Best Swans Album
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Figure its good to debate the 14 albums.
The Seer
trust me. wait til 2025 and it'll be in the MoMA
>>65743373
This
>>65743319
probably this one
the most varied and yet consistently good
>>65743319
Filth
>>65743423
I'm to lightweight to finish filth. Is it really worth a front to back listen?
>>65743511
If you're into lifting weights, definitely
If you're into getting drunk and hating yourself, fucking yes
otherwise, still yes
>>65743511
It's 30 minutes my guy
>>65743511
it's not that hard to listen to, cop is way worse
>>65743319
Probably SFTB, though I like the No-Wave era more than I like the Post Rock era
>>65743511
Everything worth listening to at all is worth a full listen
Also I'm not sure how but despite Children of God not having the insane highs that some of their other stuff does, it's so easy to listen to without tiring of it. I've probably listened to it about 15-20 times and it's just a solid listen each time.
>tfw been going through Swans discography chronologically for past several months
>tfw listening to each album several times over several days
>tfw even going through side projects (on angels of light atm)
>tfw cant wait to listen to post-revival albums
>tfw the seer is gonna melt my face
>>65743373
>the MoMA
the what
>>65743850
>cop is way worse
this tbqh. half the songs on Filth are bangers desu
>>65743869
>Everything worth listening to at all is worth a full listen
absolutely
>>65743905
google it you uncultured fuck
>>65743373
Doubt it. That said, Gira ensured his place in music history decades ago. He basically started sludge metal without trying to.
>>65743850
also by worse I didn't mean it's bad, cop is fucking dope, it just sounds way uglier than filth
On a semi unrelated note:
Post underrated Swans
Only ever see this mentioned when people are talking about Swans' worst records, but its super good in my opinion.
>>65743992
the best album from the whole pre-children of god era IMHO
this version of Fool is incredible
Heaven is the best song they made until Soundtracks for the Blind
>>65744044
Greed and Holy Money are the only Swans albums I haven't listened to.
Guess I'll give em a go
>>65744113
they're like Filth and Cop in subject matter, but a bit less angry and a bit more disturbing
musically the heavy noise is partially abated, there's more space (the song I mentioned, Fool, makes great use of that).
Less rage, more fear
>>65744169
Coward, the closer of Holy Money, also makes great use of space
>>65743759
/thread
>>65743885
Thinking about doing this. Never heard a single Swans song in my life. Is this list the right way to start, or are there essential additions/removals?
>>65744329
make soundtracks the final swans album you hear. seriously, your body isn't ready.
>>65744329
Here's a flowchart that I found helpful when getting into them
(Also, why do phone screenshots always have low battery life?)
>>65744329
They're all good and worth listening to. Here's my Swans library, I've added their debut EP and a few live albums. Public Castration and Swans are Dead are absolutely 100% essential live albums
>>65744412
No... listen to the albums chronologically
you need the context of SFTB in order to help appreciate the post-revival stuff
>>65744442
personally i find making SFTB the final album makes it all the more brutal and stunning.
it has a sense of finality to it that no other swans album has.
plus, seer and tbk are easier to approach than soundtracks, while easing them into the sound of it with Bring the Sun and The Seer.
>>65744487
treat sftb with finality yeah: take a break from swans before hearing the post-revival stuff
>>65743319
SftB is best studio album, Swans Are Dead is best live album.
>>65743992
Underrated Swans, you say?
>>65744565
besides, if you can get through cop, you can handle sftb
Haven't listened to Glowing Man yet. Is it worth my time /mu/?
Or is it TBK round 2, electric boogaloo?
>>65744329
'83-'86 = Misanthropic noisy industrial shit
'87 = CoG, post-punky experimental rock type shit
'89 = The Burning World, folky shit (probably their weakest)
'91-'95 = Alternative rock/post-punk shit, really fucking good
'96 = Magnum opus, completely mental shit
'10-'16 = Epic post-rock
good luck
>>65744673
it's more ambient, maybe not as good but still enjoyable, check out frankie m and world looks red/world looks black, if you like that maybe give it a listen
I've gotten into them recently, been listening to their albums out of order. I personally like the newest shit best. The Seer's their GOAT. Also kinda dig the White Light->Annihilator period.
Early stuffs probably the least interesting, and the "difficulty" or "harshness" is overrated. But then again I'm already into extreme metal, so I guess I'm desensitized to brutal music.
Only studio album I've not heard yet is Soundtracks and the new one that just dropped. I saved Soundtracks and Swans Are Dead for last on purpose.
>>65744810
I'd reccomend trying out the Young God EP (aka Raping a Slave). It's probably the best of their early stuff, but is much more drone and heavier than Filth.
tldr its based
>>65744856
I heard it because it's stuck on the end of the edition of Cop I have.
And yeah its pretty damn good, their best until Children of God IMO. Wouldn't be surprised at all if it influenced drone or sludge metal.
>>65743992
>everyone on the board hates love of life <1 year ago
>p4k rates it above white light
>people start liking it
>>65744902
wouldn't surprise me either. Gotta give early Swans credit for pushing music heavier than ever before.
>>65743942
New to the band here. What albums of theirs would you say helped create Sludge Metal, anon?
>>65745010
see
>>65744902
raping a slave, public castration, and cop
>>65744329
start with Soundtracks for the Blind
>>65745010
Didn't you know? King Buzzo was actually Gira in disguise all this time!
>>65745073
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>>65743373
The is great, but I honestly think To Be Kind and The Glowing Man are better. This new album is insane, give it a few more listens.
