Swans discography

Swans discography
Studio albums	15
EPs	11
Live albums	9
Compilation albums	13
Singles	17
Music videos	5
Fundraiser albums	5

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

Studio albums

Year	Album title	Release details
1983	Filth	Released: May 27, 1983 Label: Neutral Format: LP
1984	Cop	Released: 1984 Label: K.422 Format: LP
1986	Greed	Released: February 28, 1986 Label: K.422 Format: LP, CD, CS
	Holy Money	Released: March 27, 1986 Label: K.422 Format: LP, CD, CS
1987	Children of God	Released: October 19, 1987 Label: Caroline Format: 2LP, CD, CS
1989	The Burning World	Released: May 1989 Label: Uni Format: LP, CD, CS
1991	White Light from the Mouth of Infinity	Released: June 6, 1991 Label: Young God Format: 2LP, CD, CS
1992	Love of Life	Released: February 24, 1992 Label: Young God Format: LP, CD, CS
1995	The Great Annihilator	Released: January 23, 1995 Label: Young God Format: 2LP, CD, CS
1996	Soundtracks for the Blind	Released: October 22, 1996 Label: Young God Format: 4LP, 2CD, 2CS
2010	My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky	Released: September 23, 2010 Label: Young God Format: LP, CD, DL
2012	The Seer	Released: August 28, 2012 Label: Young God Format: 3LP, 2CD, DL
2014	To Be Kind	Released: May 12, 2014 Label: Young God Format: 3LP, 2CD, DL
2016	The Glowing Man	Released: June 17, 2016 Label: Young God Format: 3LP, 2CD, DL
2019	Leaving Meaning	Released: October 25, 2019 Label: Young God Format: 2LP, 2CD, DL

Live albums

Year	Album title	Release details
1986	Public Castration Is a Good Idea	Released: 1986 Label: Some Bizzare Format: 2LP
1986	Real Love	Released: 1986 Label: none Format: LP
1987	Feel Good Now	Released: 1987 Label: none Format: 2LP, CD
1990	Anonymous Bodies in an Empty Room	Released: 1990 Label: none Format: LP, CD
1992	Omniscience	Released: 1992 Label: Young God Format: CD, CS
1995	Kill the Child	Released: 1995 Label: Disaster Format: CD
1998	Swans Are Dead	Released: January 20, 1998 Label: Young God Format: 2CD
2012	We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head (re-release)	Released: May 10, 2012 Label: Young God Format: 2CD
2017	Deliquescence	Released: May 17, 2017 Label: Young God Format: 2CD

Fundraiser albums

Year	Album title	Release details
2010	I Am Not Insane (demo tracks)	Released: Jan 20, 2010 Label: Young God Format: CD
2012	We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head (live and demo tracks)	Released: Feb 2, 2012 Label: Young God Format: 2CD
2013	Not Here / Not Now (live and demo tracks)	Released: September 14, 2013 Label: Young God Format: 2CD
2015	The Gate (live and demo tracks)	Released: October 1, 2015 Label: Young God Format: 2CD
2019	What Is This? (demo tracks)	Released: March 18, 2019 Label: Young God Format: CD

Compilation albums

Year	Album title	Release details
1986	Time Is Money (Bastard) / A Screw	Released: 1986 Label: PVC Format: CS
1990	Filth (L.P.#1, E.P.#1) 1982/83	Released: 1990 Label: Young God Format: CD, CS
1991	Body to Body, Job to Job	Released: 1991 Label: Young God Format: LP, CD, CS
1992	Cop / Young God	Released: 1992 Label: K.422 Format: CD
1992	Greed / Holy Money	Released: 1992 Label: K.422 Format: CD
1997	Children of God / World of Skin	Released: 1997 Label: Young God Format: 2CD
1999	Cop / Young God / Greed / Holy Money	Released: 1999 Label: Thirsty Ear Format: 2CD
1999	Various Failures	Released: March 22, 1999 Label: Young God Format: 2CD
2000	Filth / Body to Body, Job to Job	Released: 2000 Label: Young God Format: 2CD
2003	Forever Burned	Released: 2003 Label: Young God Format: CD
2015	White Light from the Mouth of Infinity / Love of Life	Released: December 4, 2015 Label: Young God Format: 2LP+CD, 3CD
2017	The Great Annihilator / Drainland	Released: April 28, 2017 Label: Young God Format: 2CD
2018	Soundtracks for the Blind / Die Tür ist zu	Released: July 20, 2018 Label: Young God Format: 3CD

Extended plays

Year	Album title	Release details
1982	Swans	Released: 1982 Label: Neutral Format: 12"
1984	Young God	Released: 1984 Label: K.422 Format: 12"
1986	Time Is Money (Bastard)	Released: 1986 Label: K.422 Format: 12"
1986	A Screw	Released: 1986 Label: K.422 Format: 12"
1988	Love Will Tear Us Apart (red and black versions)	Released: 1988 Label: Product, inc. Format: 12", 7", CD
1992	Love of Life / Amnesia	Released: 1992 Label: Young God Format: 12", CD
1996	Die Tür ist zu	Released: 1996 Label: Rough Trade Format: 2LP, CD
2011	Live at Primavera Sound May 28th, 2011	Released: June 17, 2011 Label: Free Music Archive Format: DL
2014	Oxygen	Released: November 24, 2014 Label: Young God Format: DL

Music videos

• "A Screw" (1985)
• "New Mind" (1987)
• "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1988)
• "Saved" (1989)
• "Love of Life" (1992)

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions					Album
		US Hot 100	US College Radio	US Modern Rock	US Mainstream Rock	UK Singles
1988	"New Mind"	-	47	-	-	-	Children of God
1989	"Can't Find My Way Home"	-	-	-	-	-	The Burning World
	"Saved"	-	20	28	-	96
1991	"Love Will Save You"	-	-	-	-	-	White Light from the Mouth of Infinity
1995	"Celebrity Lifestyle"	-	-	-	-	-	The Great Annihilator
1996	"Failure" / "Animus"	-	-	-	-	-	White Light from the Mouth of Infinity / Soundtracks for the Blind
1997	"I Am the Sun" (live)	-	-	-	-	-	Non-album single
2010	"Jim"	-	-	-	-	-	My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky
2012	"Mother of the World"	-	-	-	-	-	The Seer
2014	"A Little God in My Hands"	-	-	-	-	-	To Be Kind
2015	"Screen Shot"	-	-	-	-	-
2016	"When Will I Return?"	-	-	-	-	-	The Glowing Man
	"Finally, Peace"	-	-	-	-	-
2017	"Mind / Body / Light / Sound"	-	-	-	-	-	The Great Annihilator (Reissue)
2018	"Volcano"	-	-	-	-	-	Soundtracks for the Blind (Reissue)
2019	"It's Coming It's Real"	-	-	-	-	-	Leaving Meaning
	"The Hanging Man"	-	-	-	-	-

External links

• Swans discography at Discogs