Swans Songs List

Rolling Stone: 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Swans make their grandest statement yet....Guitar noise is leader Michael Gira's reigning mistress..."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Lunacy
• 2.Mother of the World
• 3.The Wolf
• 4.The Seer
• 5.The Seer Returns
• 6.93 Ave. B Blues
• 7.The Daughter Brings the Water
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Song For a Warrior
• 2.Avatar
• 3.A Piece of the Sky
• 4.The Apostate

Spin: "'Love' is the first word on the album; love is its center of gravity. The record positively swims in it."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Screen Shot
• 2.Just a Little Boy (For Chester Burnett)
• 3.A Little God in My Hands
• 4.Bring the Sun / Toussaint L'Ouverture
• 5.Some Things We Do
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.She Loves Us
• 2.Kirsten Supine
• 3.Oxygen
• 4.Nathalie Neal
• 5.To Be Kind

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Lunacy
• 2.Mother Of The World
• 3.The Wolf
• 4.The Seer
• 5.The Seer Returns
• 6.93 Ave. B Blues
• 7.The Daughter Brings The Water
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Song For A Warrior
• 2.Avatar
• 3.A Piece Of The Sky
• 4.The Apostate

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Blood Section
• 2.Helpless Child
• 3.Fan's Lament
• 4.Empathy
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.I Was A Prisoner In Your Skull
• 2.Live Through Me
• 3.Yum-Yab Killers
• 4.The Beautiful Days
• Tracks of Disc 3
• 1.Volcano
• 2.Mellothumb
• 3.All Lined Up
• 4.Surrogate 2
• Tracks of Disc 4
• 1.How They Suffer
• 2.Animus

Rolling Stone: 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]heir latest offers two straight hours of spook-house drones, battering-ram guitar blasts and Michael Gira's howled imperatives about love, sex and death."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Screen Shot Backing Vocals - St. Vincent Words By, Music By - Michael Gira [8:07]
• 2.Just A Little Boy (For Chester Burnett) Music By - Pravdica, Hahn, Gira, Westberg, Puleo, Harris Words By - Michael Gira 12:20
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.A Little God In My Hands Backing Vocals - Jennifer Church Words By, Music By - Michael Gira [6:35]
• 2.Bring The Sun / Toussaint L'Ouverture Part One Backing Vocals - Cold Specks, St. Vincent Music By - Pravdica, Hahn, Gira, Westberg, Puleo, Harris Words By - Michael Gira 14:41
• Tracks of Disc 3
• 1.Bring The Sun / Toussaint L'Ouverture Part Two Backing Vocals - Cold Specks, St. Vincent Music By - Pravdica, Hahn, Gira, Westberg, Puleo, Harris Words By - Michael Gira 19:32
• Tracks of Disc 4
• 1.Some Things We Do Strings, Arranged By [Strings] - Julia Kent Vocals [Duet With Michael Gira] - Little Annie Words By, Music By - Michael Gira [5:09]
• 2.She Loves Us Backing Vocals - Jennifer Church Music By - Pravdica, Hahn, Gira, Westberg, Puleo, Harris Words By - Michael Gira 15:04
• Tracks of Disc 5
• 1.Oxygenm Words By, Music By - Michael Gira [7:59]
• 2.Kirsten Supine Backing Vocals - St. Vincent Words By, Music By - Michael Gira 10:33
• Tracks of Disc 6
• 1.Nathalie Neal Backing Vocals - St. Vincent Words By, Music By - Michael Gira 10:15
• 2.To Be Kind Music By - Pravdica, Hahn, Gira, Westberg, Puleo, Harris

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Cloud of Forgetting
• 2.Cloud of Unknowing
• 3.The World Looks Red / The World Looks Black
• 4.People Like Us
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Frankie M
• 2.When Will I Return
• 3.The Glowing Man
• 4.Finally Peace

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Hums
• 2.Annaline
• 3.The Hanging Man
• 4.Amnesia
• 5.Leaving Meaning
• 6.Sunfucker
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Cathedrals Of Heaven
• 2.The Nub
• 3.It's Coming It's Real
• 4.Some New Things
• 5.What Is This?
• 6.My Phantom Limb

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Hums
• 2.Annaline
• 3.The Hanging Man
• 4.Amnesia
• 5.Leaving Meaning
• 6.Sunfucker
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Cathedrals Of Heaven
• 2.The Nub
• 3.It's Coming It's Real
• 4.Some New Things
• 5.What Is This?
• 6.My Phantom Limb

Rolling Stone: 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Swans make their grandest statement yet....Guitar noise is leader Michael Gira's reigning mistress..."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Lunacy
• 2.The Apostate Pt. 1
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.The Apostate Pt. 2
• 2.A Piece Of The Sky Pt. 1
• Tracks of Disc 3
• 1.A Piece Of The Sky Pt. 2
• 2.93 Ave. B Blues
• 3.The Daughter Brings The Water
• 4.Song For A Warrior
• Tracks of Disc 4
• 1.Mother Of The World
• 2.Avatar

Uncut: 4 stars out of 5 -- "[W]hat we actually have here is a record more in line with the excellent, vengeful Americana of frontman Michael Gira's latter-day Angels Of Light fare."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.No Words / No Thoughts
• 2.Reeling the Liars In
• 3.Jim
• 4.My Birth
• 5.You Fucking People Make Me Sick
• 6.Eden Prison
• 7.Little Mouth
• 8.Inside Madeline

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Paradise Is Mine
• 2.The Beggar
• 7.Why Can't I Have What I Want Anytime That I Want?
• 8.Unforming
• 9.Ebbing
• 10.No More Of This
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 3.Los Angeles: City Of Death
• 4.The Parasite
• 5.The Memorious
• Tracks of Disc 3
• 6.Michael Is Done

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Stay Here
• 2.Big Strong Boss
• 3.Blackout
• 4.Power For Power
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Freak
• 2.Right Wrong
• 3.Thank You
• 4.Weakling
• 5.Gang

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Annaline
• 2.The Hanging Man
• 3.Amnesia
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Leaving Meaning
• 2.Sunfucker
• Tracks of Disc 3
• 1.Hums
• 2.Cathedrals Of Heaven
• 3.The Nub
• Tracks of Disc 4
• 1.It's Coming It's Real
• 2.What Is This?
• 3.My Phantom Limb

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Lunacy
• 2.The Apostate Pt. 1
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.The Apostate Pt. 2
• 2.A Piece Of The Sky Pt. 1
• Tracks of Disc 3
• 1.A Piece Of The Sky Pt. 2
• 2.93 Ave. B Blues
• 3.The Daughter Brings The Water
• 4.Song For A Warrior
• Tracks of Disc 4
• 1.Mother Of The World
• 2.Avatar

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Annaline
• 2.The Hanging Man
• 3.Amnesia
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Leaving Meaning
• 2.Sunfucker
• Tracks of Disc 3
• 1.Hums
• 2.Cathedrals Of Heaven
• 3.The Nub
• Tracks of Disc 4
• 1.It's Coming It's Real
• 2.What Is This?
• 3.My Phantom Limb

• Tracks of Disc 2
• 6.Minus Something
• 7.Empathy
• 8.I Love You This Much [Live]
• 9.Yrp
• 10.Fan's Lament
• 11.Secret Friends
• 12.Final Sacrifice
• 13.Yrp 2
• 14.Surrogate Drone
• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Red Velvet Corridor
• 2.I Was a Prisoner in Your Skull
• 3.Helpless Child
• 4.Live Through Me
• 5.Yum-Yab Killers [Live]
• 6.Beautiful Days
• 7.Volcano
• 8.Mellothumb
• 9.All Lined Up
• 10.Surrogate 2
• 11.How They Suffer
• 12.Animus
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Red Velvet Wound
• 2.Sound
• 3.Her Mouth Is Filled With Honey
• 4.Blood Section
• 5.Hypogirl

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Stay Here
• 2.Big Strong Boss
• 3.Blackout
• 4.Power for Power
• 5.Freak
• 6.Right Wrong
• 7.Thank You
• 8.Weakling
• 9.Gang

The Wire: "[The songs] balance, combine and layer their earlier experiments in guitar density and duration with blinding shafts of light."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.No Words / No Thoughts
• 2.Reeling the Liars In
• 3.Jim
• 4.My Birth
• 5.You Fucking People Make Me Sick
• 6.Inside Madeline
• 7.Eden Prison
• 8.Little Mouth

Rolling Stone: 3 Stars - Good - "...The music has opened up a great deal. Acoustic guitar and nearly New Age electronic pastels are as likely to be part of the mix as the band's signature metallic harshness..."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.In [Instrumental]
• 2.I Am the Sun
• 3.She Lives
• 4.Celebrity Lifestyle
• 5.Mother / Father
• 6.Blood Promise
• 7.Mind / Body / Light / Sound
• 8.My Buried Child
• 9.Warm [Instrumental]
• 10.Alcohol the Seed
• 11.Killing for Company
• 12.Mother's Milk - (live)
• 13.Where Does a Body End?
• 14.Telepathy
• 15.The Great Annihilator
• 16.Out [Instrumental]
• 17.I Am the Sun [Live at the Flesh Club] - (live)
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.You See Through Me
• 2.Where Does Your Body Begin?
• 3.I See Them All Lined Up
• 4.Unreal
• 5.Fan Letter
• 6.Your Naked Body
• 7.Low Life Form
• 8.If You...
• 9.Why I Ate My Wife
• 10.Blind