White Light from the Mouth of Infinity

White Light from the Mouth of Infinity is a studio album by Swans. It was released in 1991. The album is now out of print and has not been reissued by Young God Records, although all but two of the songs appear on the compilation Various Failures. The two songs not included there, "Power and Sacrifice" & "Song for the Sun", are on the compilation Forever Burned.

The cover art is a painting by Deryk Thomas.

Track listing

1. "Better Than You" – 5:51
2. "Power and Sacrifice" – 5:37
3. "You Know Nothing" – 5:46
4. "Song for Dead Time" – 5:24
5. "Will We Survive" – 6:51
6. "Love Will Save You" – 6:06
7. "Failure" – 6:20
8. "Song for the Sun" – 5:03
9. "Miracle of Love" – 6:43
10. "When She Breathes" – 5:03
11. "Why Are We Alive?" – 5:29
12. "The Most Unfortunate Lie" – 5:02

Personnel

• Michael Gira – voice, acoustic guitar, sounds, samples, keyboards, arrangements
• Jarboe – voice, keyboards, background vocals, choral/orchestral arrangements
• Christoph Hahn – acoustic & electric guitar
• Cliton Steele – acoustic & electric guitar
• Norman Westberg – electric guitar
• Jenny Wade – bass
• Anton Fier – drums, drum programming
• Nicky Skopelitis – acoustic & electric guitar, baglama, bazouki, banjo
• Vincent Signorelli – percussion
• Hahn Rowe – violin
• Steve Burgh – mandolin, 12 string guitar
• Norman Westberg – guitars
• J. G. Thirlwell – programming & co-production of track 2, additional policing of the re-mixes

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