Swans discography | |
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Studio albums | 16 |
Live albums | 9 |
Compilation albums | 14 |
Music videos | 5 |
EPs | 11 |
Singles | 17 |
Fundraiser albums | 5 |
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.
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 |
|
— | — | 195 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
1992 | Love of Life |
|
— | — | — | — | 74 | — | — | — | |||
1995 | The Great Annihilator |
|
— | — | 149 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
1996 | Soundtracks for the Blind |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
2010 | My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
2012 | The Seer |
|
114 | 167 | 113 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
2014 | To Be Kind |
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37 | 38 | 39 | 106 | 75 | 56 | 51 | — | |||
2016 | The Glowing Man |
|
151 | 61 | 39 | 69 | 49 | 29 | 24 | 54 | |||
2019 | Leaving Meaning |
|
— | — | 93 | 156 | — | 58 | 73 | 77 | |||
2023 | The Beggar |
|
— | — | 98 | — | — | 37 | — | — | |||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Year | Album title | Release details |
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1986 | Public Castration Is a Good Idea |
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1986 | Real Love |
|
1987 | Feel Good Now |
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1990 | Anonymous Bodies in an Empty Room |
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1992 | Omniscience |
|
1995 | Kill the Child |
|
1998 | Swans Are Dead |
|
2012 |
We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head (re-release) |
|
2017 | Deliquescence |
|
Year | Album title | Release details |
---|---|---|
2010 |
I Am Not Insane (demo tracks) |
|
2012 |
We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head (live and demo tracks) |
|
2013 |
Not Here / Not Now (live and demo tracks) |
|
2015 |
The Gate (live and demo tracks) |
|
2019 |
What Is This? (demo tracks) |
|
2022 |
Is There Really a Mind? (demo tracks) |
|
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 |
|
1991 | Body to Body, Job to Job |
|
1992 | Cop / Young God |
|
1992 | Greed / Holy Money |
|
1997 | Children of God / World of Skin |
|
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 |
|
2017 | The Great Annihilator / Drainland |
|
2018 | Soundtracks for the Blind / Die Tür ist zu |
|
2020 | Children of God / Feel Good Now |
|
Year | Album title | Release details |
---|---|---|
1982 | Swans |
|
1984 | Young God |
|
1986 | A Screw |
|
1988 |
Love Will Tear Us Apart (red and black versions) [a] |
|
1992 | Love of Life / Amnesia |
|
1996 | Die Tür ist zu |
|
2011 | Live at Primavera Sound May 28th, 2011 |
|
2014 | Oxygen |
|
Title | Year | Chart positions | Album | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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" | — | — | — |
Swans discography | |
---|---|
Studio albums | 16 |
Live albums | 9 |
Compilation albums | 14 |
Music videos | 5 |
EPs | 11 |
Singles | 17 |
Fundraiser albums | 5 |
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.
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 |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
1986 | Greed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Holy Money |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
1987 | Children of God |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
1989 | The Burning World |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
1991 | White Light from the Mouth of Infinity |
|
— | — | 195 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
1992 | Love of Life |
|
— | — | — | — | 74 | — | — | — | |||
1995 | The Great Annihilator |
|
— | — | 149 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
1996 | Soundtracks for the Blind |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
2010 | My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
2012 | The Seer |
|
114 | 167 | 113 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
2014 | To Be Kind |
|
37 | 38 | 39 | 106 | 75 | 56 | 51 | — | |||
2016 | The Glowing Man |
|
151 | 61 | 39 | 69 | 49 | 29 | 24 | 54 | |||
2019 | Leaving Meaning |
|
— | — | 93 | 156 | — | 58 | 73 | 77 | |||
2023 | The Beggar |
|
— | — | 98 | — | — | 37 | — | — | |||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Year | Album title | Release details |
---|---|---|
1986 | Public Castration Is a Good Idea |
|
1986 | Real Love |
|
1987 | Feel Good Now |
|
1990 | Anonymous Bodies in an Empty Room |
|
1992 | Omniscience |
|
1995 | Kill the Child |
|
1998 | Swans Are Dead |
|
2012 |
We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head (re-release) |
|
2017 | Deliquescence |
|
Year | Album title | Release details |
---|---|---|
2010 |
I Am Not Insane (demo tracks) |
|
2012 |
We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head (live and demo tracks) |
|
2013 |
Not Here / Not Now (live and demo tracks) |
|
2015 |
The Gate (live and demo tracks) |
|
2019 |
What Is This? (demo tracks) |
|
2022 |
Is There Really a Mind? (demo tracks) |
|
Year | Album title | Release details |
---|---|---|
1986 | Time Is Money (Bastard) / A Screw |
|
1990 | Filth (L.P.#1, E.P.#1) 1982/83 |
|
1991 | Body to Body, Job to Job |
|
1992 | Cop / Young God |
|
1992 | Greed / Holy Money |
|
1997 | Children of God / World of Skin |
|
1999 | Cop / Young God / Greed / Holy Money |
|
1999 | Various Failures |
|
2000 | Filth / Body to Body, Job to Job |
|
2003 | Forever Burned |
|
2015 | White Light from the Mouth of Infinity / Love of Life |
|
2017 | The Great Annihilator / Drainland |
|
2018 | Soundtracks for the Blind / Die Tür ist zu |
|
2020 | Children of God / Feel Good Now |
|
Year | Album title | Release details |
---|---|---|
1982 | Swans |
|
1984 | Young God |
|
1986 | A Screw |
|
1988 |
Love Will Tear Us Apart (red and black versions) [a] |
|
1992 | Love of Life / Amnesia |
|
1996 | Die Tür ist zu |
|
2011 | Live at Primavera Sound May 28th, 2011 |
|
2014 | Oxygen |
|
Title | Year | Chart positions | Album | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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" | — | — | — |