Swans – The Great Annihilator • Drainland

Swans

Swans –The Great Annihilator • Drainland

2017

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Version Information

Labels
Young God Records
Mute
Catalog numbers
YG59
CDSTUMM402
Original year
2017
Version year
2025
Region
UK & Europe
Format

1 x CD
Album
Reissue
Remastered
Stereo

1 x CD
Album
Reissue
Remastered
Stereo

Version notes


Issued in a non-embossed 6-panel Digipak with clear plastic trays and a 12-page fold-out booklet.


Swans: The Great Annihilator (1995) and M. Gira solo effort Drainland (1995). Both albums lovingly and completely remastered from original mixes in 2017 to great sonic effect.
℗ & © 2017 Young God Records under exclusive license to Mute Artists Limited. Printed in the EU.


Published by Young God Publishing (ASCAP) administered by Mute Song outside North America. This compilation & © Young God Records 1994, 2017.
This material was recorded February 1993 – June 1994, at the following studios: B.C. Studios, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Baby Monster Studios, NYC.; Plastikville Studios; Warzone, Chicago. This material was mixed at B.C. Studios. This 2017 reissue was mastered from the original mixes at Micro-Moose. Berlin. Pre-production work at Invisible Studios, Chicago, and at The Torture Chamber, 6th and B, NYC.


Published by Young God Publishing (ASCAP) administered by Mute Song Limited outside North America. This album was recorded and mixed at Bill Rieflin's house in Seattle during the month of August, 1994.
Blind was recorded and mixed at Baby Monster Studios, NYC 1990/1.
Mastered from original mixes in 2016 at Micro-Moose, Berlin.

Tracklist

The Great Annihilator

1-1.In 2:22
1-2.I Am The Sun 3:21
1-3.She Lives 6:59
1-4.Celebrity Lifestyle 4:07
1-5.Mother/Father 4:04
1-6.Blood Promise 4:15
1-7.Mind/Body/Light/Sound 4:50
1-8.My Buried Child 2:56
1-9.Warm 4:52
1-10.Alcohol The Seed 3:27
1-11.Killing For Company 6:51
1-12.Mother's Milk 2:25
1-13.Where Does A Body End? 3:36
1-14.Telepathy 6:05
1-15.The Great Annihilator 4:54
1-16.Out 2:15
1-17.I Am The Sun (Live At The Flesh Club) 6:07

Drainland

2-1.You See Through Me - Michael Gira5:41
2-2.Where Does Your Body Begin? - Michael Gira3:04
2-3.I See Them All Lined Up - Michael Gira4:13
2-4.Unreal - Michael Gira4:48
2-5.Fan Letter - Michael Gira7:01
2-6.Your Naked Body - Michael Gira2:30
2-7.Low Life Form - Michael Gira3:41
2-8.If You... - Michael Gira4:41
2-9.Why I Ate My Wife - Michael Gira5:53
2-10.Blind - Michael Gira4:33

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