What is the single greatest swans track?

>>68171121
Helpless child

>>68171132
This.
I would say the Swans are Dead version of Helpless Child is one of my favorite songs ever.

>>68171121
Id say something off of soundtracks since thats my favorite of theirs but every song on that album only works in the context of the entire album. So I guess I'd either say She Loves Us!, A Hanging, I am the Sun, or In My Garden, if you want just one then She Loves Us!

The Glowing Man

Final Sacrifice for me

>>68171164
objectively the right answer

Fool or Helpless Child

>>68171209
this too

She Loves Us

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I'M JUST A LITTLE BOY
>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

While The Seer isn't my favorite release(real close, though) and it isn't my favorite track (also real close), I always point to the 'The Apostate.'
It perfectly encapsulates what this incarnation of Swans is "all about," and does an immaculate job of it.

That one where the guy cant use a fork

Nothing after 1998 that's for sure

>>68171132
>>68171149
This or the live version of I Crawled from Swans Are Dead

>>68171121
>>68173287

The Apostate is fucking insane. Easily my favorite Swans song.

The Sound is a close second.

>>68171121
Volcano's up there

The Sound is the best song Gira has ever made.

>MOOOOOTHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRR

love will save you

>>68172968
I'm not a human!
>AHAHAHAHAH

Great fucking track

Lunacy
The first Swans track i ever heard, and stil my favorite

*Still

Swans are Dead version of I Crawled by far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui4qSbyJ9dc

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Swans are Dead version of Blood Promise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjD9PhIc9d0

>8:50 on

Can't fucking choose.

Feel Happiness

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>>68171149
>>68173682
>>68173714
Swans are Dead is honestly their best album desu.

Don't know why it's not more widely recognized.

>>68171132
Objectively this

>>68173847
Live albums often go unnoticed because people assume they bring nothing new.

>>68171121
Money is Flesh (#2) off of Holy Money

>>68171121
Prisoners in your skull

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>>68173847
This is pretty great too

>>68173847
>>68175641
>not using the alt covers

>>68175682
what are they?

>>68171132
Absolutely this

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>>68175776
Do you want all of them?
I can make a download link for you.

>>68172831
this guy gets it

>>68173575
yeah the sound probably is it

Oxygen

but it's so hard to choose

>>68176088
Cop, Children and White Light pls

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>>68176735
1/3

Blood Promise from Swans Are Dead

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>>68176735
2/3

swan song - swans

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>>68176735
3/3

>>68176763
>>68176807
>>68176829
Thanks, senpai
I hope you have a nice weekend

>>68176088
all of them, please :^)

>>68176088
I WANT THEM ALLLLLL

>>68176088
>glowing man alt cover i made is in there
its kind of shitty desu

SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN
BRING THE SUN

>>68177411
Why don't you make a better one.

>>68176924
>>68177329
https://mega.nz/#!pQNhlATC!GJpqCfb1v7hoTBv2zZhQ3PSqjCARr4LyvVHvXK-LSeo

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The live version of Coward is a fucking monstrosity

Frankie M.

>>68171121
Stay Here

>>68173619
this or song for the sun

>>68177476
>Why don't you make a better one.
because i suck

I Love You This Much

>>68171121
well...well fuck

>>68171218
I'll lieeee to myseeeeeeelf

>>68178087
I don't know what to say

>>68177514
This

Beautiful Child

You can't top Giras screams

>ctrl+f
>not a single mention of Half Life in this thread
For shame, guys

>>68171121
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVmuRLUyeJo

>>68177514
absolutely

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YOUR NAME IS KEK

God Damn the Sun, anyone?

>>68171121
Blood Promise from Swans Are Dead.

>>68173714
>8:50 on
Literally this.

>>68178052
underrated

>>68177476
you're a saint, i love you man

>>68171132
>>68180107
strong contenders
>>68171215
>>68172831
>>68173575
>>68173682
>>68177514
good contenders

>>68173344
Underrated

>>68180107
absolutely devastating performance

I love how there's almost no disagreement anywhere in this thread. like, everyone mutually agrees that most of the Swans discography is phenomenal

Blind, lyrics never hit so hard

>>68176088
someone should send this to Gira
He might appreciate them

the gate and white light are great

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>>68177514
>as soon as money is flesh starts

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>>68171121
The Seer is my favorite from them, with (>>68171132) being a close runner up.

The Seer is just so addictive and evil sounding, the way it breaks down hitting that same chord for like 10 minutes and then around the 19 minute mark it begins to form a coherent rhythm/groove. Literally one of my favorite moments in music ever.

>>68180451
shut up faggot I don't agree with >>68171149 because in my opinion the studio version on SFTB is much better.

>>68172831
YOUR NAME IS FUCK

Toussaint Louvertoure or whatever it is called is surprisingly addictive to listen to. The Cloud of Forgetting/Unknowing duo is also pretty fucking neat. Though as some other guy stated, The Apostate might be the best thing I heard from them. Those bells are unbelievable.

>>68182713
fuck off

Apostate, although The Seer is very close.
BUT the Cloud of Unknowing is extremely good too

>>68179673
i thought i was the only one

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>>68179673
and this world it shows

>>68181293
BRING THE SUN
(suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun)

Real Love

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>>68176088
I made these, except The Glowing Man one. I made these for The glowing Man, but no one seemed to like them.

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>>68184671
2nd Version

>>68184671
I love you, man
Can you add a circle to that cover?
Also, there are some live albums and EPs you didn't do and I would be really happy if you did covers for them.
Obviously, you could create a new thread to post them.

>>68171132
fpbp

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>>68184671
>but no one seemed to like them.
They are posted a lot in Alt-Covers threads. Just put pic related in the archive and you will see.
Also, seconding what >>68184700 said.

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helpless child
coward
the glowing man
killing for company
to be kind
half life

also avatar is underrated

All lined up

Blind

>>68178388
Fucking this
I also have a huge soft spot for Fan's Lament, it's a filler track, but it distills the few albums before SFTB perfectly

>>68173714
Pretty sure that's the last song they played during their final tour date before they broke up.

Context makes it even better for me.