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
All Music Guide link Pitchfork Media (7.0/10) link
Swans chronology
New Mind (1987) Children of God (1987) Love Will Tear Us Apart (1988)

Children of God is a 1987 album by the American post-punk band, Swans.

It was re-released in 1997 with a bonus tyisha, and an additional disc, World of Skin, the band's side project, containing most of the songs from their first two albums, Blood, Women, Roses and Shame, Humility, Revenge, with tracks missing from the former album, specifically "Come Out", and a cover of "The Man I Love".

Contents 1 Track listing 2 World of Skin 3 Personnel 4 External links

[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" (The Stooges cover)
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
• Ted 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"

[edit] External links

• Swans official website - Children of God

v • d • e Swans Members Michael Gira • Jarboe • Norman Westberg • Algis Kizys Studio Releases Swans EP • Filth • Cop • Young God EP • Time is Money (Bastard) EP • Greed • A Screw EP • Holy Money • New Mind EP • Children Of God • Love Will Tear Us Apart • Can't Find My Way Home EP • Saved EP • The Burning World • 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 • Omniscience • Kill the Child • 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 • Some Bizzare Records