Swans - Children of God/World of Skin
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Artist: SwansEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2003-05-27
Music Label: Young God Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- New Mind
- In My Garden
- Our Love Lies
- Sex, God, Sex
- Blood and Honey
- Like a Drug (Sha la la La)
- You're Not Real, Girl
- Beautiful Child
- Blackmail
- Trust Me
- Real Love
- Blind Love
- Children of God
- I'll Swallow You
- 1,000 Years
- Everything at Once
- Cry Me a River
- Breathing Water
- Blood on Your Hands
- Nothing Without You
- We'll Fall Apart - Swans,
- I Want to Be Your Dog - Swans, Stooges
- My Own Hands
- Turn to Stone
- Cold Bed
- 24 Hours
- Red Rose - Swans,
- One Small Sacrifice
- Still a Child
- The Center of Your Heart
Free Music Notes for Children of God/World of Skin
Free Music Review: An Incredible Album
Hit: 5 Stars
After reading about Swans and watching some live video on Youtube, I decided to purchase their first album, Filth. The heavy, near industrial beats and enraged, repetitive vocals seemed cool to me, even though for the most part the songs themselves were of limited appeal. The stomping, atonal and often awkward rhythms and shouting was powerful, macho and rather interesting but I have to admit I could only take so much. Yet, I remained fascinated with the band's philosophy and I purchased another Swans collection, this one.
Not surprisingly, Children of God is much more evolved and fascinating than that early material. Micheal Gira, while not shouting so much, conveys darkness nearly as much as on Filth and Jarboe's poignant singing really does add a whole new level of emotion to the music. Swans music lumbers along turgidly as always while the atmosphere swings between gorgeous arrangements and soul crushing harshness. I might describe this as intellectual-metal, or say that Gira and Jarboe elevate Gothic bleakness and angst to the status of highbrow art. I might be completely off in that assessment, because Swans existed in their own sphere of music and like all classic artists were above simple genre classifications.
The World of Skin cd is nearly as good, but less coherent, being a compilation of different "Skin" works (a Gira and Jarboe Side project that ran concurrently with Swans). I don't care much for their cover of the Iggy Pop song "Now I wanna be your dog" but I enjoy the cd overall.
The value of these Swans reissues (at least two albums in one? !Madre de Dios!) definitely make them worth purchase, even for those just curious about the band. For fans who don't already own this, I can't imagine a release more essential. Easy five stars for Children of God/World of Skin.
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Two crucial breakthrough records from Swans', 1987 & 1989 period back in print. Over 145 minutes of scary and beautiful music. Young God Records. 2003.Alternative Rock Music CDs
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