Children of God/World of Skin

Children of God/World Of Skin is the 1997 re-release of the 1987 Children of God album by the American post-punk band Swans.

The re-release comes with a bonus track ("I'll Swallow You", which contains also "Damn You To Hell", as the two tracks appear on the New Mind 12"), and an additional disc, World of Skin, the band's side project, containing most of the songs from its 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".

The re-released version replaces the original version of "Our Love Lies" with the version from the "Love Will Tear Us Apart EP".

Track listing

1. "New Mind" — 5:13
2. "In My Garden" — 5:34
3. "Our Love Lies" — 4:26 (Version from Love Will Tear Us Apart EP)
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 Love" — 7:46
13. "Children of God" — 4:34
14. "I'll Swallow You" - 4:15 (bonus track on the 1997 re-release)

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"

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"

External links

• Swans official website - Children of God