Body to Body, Job to Job

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Body to Body, Job to Job
Swans Body to Body Job to Job.jpg
Compilation album by
ReleasedNovember 4, 1991
Recorded198285
StudioOmnipotent Studios (New York City, New York)
CBGB's (New York City, New York)
Sin Club (New York City, New York)
Length64:14
Label Young God
Producer Michael Gira
Swans chronology
White Light from the Mouth of Infinity
(1991)
Body to Body, Job to Job
(1991)
Love of Life
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 5/10 [2]

Body to Body, Job to Job (stylized on the cover as Body To Body Job To Job.) is the third compilation album by the American experimental rock band Swans. It was released simultaneously on LP, CD and audio cassette in 1991. It presents various live recordings, tape loops and previously unavailable material recorded between 1982 and 1985. The title is taken from the song "Job".

Contents

Release history

While the original CDs and audio cassettes contained 16 songs, the LP version – due to the limited length of the medium – omitted 4 songs: "Whore", "Loop 21", "Get Out" and "Mother, My Body Disgusts Me".

While the album, in its initial form, would eventually go out of print, it has been reissued various times. It was included on the double-disc set Filth/Body to Body, Job to Job in 2000 (which also included the band's 1983 recording Filth ), and it was also included in the 2015 deluxe triple-disc reissue of Filth. [3] Both Filth/Body to Body, Job to Job and the 2015 reissue of Filth containing Body to Body, Job to Job add "Raping a Slave (Live Berlin 1984)" as a bonus track after the end of "Thug".

Content

"Whore" was originally released on the album Cop in 1984 as "Butcher"; the disparity indicates that the song's title may have been taken from an early setlist. "Your Game" is an early version of the song "Your Property," which originally appeared on Cop as well; the lyric at this time was a spoken word piece titled "Your Game" that was later collected in Gira's book The Consumer . "Mother, My Body Disgusts Me" is an early version of the title track from Greed , with different lyrics. The recordings used for the album were remastered by Gira at B. Monster Studios, New York City.

The CD and cassette edition track listings reveal the year of origin for each track, with the exception of "Loop 33".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Michael Gira

No.TitleYear of OriginLength
1."I'll Cry for You"19855:41
2."Red Sheet" (live)19823:11
3."Loop 33"N/A0:59
4."Your Game"19843:57
5."Seal It Over"19833:48
6."Whore" (live)19843:56
7."We'll Hang for That"19823:55
8."Half Life" (live)19843:57
9."Loop 21"19821:26
10."Get Out"19843:31
11."Job" (live)19845:40
12."Loop 1"19831:01
13."Mother, My Body Disgusts Me"19854:52
14."Cop" (live)19845:56
15."Only I Can Hear, Only I Can Touch"19822:41
16."Thug" (live)19849:44

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes for Body to Body, Job to Job. [4]

Charts

Chart (1986)Peak
position
UK Indie Chart [5] 7

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