Children Of God (album)

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Children of God
Studio album by Swans
Released	1987
Recorded	1987
Genre	Post-Industrial, Post-punk, Art rock
Length	71:13 (original release)
Label	Caroline
Professional reviews
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Swans chronology
Holy Money (1986)	Children of God (1987)	The Burning World (1989)

Children of God is a 1987 album by the American post-punk band, Swans. It was re-released in 1997 with a bonus track, and an additional disc, World of Skin.

[edit] Track listing

1. "New Mind" — 5:13
2. "In My Garden" — 5:34
3. "Our Love Lies" — 5:50
4. "Sex, God, Sex" — 6:49
5. "Blood And Honey" — 4:46
6. "Like A Drug (Sha La La La)" — 5:36
7. "You're Not Real, Girl" — 4:21
8. "Beautiful Child" — 5:16
9. "Blackmail" — 3:34
10. "Trust Me" — 5:23
11. "Real Love" — 6:23
12. "Blind of Love" — 7:46
13. "Children Of God" — 4:34
14. "I'll Swallow You" - 4:15 (bonus track on World of Skin re-release)

[edit] World of Skin

(additional disc released in 1997)

1. "1,000 Years"
2. "Everything at Once"
3. "Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton/Julie London cover)
4. "Breathing Water"
5. "Blood on Your Hands"
6. "Nothing Without You"
7. "We'll Fall Apart"
8. "I Want to Be Your Dog"
9. "My Own Hands"
10. "Turn to Stone"
11. "Cold Bed"
12. "24 Hours"
13. "Red Rose"
14. "One Small Sacrifice"
15. "Still a Child"
16. "The Center of Your Heart"

[edit] Personnel

• Michael Gira - vocals, sounds, keyboards, acoustic guitar
• Norman Westberg - electric / acoustic guitar
• Jarboe - vocals, all female background vocals, sounds, piano
• Algis Kizys - bass
• Theodore Parsons - drums, percussion
• William Barnhardt - piano on "Blackmail"
• Simon Fraser - flute on "In My Garden"
• Lindsay Cooper - oboe on "Blackmail" and "Trust Me"
• Audrey Riley - cello on "Like A Drug"

Swans

Michael Gira | Jarboe | Algis Kizys | Norman Westberg

Studio Releases

Swans EP | Filth | Cop | Young God EP | Time is Money (Bastard) EP | Greed | A Screw EP | Holy Money | Children Of God | New Mind EP | Love Will Tear Us Apart | The Burning World | Can't Find My Way Home EP | Saved EP | White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity | Love Of Life | Celebrity Lifestyle EP | The Great Annihilator | Die Tür Ist Zu | Failure/Animus EP | Soundtracks for the Blind

Live and Compilations

Public Castration Is A Good Idea | Feel Good Now | Anonymous Bodies In An Empty Room | Body To Body, Job To Job | Real Love | Kill The Child | Omniscience | I Am the Sun/My Buried Child | Swans Are Dead | Various Failures | Forever Burned

Related Articles

The Angels of Light | World of Skin | Young God Records | Ecstatic Peace | Neutral Records

Official Site | Young God Records