Swans discography

Swans discography
Studio albums	13
Live albums	10
Compilation albums	7
Music videos	5
EPs	11
Singles	3

The discography of Swans, an American experimental rock band, consists of thirteen studio albums, ten live albums, seven compilation albums, eleven EPs and three singles.

Studio albums

• Filth (1983)
• Cop (1984)
• Greed (1986)
• Holy Money (1986)
• Children of God (1987)
• The Burning World (1989)
• White Light from the Mouth of Infinity (1991)
• Love of Life (1992)
• The Great Annihilator (1995)
• Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)
• My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky (2010)
• The Seer (2012) UK #167 US #114
• To Be Kind (2014) UK #38 US #37
• The Glowing Man (2016)

Live albums

• Public Castration Is a Good Idea (1986)
• Feel Good Now (1989)
• Anonymous Bodies in an Empty Room (1990)
• Real Love (1992)
• Omniscience (1992)
• Kill the Child (1996)
• Swans Are Dead (1998)
• We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head (2012)
• Not Here / Not Now (2013)
• The Gate (2015)

Compilation albums

• Time Is Money (Bastard)/A Screw (1986)
• Filth (L.P.#1, E.P.#1) 1982/83 (1990)
• Body to Body, Job to Job (1991)
• Cop/Young God (1992)
• Greed/Holy Money (1992)
• Die Tür ist zu (1996)
• Children of God/World of Skin (1997)
• Cop/Young God/Greed/Holy Money (1999)
• Filth/Body to Body, Job to Job (1999)
• Various Failures (1999)
• Forever Burned (2003)
• Mystery of Faith - Unreleased Pieces: Swans + World of Skin (2004)
• White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity/Love Of Life (2015)

Extended plays

• Swans (1982)
• Young God (1984)
• A Screw (1986)
• Love Will Tear Us Apart (red and black)^{[lower-alpha 1]} (1988)
• Love of Life/Amnesia (1992)
• Live at Primavera Sound May 28th, 2011 (2011)
• Oxygen (2014)

Music videos

• "A Screw"
• "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 Modern Rock	US Mainstream Rock	UK Singles
1986	"Time Is Money (Bastard)"	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	"New Mind"	-	47	-	-	-	Children of God
1989	"Can't Find My Way Home"	-	-	-	-	-	The Burning World
1989	"Saved"	-	20	28	-	96	The Burning World
1994	"Celebrity Lifestyle · Mother/Father"	-	-	-	-	-	The Great Annihilator
1996	"Failure"/"Animus"	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	"I Am the Sun" (live)	-	-	-	-	-

Notes

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

External links

• Swans discography at Discogs