Various Failures

by SWANS

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Jesse-Davis Karshner The Swans are one of my most favorite bands. This collection is amazing! I love it all. Listen to it all the time.

Citoyen Jensen Well thank you fellow travellers for being such amazingly productive artists, where you, after 30 years, of following can discover new 2+ hours masterpieces. I did not have a lot of succes in life, but one of the great tbings I did do was to see Gira and Garbo on their tour in Copenhagen i 1995 at Loppen. Thank for bringing me back with the possibility to buy this from you now here. / an avid fan of your evil Sungod material. Favorite track: I Remember Who You Are.

slateman Each song -A classic.

eudaimonon a national anthem of such various failures. Favorite track: Love Will Save You.

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1.	Miracle Of Love 06:26	buy track
2.	Black Eyed Dog 03:57	buy track
3.	The Golden Boy That Was Swallowed By The Sea 05:09	buy track
4.	(-) 02:07	buy track
5.	I Remember Who You Are 04:24	buy track
6.	Her 05:23	buy track
7.	No Cruel Angel 04:28	buy track
8.	When She Breathes 04:31	buy track
9.	Why Are We Alive? 06:04	buy track
10.	The Child's Right 03:36	buy track
11.	(-) 01:03	buy track
12.	The Other Side Of The World 04:40	buy track
13.	Song For Dead Time [mg vers.] 04:34	buy track
14.	Love Will Save You 06:05	buy track
15.	Blind 04:31	buy track
16.	Unfortunate Lie [Instrumental Version] 02:22	buy track
17.	Was He Ever Alive? 06:23	buy track
18.	Failure 06:19	buy track
19.	Identity 05:35	buy track
20.	The Sound of Freedom 04:34	buy track
21.	Trust Me 04:18	buy track
22.	Better Than You 05:59	buy track
23.	Saved 04:10	buy track
24.	Will We Survive? 05:58	buy track
25.	Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes 01:17	buy track
26.	God Damn The Sun 04:21	buy track
27.	Eyes Of Nature 04:40	buy track
28.	You Know Everything 04:27	buy track
29.	Song For Dead Time [J Version] 04:58	buy track
30.	Picture Of Maryanne 04:23	buy track
31.	Amnesia 03:42	buy track
32.	Dream Dream 05:32	buy track
33.	Please Remember Me 04:48	buy track

about

This music is culled from the period when Swans were in the midst of a major transition from sonic onslaught to actual songwriting (really begun with Children of God, but continued here). There were several releases in this vein, and I took the songs I thought best and compiled them into this double album collection.

I’m ambivalent about much of it, but then what do I know???? Some if it is genuinely good I think. Anyway, I was learning (how to write a song) as I went.

Many people seem to like this material, and I’m obviously (even now) incapable of being objective, so listen to some song samples and make your own choice. It is the best selling of the Swans reissues, if that means anything to you. The artwork is rather fetching if I may say so, by the esteemed Deryk Thomas. I love his work - a cross between Disney and Francis Bacon, Bosch and Turner. Seek him out on thee internet thing!

– Michael Gira/Young God Records 2008

This two-CD set collects the best of material previously released on Swans "The Burning World" album and its various singles (1989), the World of Skin album "10 Songs For Another World" (1990), "White Light From the Mouth of Infinity" (1990/1), and the "Love of Life" album and its various singles (1992). All these items are out of print, and this double CD set is the most sought-after release in the Swans' series of reissues/compilations.

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released July 28, 2014

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SWANS New York, New York

Swans are an experimental rock band formed in 1982 by Michael Gira. Initially part of the no wave scene, Swans have, through various iterations, contributed to the development of noise rock, post-punk, industrial, post-rock and more.

shows

Apr 20

Saturn

Birmingham, AL
Apr 21

Civic Theatre

New Orleans, LA
Apr 23

White Oak Music Hall - Downstairs

Houston, TX
Apr 24

Paper Tiger

San Antonio, TX
Apr 25

Sunshine Theater

Albuquerque, NM
Apr 25

Sunshine Theater

Albuquerque, NM
Apr 27

Las Vegas Festival Grounds

North Las Vegas, NV
Apr 28

Lodge Room

Los Angeles (LA), CA
Apr 29

Lodge Room

Los Angeles (LA), CA
May 2

Great American Music Hall

San Francisco, CA
May 5

Soundwell

Salt Lake City, UT
May 5

Soundwell

Salt Lake City, UT
May 7

Gothic Theatre

Englewood, CO
May 9

recordBar

Kansas City, MO
May 10

Delmar Hall

St Louis, MO
May 11

Metro

Chicago, IL
May 14

Paradise Rock Club presented by Citizens

Boston, MA
May 16

Racket NYC

New York (NYC), NY
May 17

Music Hall of Williamsburg

Brooklyn, NY
May 18

Music Hall of Williamsburg

Brooklyn, NY

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