Album Rating: 3.5

korn should cover children of god and swans should cover children of the korn



fuck authority hit yo ass in the head with my .40 *70 minutes of guitar strumming* - michael gira

Album Rating: 4.5

wanna throw some "Sex, God, Sex" and "Real Love" love out there since I saw them show up in tec's 'low-tier' on the previous page

Album Rating: 3.5

ngl that ranking did not need to survive the pagebreak

Album Rating: 3.5

Anyone have suggestions for good Swans discog order / priorities? Done Filth, and the Seer, this next?

Album Rating: 5.0

i'd recommend soaking up as much of the pre-hiatus stuff as far as you're interested before starting the post-hiatus stuff - they're basically two different bands.



if you've heard Filth, you can skip Cop cuz it's basically the same album (unless you really dug Filth of course, then in that case you'll probably dig Cop too).



skip Greed and Holy Money, both are boring af. This is when they started getting good. The Burning World is a bit of an anomaly, different producer or something. check if you're interested, not necessary tho. then def check White Light, Love of Life (which is basically an addendum to White Light, still great tho), The Great Annihilator and Soundtracks. that's def their best stretch of albums

Album Rating: 4.5

“Sex, God, Sex” is top 5 Swans agreed

Asleep, if your strategy is to sample their prime albums from different eras, this could be a good choice for some goth vibes after the brutality of Filth and post-rock infused trips of The Seer.

Album Rating: 3.5

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Might sweep through the 4+ rated pre-hiatus albums in chronological order (so this first) and see where we land.



On Like a Drug rn and tripping

Album Rating: 3.5

Beautiful Child also v good

Album Rating: 5.0

Beautiful Child might be my fave Swans track, so fucking harrowing

Album Rating: 4.5

bad takes

Album Rating: 3.5

Got that high gothic cowboy vibe on rn (ow my head)

Album Rating: 4.5

the neofolk parts are the best



well to be fair that’s the case with swans in general but the stuff here is really damn good

Album Rating: 4.0

best swans track is actually 'Power for Power'