Swans discography

Swans discography
Swans discography
Studio albums	13
Live albums	10
Compilation albums	7
Music videos	5
EPs	11
Singles	3

The discography of Swans, an American experimental rock band, consists of thirteen studio albums, ten live albums, seven compilation albums, eleven EPs and three singles.

Studio albums

Filth (1983)
Cop (1984)
Greed (1986)
Holy Money (1986)
Children of God (1987)
The Burning World (1989)
White Light from the Mouth of Infinity (1991)
Love of Life (1992)
The Great Annihilator (1995)
Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)
My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky (2010)
The Seer (2012) UK #167 US #114
To Be Kind (2014) UK #38 US #37
The Glowing Man (2016) UK #61

Live albums

Public Castration Is a Good Idea (1986)
Feel Good Now (1989)
Anonymous Bodies in an Empty Room (1990)
Real Love (1992)
Omniscience (1992)
Kill the Child (1996)
Swans Are Dead (1998)
We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head (2012)
Not Here / Not Now (2013)
The Gate (2015)

Compilation albums

Time Is Money (Bastard)/A Screw (1986)
Filth (L.P.#1, E.P.#1) 1982/83 (1990)
Body to Body, Job to Job (1991)
Cop/Young God (1992)
Greed/Holy Money (1992)
Die Tür ist zu (1996)
Children of God/World of Skin (1997)
Cop/Young God/Greed/Holy Money (1999)
Filth/Body to Body, Job to Job (1999)
Various Failures (1999)
Forever Burned (2003)
Mystery of Faith - Unreleased Pieces: Swans + World of Skin (2004)
White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity/Love Of Life (2015)

Extended plays

Swans (1982)
Young God (1984)
A Screw (1986)
Love Will Tear Us Apart (red and black)^[a] (1988)
Love of Life/Amnesia (1992)
Live at Primavera Sound May 28th, 2011 (2011)
Oxygen (2014)

Music videos

"A Screw"
"New Mind (1987)
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1988)
"Saved" (1989)
"Love of Life" (1992)

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions					Album
Year	Title	US Hot 100	US College Radio	US Modern Rock	US Mainstream Rock	UK Singles	Album
1986	"Time Is Money (Bastard)"	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	"New Mind"	-	47	-	-	-	Children of God
1989	"Can't Find My Way Home"	-	-	-	-	-	The Burning World
1989	"Saved"	-	20	28	-	96	The Burning World
1994	"Celebrity Lifestyle · Mother/Father"	-	-	-	-	-	The Great Annihilator
1996	"Failure"/"Animus"	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	"I Am the Sun" (live)	-	-	-	-	-

Notes

^ There are two versions of this Joy Division cover; one sung by Jarboe ("black") and another by Gira ("red").

External links

Swans discography at Discogs

[1] There are two versions of this Joy Division cover; one sung by Jarboe ("black") and another by Gira ("red").

[a]

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Michael Gira Jarboe Algis Kizys Ted Parsons Thurston Moore Roli Mosimann Vincent Signorelli Bill Rieflin Jonathan Kane Kristof Hahn Thor Harris Christopher Pravdica Phil Puleo Paul Wallfisch Norman Westberg
Studio albums	Filth Cop Greed Holy Money Children of God The Burning World White Light from the Mouth of Infinity Love of Life The Great Annihilator Soundtracks for the Blind My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky The Seer To Be Kind The Glowing Man Leaving Meaning The Beggar
Fundraiser albums	I Am Not Insane We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head Not Here / Not Now The Gate What Is This? Is There Really a Mind?
Live albums	Public Castration Is a Good Idea Feel Good Now Anonymous Bodies in an Empty Room Real Love Omniscience Kill the Child Swans Are Dead We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head Not Here / Not Now The Gate Deliquescence
Compilation albums	Body to Body, Job to Job Children of God/World of Skin Various Failures Filth/Body to Body, Job to Job Cop/Young God Greed/Holy Money Forever Burned
EPs	Swans Young God A Screw Love Will Tear Us Apart Die Tür ist zu Oxygen
Singles	"Time Is Money (Bastard)" "New Mind" "Can't Find My Way Home" "Saved" "Paradise Is Mine"
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