Best Swans Album

Figure its good to debate the 14 albums.

The Seer

trust me. wait til 2025 and it'll be in the MoMA

This

probably this one
the most varied and yet consistently good

Filth

I'm to lightweight to finish filth. Is it really worth a front to back listen?

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If you're into lifting weights, definitely

If you're into getting drunk and hating yourself, fucking yes

otherwise, still yes

It's 30 minutes my guy

it's not that hard to listen to, cop is way worse

Probably SFTB, though I like the No-Wave era more than I like the Post Rock era

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

>the MoMA

the what

>cop is way worse
this tbqh. half the songs on Filth are bangers desu

>Everything worth listening to at all is worth a full listen
absolutely

google it you uncultured fuck

Doubt it. That said, Gira ensured his place in music history decades ago. He basically started sludge metal without trying to.

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.

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

Greed and Holy Money are the only Swans albums I haven't listened to.
Guess I'll give em a go

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

Coward, the closer of Holy Money, also makes great use of space

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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?

make soundtracks the final swans album you hear. seriously, your body isn't ready.

Here's a flowchart that I found helpful when getting into them

(Also, why do phone screenshots always have low battery life?)

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

No... listen to the albums chronologically

you need the context of SFTB in order to help appreciate the post-revival stuff

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.

treat sftb with finality yeah: take a break from swans before hearing the post-revival stuff

SftB is best studio album, Swans Are Dead is best live album.

Underrated Swans, you say?

besides, if you can get through cop, you can handle sftb

Haven't listened to Glowing Man yet. Is it worth my time Sup Forums?
Or is it TBK round 2, electric boogaloo?

'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

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.

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

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.

>everyone on the board hates love of life p4k rates it above white light
>people start liking it

wouldn't surprise me either. Gotta give early Swans credit for pushing music heavier than ever before.

New to the band here. What albums of theirs would you say helped create Sludge Metal, user?

see
raping a slave, public castration, and cop

start with Soundtracks for the Blind

Didn't you know? King Buzzo was actually Gira in disguise all this time!

kek

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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.