Swans discography
The discography of Swans, an American experimental rock band, consists of fifteen studio albums, eleven live albums, seven compilation albums, eleven EPs and fifteen singles.
| Swans discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 15 |
| Live albums | 9 |
| Compilation albums | 13 |
| Music videos | 5 |
| EPs | 11 |
| Singles | 17 |
| Fundraiser albums | 5 |
Studio albums
| Year | Album title | Release details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
UK [2] |
BEL FL [3] |
BEL WA [4] |
NLD [5] |
GER [6] |
AUT [7] |
SWI [8] | ||||||
| 1983 | Filth | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1984 | Cop |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1986 | Greed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Holy Money |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1987 | Children of God |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1989 | The Burning World |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1991 | White Light from the Mouth of Infinity |
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— | — | 195 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1992 | Love of Life |
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— | — | — | — | 74 | — | — | — | |||
| 1995 | The Great Annihilator |
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— | — | 149 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1996 | Soundtracks for the Blind |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2010 | My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2012 | The Seer |
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114 | 167 | 113 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2014 | To Be Kind |
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37 | 38 | 39 | 106 | 75 | 56 | 51 | — | |||
| 2016 | The Glowing Man |
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151 | 61 | 39 | 69 | 49 | 29 | 24 | 54 | |||
| 2019 | Leaving Meaning |
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— | — | 93 | 156 | — | 58 | 73 | 77 | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Live albums
| Year | Album title | Release details |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Public Castration Is a Good Idea |
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| 1986 | Real Love |
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| 1987 | Feel Good Now |
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| 1990 | Anonymous Bodies in an Empty Room |
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| 1992 | Omniscience |
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| 1995 | Kill the Child |
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| 1998 | Swans Are Dead |
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| 2012 | We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head (re-release) |
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| 2017 | Deliquescence |
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Fundraiser albums
| Year | Album title | Release details |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | I Am Not Insane (demo tracks) |
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| 2012 | We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head (live and demo tracks) |
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| 2013 | Not Here / Not Now (live and demo tracks) |
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| 2015 | The Gate (live and demo tracks) |
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| 2019 | What Is This? (demo tracks) |
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Compilation albums
| Year | Album title | Release details |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Time Is Money (Bastard) / A Screw |
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| 1990 | Filth (L.P.#1, E.P.#1) 1982/83 |
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| 1991 | Body to Body, Job to Job |
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| 1992 | Cop / Young God |
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| 1992 | Greed / Holy Money |
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| 1997 | Children of God / World of Skin |
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| 1999 | Cop / Young God / Greed / Holy Money |
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| 1999 | Various Failures |
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| 2000 | Filth / Body to Body, Job to Job |
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| 2003 | Forever Burned |
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| 2015 | White Light from the Mouth of Infinity / Love of Life |
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| 2017 | The Great Annihilator / Drainland |
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| 2018 | Soundtracks for the Blind / Die Tür ist zu |
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Extended plays
| Year | Album title | Release details |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Swans |
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| 1984 | Young God |
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| 1986 | Time Is Money (Bastard) |
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| 1986 | A Screw |
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| 1988 | Love Will Tear Us Apart (red and black versions)[lower-alpha 1] |
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| 1992 | Love of Life / Amnesia |
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| 1996 | Die Tür ist zu |
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| 2011 | Live at Primavera Sound May 28th, 2011 |
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| 2014 | Oxygen |
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Music videos
- "A Screw" (1985)
- "New Mind" (1987)
- "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1988)
- "Saved" (1989)
- "Love of Life" (1992)
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||||
| US Hot 100 | US College Radio | US Alt | US Mainstream Rock | UK Singles | |||
| 1988 | "New Mind" | - | 47 | - | - | - | Children of God |
| 1989 | "Can't Find My Way Home" | - | - | - | - | - | The Burning World |
| "Saved" | - | 20 | 28 | - | 96 | ||
| 1991 | "Love Will Save You" | - | - | - | - | - | White Light from the Mouth of Infinity |
| 1995 | "Celebrity Lifestyle" | - | - | - | - | - | The Great Annihilator |
| 1996 | "Failure" / "Animus" | - | - | - | - | - | White Light from the Mouth of Infinity / Soundtracks for the Blind |
| 1997 | "I Am the Sun" (live) | - | - | - | - | - | Non-album single |
| 2010 | "Jim" | - | - | - | - | - | My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky |
| 2012 | "Mother of the World" | - | - | - | - | - | The Seer |
| 2014 | "A Little God in My Hands" | - | - | - | - | - | To Be Kind |
| 2015 | "Screen Shot" | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2016 | "When Will I Return?" | - | - | - | - | - | The Glowing Man |
| "Finally, Peace" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2017 | "Mind / Body / Light / Sound" | - | - | - | - | - | The Great Annihilator (Reissue) |
| 2018 | "Volcano" | - | - | - | - | - | Soundtracks for the Blind (Reissue) |
| 2019 | "It's Coming It's Real" | - | - | - | - | - | Leaving Meaning |
| "The Hanging Man" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Notes
- There are two versions of this Joy Division cover; one sung by Jarboe ("black") and another by Gira ("red").
References
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