Blood, Women, Roses

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Blood, Women, Roses
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Studio album by
Released1987 (1987)
RecordedOctober – December 1986 (1986-12)
Length39:15
Label Product Inc.
Producer Michael Gira
Skin chronology
Blood, Women, Roses
(1987)
Shame, Humility, Revenge
(1988)
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Blood, Women, Roses is the debut studio album of Skin, released in 1987 by Product Inc. [2]

Contents

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."One Thousand Years" Michael Gira Jarboe 5:09
2."Cry Me a River" Arthur Hamilton Arthur Hamilton4:48
3."We'll Fall Apart"Michael GiraJarboe4:43
4."Still a Child"Michael GiraJarboe5:23
Side two
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Come Out"Michael Gira, JarboeMichael Gira, Jarboe4:47
2."The Man I Love" Ira Gershwin George Gershwin 5:52
3."Red Rose"Michael GiraJarboe4:29
4."Blood on Your Hands"Michael GiraMichael Gira4:04
CD edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
9."My Own Hands"Michael GiraMichael Gira4:55
10."Come Out" (vocal dub)Michael Gira, JarboeMichael Gira, Jarboe3:09
11."The Man I Love" (live)Ira GershwinGeorge Gershwin3:52

Personnel

Adapted from the Blood, Women, Roses liner notes. [3]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United Kingdom 1987 Product Inc. CD, LP PROD 4

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References

  1. Raggett, Ned. "Skin: Blood, Women, Roses > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. Leland, John; Sheridan, David; Kenny, Glenn; Frampton, Scott (2007). "Swans". Trouser Press . Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  3. Blood, Women, Roses (booklet). Skin. London, United Kingdom: Product Inc. 1987.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)