Swans discography

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Swans discography
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Studio albums16
EPs11
Live albums9
Compilation albums14
Singles17
Music videos5
Fundraiser albums5

American experimental rock band Swans has released sixteen studio albums, nine live albums, fourteen compilation albums, eleven EPs and fifteen singles, and seven fundraiser albums containing live, rehearsal tracks and/or demo recordings sold in limited collectible editions to raise money for full-length studio recordings

Contents

Studio albums

YearAlbum titleRelease detailsPeak chart positions
US
[1]
UK
[2]
BEL FL
[3]
BEL WA
[4]
NLD
[5]
GER
[6]
AUT
[7]
SWI
[8]
1983 Filth
  • Released: May 27, 1983
  • Label: Neutral
  • Format: LP
1984 Cop
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: K.422
  • Format: LP
1986 Greed
  • Released: February 28, 1986
  • Label: K.422
  • Format: LP, CD, CS
Holy Money
  • Released: March 27, 1986
  • Label: K.422
  • Format: LP, CD, CS
1987 Children of God
  • Released: October 19, 1987
  • Label: Caroline
  • Format: 2LP, CD, CS
1989 The Burning World
  • Released: May 1989
  • Label: Uni
  • Format: LP, CD, CS
1991 White Light from the Mouth of Infinity
  • Released: June 6, 1991
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2LP, CD, CS
195
1992 Love of Life
  • Released: February 24, 1992
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: LP, CD, CS
74
1995 The Great Annihilator
  • Released: January 23, 1995
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2LP, CD, CS
149
1996 Soundtracks for the Blind
  • Released: October 22, 1996
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 4LP, 2CD, 2CS
2010 My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky
  • Released: September 23, 2010
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: LP, CD, DL
2012 The Seer
  • Released: August 28, 2012
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 3LP, 2CD, DL
114167113
2014 To Be Kind
  • Released: May 12, 2014
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 3LP, 2CD, DL
373839106755651
2016 The Glowing Man
  • Released: June 17, 2016
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 3LP, 2CD, DL
15161396949292454
2019 Leaving Meaning
  • Released: October 25, 2019
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2LP, 2CD, DL
93156587377
2023 The Beggar
  • Released: June 23, 2023
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2LP, 2CD, DL
9837
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

YearAlbum titleRelease details
1986 Public Castration Is a Good Idea
1986Real Love
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: none
  • Format: LP
1987 Feel Good Now
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: none
  • Format: 2LP, CD
1990 Anonymous Bodies in an Empty Room
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: none
  • Format: LP, CD
1992 Omniscience
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: CD, CS
1995 Kill the Child
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Disaster
  • Format: CD
1998 Swans Are Dead
  • Released: January 20, 1998
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2012 We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head
(re-release)
  • Released: May 10, 2012
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2017 Deliquescence
  • Released: May 17, 2017
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2024 Live Rope
  • Released: November 15, 2024
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD,4LP

Fundraiser albums

YearAlbum titleRelease details
2010 I Am Not Insane
(demo tracks)
  • Released: Jan 20, 2010
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: CD
2012 We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head
(live and demo tracks)
  • Released: Feb 2, 2012
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2013 Not Here / Not Now
(live and demo tracks)
  • Released: September 14, 2013
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2015 The Gate
(live and demo tracks)
  • Released: October 1, 2015
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2019 What Is This?
(demo tracks)
  • Released: March 18, 2019
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: CD
2022 Is There Really a Mind?
(demo tracks)
  • Released: February 2022
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: CD
2024Live Rope
(live tracks)
  • Released: November 2024
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD, USB, 4LP

Compilation albums

YearAlbum titleRelease details
1986Time Is Money (Bastard) / A Screw
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: PVC
  • Format: CS
1990Filth (L.P.#1, E.P.#1) 1982/83
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: CD, CS
1991 Body to Body, Job to Job
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: LP, CD, CS
1992Cop / Young God
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: K.422
  • Format: CD
1992Greed / Holy Money
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: K.422
  • Format: CD
1997Children of God / World of Skin
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
1999Cop / Young God / Greed / Holy Money
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Thirsty Ear
  • Format: 2CD
1999 Various Failures
  • Released: March 22, 1999
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2000Filth / Body to Body, Job to Job
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2003 Forever Burned
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: CD
2015White Light from the Mouth of Infinity / Love of Life
  • Released: December 4, 2015
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2LP+CD, 3CD
2017The Great Annihilator / Drainland
  • Released: April 28, 2017
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2018Soundtracks for the Blind / Die Tür ist zu
  • Released: July 20, 2018
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 3CD
2020Children of God / Feel Good Now
  • Released: November 13, 2020
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD

Extended plays

YearAlbum titleRelease details
1982 Swans
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Labor
  • Format: 12"
1984 Young God
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: K.422
  • Format: 12"
1986 Time is Money (Bastard)
  • Released: January 31, 1986
  • Label: K.422
  • Format: 12"
1986 A Screw
  • Released: May 2, 1986
  • Label: K.422
  • Format: 12"
1988 Love Will Tear Us Apart
(red and black versions) [a]
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Product, inc.
  • Format: 12", 7", CD
1992Love of Life / Amnesia
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 12", CD
1996 Die Tür ist zu
2011Live at Primavera Sound May 28th, 2011
  • Released: June 17, 2011
  • Label: Free Music Archive
  • Format: DL
2014 Oxygen
  • Released: November 24, 2014
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: DL

Music videos

Singles

TitleYearChart positionsAlbum
US Alt. US College Radio UK
[2]
"New Mind"198747 Children of God
"Can't Find My Way Home"1989 The Burning World
"Saved"282096
"Love Will Save You"1991 White Light from the Mouth of Infinity
"Celebrity Lifestyle"1995 The Great Annihilator
"Failure/Animus"1996 White Light from the Mouth of Infinity / Soundtracks for the Blind
"I Am the Sun" (live)1997Non-album single
"Jim"2010 My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky
"Mother of the World"2012 The Seer
"A Little God in My Hands"2014 To Be Kind
"Screen Shot"2015
"When Will I Return?"2016 The Glowing Man
"Finally, Peace"
"Mind / Body / Light / Sound"2017 The Great Annihilator (Reissue)
"Volcano"2018 Soundtracks for the Blind (Reissue)
"It's Coming It's Real"2019 Leaving Meaning
"The Hanging Man"
"Paradise Is Mine"2023 The Beggar
"Los Angeles: City Of Death"

Notes

  1. There are two versions of this Joy Division cover; one sung by Jarboe ("black") and another by Gira ("red").

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