new stuff. |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: August 17 2015 at 14:39
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I would love Soundtracks For The Blind a lot more if they weren't THAT long. ------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: August 17 2015 at 15:43
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I initially voted for The Seer on this one, but I have to give it for To Be Kind now. It really stuck with me since it came out and still kicks ass even after listening to it countless times. An all time favorite. ------------- "Hey there, Dog Man, now I drink from your bowl." |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: August 24 2015 at 18:29
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Tie between Children, Soundtracks, and To Be Kind. I voted for Soundtracks because it was my firstn listen to them but TBK has some crazy songs that now I feel like that's what I should've gone for. Plus it has one of the greatest songs to ever exist, Bring The Sun/Toussaint L'Ouverture. ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: August 25 2015 at 11:06
Wow, my opinion's changed a fair bit since then. Thanks for whoever voted on this last week, I need to get back into Swans to prepare for their final album that's meant to come later this year (by the way, cue every forthcoming review to include the "Swans Song" pun  ). Can't remember a time when I liked Soundtracks as an album (it has its moments, but is way too cumbersome for me). Likewise, I can't remember not loving To Be Kind as I bought the album straight after listening to it. Probably includes my fave Swans track "A Little God In My Hands" too, which has the greatest moment in modern music about 90 seconds in. I won't spoil it if you haven't heard it, but seriously go straight to that song! "The Seer" is still without a doubt my favourite, but I only ever listen to it when I have enough time for the whole thing. Annoyingly, now should be perfect but the weather's just too great and I'm still recovering from witnessing "Holy Money" for the first time in January  Enough rambling though, what I want to know is why PA users love "Children Of God" so much? It's the highest rated post/math rock album, and that seriously makes no sense when you consider all the classic GYBE and Sigur Ros records in there. Maybe it's the rating system as it only had about 25 ratings when I last checked, and the couple of reviews posted were 5-stars, but I'm still not sure.
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Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: August 25 2015 at 11:32
True, it definitely belongs in the top 15-20 but nowhere near above Skinny Fists, (), or even albums like Mogwai Young Team or Geneva. ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: August 26 2015 at 02:40
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The Seer annihilates me in all the right ways. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Bonnek
Date Posted: August 26 2015 at 03:36
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It's 1988 and I was getting a bit tired with prog and hard-rock, and I hadn't really discovered post-punk yet. Then I borrowed 'Children of God' from the library (it had long songs and it was a 2LP so why not huh?) It took my love for Prog more than a decade to recover from the blow  So yes CoG it is, especially the 2CD package that also has the 'Skin' albums! |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 26 2015 at 04:48
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: August 26 2015 at 12:16
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I do not think this coming album is the final Swans album ever. I read it is just the last album from this version of Swans. This could mean different line-up or sound, or both - time will tell. Last time Swans ended we got masterpieces of both sides of the hiatus. So i am not worried. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: August 26 2015 at 13:42
------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |