Swans – The Great Annihilator / Drainland

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Label:	Mute – CDSTUMM402
Format:	CD , Album, Reissue, Remastered CD , Album, Reissue, Remastered All Media , Compilation
Country:	UK & Europe
Released:	Apr 28, 2017
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Industrial

Tracklist

		The Great Annihilator
1-1	Swans–	In	2:27
1-2	Swans–	I Am The Sun	3:23
1-3	Swans–	She Lives!	7:00
1-4	Swans–	Celebrity Lifestyle	4:10
1-5	Swans–	Mother/Father	4:07
1-6	Swans–	Blood Promise	4:15
1-7	Swans–	Mind/Body/Light/Sound	4:52
1-8	Swans–	My Buried Child Drum [Hand Drum] – Martin Atkins	2:58
1-9	Swans–	Warm Electric Guitar – Nicky Skopelitis Piano – John Sarfell	4:54
1-10	Swans–	Alcohol The Seed	3:29
1-11	Swans–	Killing For Company	6:55
1-12	Swans–	Mother's Milk	2:27
1-13	Swans–	Where Does A Body End?	3:41
1-14	Swans–	Telepathy	6:11
1-15	Swans–	The Great Annihilator	4:53
1-16	Swans–	Out Double Bass – Lary Seven	2:25
1-17	Swans–	I Am The Sun (Live At The Flesh Club)	6:07
		Drainland
2-1	M. Gira*–	You See Through Me	5:41
2-2	M. Gira*–	Where Does Your Body Begin?	3:04
2-3	M. Gira*–	I See Them All Lined Up	4:13
2-4	M. Gira*–	Unreal	4:48
2-5	M. Gira*–	Fan Letter	7:01
2-6	M. Gira*–	Your Naked Body	2:30
2-7	M. Gira*–	Low Life Form	3:41
2-8	M. Gira*–	If You...	4:41
2-9	M. Gira*–	Why I Ate My Wife	5:53
2-10	M. Gira*–	Blind Bass Guitar – Jenny Wade Drums – Anton Fier Electric Guitar – Christoph Hahn* Organ, Backing Vocals – Jarboe Strings – The Lower East Side String Ensemble Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Gira* Bass Guitar – Jenny Wade Drums – Anton Fier Electric Guitar – Christoph Hahn* Organ, Backing Vocals – Jarboe Strings – The Lower East Side String Ensemble Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Gira*	4:33

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Young God Records
Copyright © – Young God Records
Licensed To – Mute Artists Ltd.
Produced For – Young God Productions
Published By – Young God Publishing
Published By – Mute Song
Recorded At – BC Studio
Recorded At – Baby Monster Studios
Recorded At – Plastikville Studios
Recorded At – Warzone Recorders
Mixed At – BC Studio
Mastered At – micro-moose-berlin
Manufactured By – Key Production
Glass Mastered At – Sony DADC

Credits

Acoustic Guitar [Acoustic Guitars], Electric Guitar [Electric Guitars], Voice, Sounds – M.Gira* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-16)
Backing Vocals [Background Vocals], Sounds, Keyboards, Sampler [Samples] – Jarboe (tracks: 2-1 to 2-9)
Bass Guitar – Algis Kizys* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-16)
Design [Art Design] – Gira*
Design [Execution] – Phil Puleo
Drums – Ted Parsons (tracks: 1-1 to 1-16)
Drums, Sounds, Acoustic Guitar [Acoustic Guitars], Percussion – Bill Rieflin* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-16)
Electric Guitar – Norman Westberg (tracks: 1-1 to 1-16)
Engineer – Bill Rieflin* (tracks: 2-1 to 2-10)
Engineer [B.C. Studios] – Martin Bisi (tracks: 1-1 to 1-16)
Engineer [Baby Monster Studios] – Bryce Goggin (tracks: 1-1 to 1-16)
Engineer [Plastikville Studios] – Larry Seven* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-16)
Engineer [Warzone] – Van Christie (tracks: 1-1 to 1-16)
Keyboards, Electric Bass [Electric Bass Guitar], Sampler [Samples], Sounds, Programmed By [Rhythms] – Bill Rieflin* (tracks: 2-1 to 2-9)
Keyboards, Vocals, Sounds – Jarboe (tracks: 1-1 to 1-16)
Mastered By – Doug Henderson
Mixed By – Martin Bisi (tracks: 1-1 to 1-16)
Music By – Jarboe (tracks: 1-8, 1-16)
Photography By – Wim Van De Hulst
Producer [Produced By] – M.Gira* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-17)
Producer [Produced By], Arranged By, Performer [Performed By] – Bill Rieflin* (tracks: 2-1 to 2-10)
Sequenced By [Additional Sequencing] – Mr. Rieflin* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-16)
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar [Acoustic Guitars], Electric Guitar [Electric Guitars], Sampler [Samples], Sounds – M.Gira* (tracks: 2-1 to 2-9)
Words By, Music By – M. Gira* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-16)

Notes

Issued in a 6- Digipak with clear plastic trays and fold-out booklet.

From sticker:
Printed in the EU.
Both albums lovingly remastered from original mixes in 2017 to great sonic effect.

The second cd is Michael Gira's first solo CD originally released in 1995.

Disc 1
This material was recorded February 1993 — June 1994, at the following studios: B. C. Studio, Brooklyn; Baby Monster Studios, N. Y. C.; Plastikville Studios, N. Y C.; Warzone, Chicago. This material was mixed at B. C. Studio. Pre-production work at Invisible Studios, Chicago, and at The Torture Chamber, 6th & B, N.Y.C.

Disc 2
This album was recorded and mixed at Bill Rieflin's house in Seattle during the month of August, 1994.
Track 2-10 was recorded and mixed at Baby Monster Studios, NYC 1990/1.

This 2017 reissue was mastered from the original mixes at Micro-Moose, Berlin.
Published by Young God Publishing (ASCAP) istered by Mute Song outside North America.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Printed On Sticker): 5414939955785
Label Code: LC27959
Rights Society: ASCAP
Rights Society: MS
Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, Variant 1, 2): KEYPRODUCTION.CO.UK CDSTUMM402CD1 13 A00
Mastering SID Code (Disc 1, Variant 1, 2): IFPI L553
Mould SID Code (Disc 1, Variant 1): IFPI 94K3
Mould SID Code (Disc 1, Variant 2): IFPI 94K8
Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, Variant 1, 2): KEYPRODUCTION.CO.UK CDSTUMM402CD2 13 A00
Mastering SID Code (Disc 2, Variant 1, 2): IFPI L553
Mould SID Code (Disc 2, Variant 1): IFPI 94K3
Mould SID Code (Disc 2, Variant 2): IFPI 94K8

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	The Great Annihilator - Drainland (CD, Album, Reissue, CD, Album, Reissue, All Media, Compilation, Remastered)	Young God Records	YG59	US	2017