Love of Life (album)

Love of Life is a studio album by Swans. It was released in 1992. It was also released in a limited edition box that was designed to contain it and their previous studio album White Light from the Mouth of Infinity.

The cover art is a painting by Deryk Thomas.

Like its predecessor, Love of Life is out of print and has not been reissued. Six of the eleven songs appear on the Various Failures compilation, and a further four appear on the Forever Burned compilation. These two compilations therefore contain all the material on this release, except the Jarboe composition "She Cries (For Spider)" and the untitled segue parts.

Track listing

1. "(---)" - 0:15
2. "Love of Life" - 3:36
3. "The Golden Boy That Was Swallowed by the Sea" - 4:30
4. "(---)" - 0:34
5. "(---)" - 2:00
6. "The Other Side of the World" - 4:33
7. "Her" - 5:15
8. "The Sound of Freedom" - 4:28
9. "(---)" - 0:31
10. "Amnesia" - 4:11
11. "Identity" - 4:30
12. "(---)" - 0:56
13. "In the Eyes of Nature" - 4:35
14. "She Cries (For Spider)" - 4:47
15. "God Loves America" - 3:41
16. "(---)" - 1:12
17. "No Cure for the Lonely" - 2:51

Band line-up

• Michael Gira - voice, acoustic & electric guitars, sounds, samples, arrangements
• Jarboe - voice, keyboards, background vocals, mellotron, arrangements
• Clinton Steele - acoustic & electric guitar
• Algis Kizys - bass guitar
• Vincent Signorelli - drums
• Jenny Wade - bass
• Ted Parsons - drums
• Troy Gregory - bass guitar
• Larry Seven - bass/electric guitar
• Adam Jankowski - narration on "Identity"

An EP titled Love of Life/Amnesia was released with short and long versions of the title songs.

EP track listing

1. "Love of Life (short)" - 3.27
2. "Love of Life (long)" - 6.12
3. "Amnesia (short)" - 3.54
4. "Amnesia (long)" - 8.41
5. "Picture of Mary-Anne" - 4.27
6. "Song for Dead Time" - 4.22

External links

• Swans official website - Love of Life