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With flute, oboe, and strings adding further texturing to the often quite lovely songs created by the band, Children remains perhaps the key album of Swans' career -- the clear signpost towards their ever-more ambitious albums in the future.
12y
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There's also a bit more rhythm on Children of God, but the big news is that the Swans have begun to shift dynamics occasionally, making it easier to tell the songs apart, but no easier to listen to them.
3y
Oh boy, my favorite folk album.
I fucking loved this. A gothic, folky, love filled beating that was wondrous from start to finish. The switch from Holy Money to this is extremely impressive to say the lest. It's a more accessible, much less experimental, yet still adventurous and interesting. It never feels like Swans have neutered themselves to reach this new It's doesn't feel as if Swans are 'selling out', more so reaching out to new horizons. It's a deeply critical album, aiming it's ... read more
Album that perfectly shows really dark stuff related to christianity.
In 1979, Michael Gira after years of moving around the world, getting into trouble and changing his jobs, started to learn how to play on bass guitar. In 1982, he formed with his friends Swans. At first, the band was no wave band that didn’t cared about melodies. In their first line-ups, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth was member of the band and after his departure, him and Gira had great relationship and they went many ... read more
Swans sort of ditch their No Wave sound and style on this album, and to be honest, I think this album benefits so damn much from that shift in style. The sound of this album is very different, with most tracks going for more of a folk inspired take. I also think Giras writing improves drastically on here, with many tracks being more terrifying and dreadful than most of anything off of their last 3 albums. Its a much more fascinating listen, and it gives me the impression that this is sort of ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | New Mind 5:13 | 92 |
| 2 | In My Garden 5:35 | 88 |
| 3 | Our Love Lies 5:49 | 84 |
| 4 | Sex, God, Sex 6:49 | 83 |
| 5 | Blood and Honey 4:46 | 80 |
| 6 | Like a Drug (Sha La La La) 5:34 | 87 |
| 7 | You're Not Real, Girl 4:21 | 87 |
| 8 | Beautiful Child 5:16 | 91 |
| 9 | Blackmail 3:33 | 89 |
| 10 | Trust Me 5:24 | 82 |
| 11 | Real Love 6:23 | 82 |
| 12 | Blind Love 7:46 | 84 |
| 13 | Children of God 4:33 | 89 |
Total Length: 1 hour, 11 minutes
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4w
i might need to rescore this. cuz i think im starting to like this more than The Great Annihilator
2mo
Coming back to this (my first swans album) nearly 2 years later and appreciate it much more than I did then feels pretty great