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American experimental rock band Swans has released sixteen studio albums, nine live albums (eleven including fundraiser albums), fourteen compilation albums, eleven EPs and fifteen singles.
Studio albums
Year | Album title | Release details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
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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 | |||
2023 | The Beggar |
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— | — | 98 | — | — | 37 | — | — | |||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Live albums
Year | Album title | Release details |
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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 |
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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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2022 | Is There Really a Mind? (demo tracks) |
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Compilation albums
Year | Album title | Release details |
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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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2020 | Children of God / Feel Good Now |
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Extended plays
Year | Album title | Release details |
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1982 | Swans |
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1984 | Young God |
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1986 | A Screw |
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1988 | Love Will Tear Us Apart (red and black versions)[a] |
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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
Title | Year | Chart positions | Album | ||
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US Alt. | US College Radio | UK [2] | |||
"Time Is Money (Bastard)" | 1986 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
"New Mind" | 1987 | — | 47 | — | Children of God |
"Can't Find My Way Home" | 1989 | — | — | — | The Burning World |
"Saved" | 28 | 20 | 96 | ||
"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) | 1997 | — | — | — | Non-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
- ^ There are two versions of this Joy Division cover; one sung by Jarboe ("black") and another by Gira ("red").
References
- ^ "Swans – Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
- ^ a b "Discography Swans". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ "Discografie Swans". ultratop.be (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ "Discografie Swans". ultratop.be (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ "Discografie Swans". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ "Discographie von Swans". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
- ^ "Discographie Swans". austriancharts.at (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
- ^ "Discographie Swans". hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
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