Swans – To Be Kind
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Young God Records – YG46 |
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Rock |
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Noise Rock |
Tracklist
| A1 | Screen Shot | 8:07 | |
| A2 | Just A Little Boy (For Chester Burnett) | 12:20 | |
| B1 | A Little God In My Hands | 6:35 | |
| B2 | Bring The Sun / Toussaint L'Ouverture Part One | 14:41 | |
| C | Bring The Sun / Toussaint L'Ouverture Part Two | 19:32 | |
| D1 | Some Things We Do | 5:09 | |
| D2 | She Loves Us | 15:04 | |
| E1 | Oxygen | 7:59 | |
| E2 | Kirsten Supine | 10:33 | |
| F1 | Nathalie Neal | 10:15 | |
| F2 | To Be Kind | 8:23 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Young God Records
- Copyright © – Young God Records
- Recorded At – Sonic Ranch Studios
- Overdubbed At – Elmwood Recording
- Mastered At – micro-moose-berlin
- Lacquer Cut At – Salt Mastering
- Pressed By – Record Technology Incorporated
Credits
- Artwork [Baby Images] – Bob Biggs
- Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Christopher Pravdica*
- Drums, Percussion, Dulcimer, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals, Layout – Phil Puleo
- Drums, Percussion, Piano, Bass, Guitar, Synth, Keyboards – Bill Rieflin*
- Drums, Percussion, Vibraphone [Vibes], Bells, Wind [Wind Instruments], Viola [Handmade], Vocals – Thor Harris
- Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Norman Westberg
- Engineer – Charles Godfrey
- Engineer, Other [All-Around Upstanding Guy And Master Of Logistics At Sonic Ranch], Other [Horse Recording] – Charles Godfrey
- Lap Steel Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals – Christoph Hahn*
- Mandolin – Rex Emerson
- Other [Beneficient Overlord At Sonic Ranch] – Tony Rancich
- Other [Horse Wrangler] – Guillermo Tellez Gonzales "Charo"
- Other [Supreme Intern At Sonic Ranch] – Libni E. Garcia
- Other [The Horses] – Venino, Seqario, Indio
- Other [Travel Logistics And Sanity] – Brandon Eggleston
- Piano, Harpsichord, Synth – Sean Kirkpatrick (3)
- Producer, Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Art Direction, Design – Michael Gira
- Recorded By [Little Annie] – Paul Wallfisch
- Recorded By, Mixed By, Piano – John Congleton
- Trombone – David Pierce
- Trumpet – Evan Weiss (3)
- Violin – Daniel Hart
Notes
Housed in a tri-fold jacket. Includes code (160kbps mp3) and poster. Copies ordered from the Young God Records website come signed by M. Gira.
US version has Track E1 is 'Oxygen' and track E2 is 'Kirsten Supine'. European pressing track list has E1 'Kirsten Supine' and E2 'Oxygen'.
US version has Track E1 is 'Oxygen' and track E2 is 'Kirsten Supine'. European pressing track list has E1 'Kirsten Supine' and E2 'Oxygen'.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 658457004616
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): YG 46 A 22903.1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A (Variant)): YG-46 A re 25720.1(2)
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): YG 46 B salt 22903.2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side C): YG 46 C 22903.3
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side D): YG 46 D salt 22903.4
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side E): YG 46 E 22903.5
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side F): YG 46 F salt 22903.6
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To Be Kind (2×CD, Album, DVD, NTSC, All Media, Limited Edition) | Young God Records | CDSTUMM364, LCDSTUMM364, YG46 | UK & Europe | 2014 | ||
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Reviews
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Continues to be one of the better sounding records I own, instrumental separation is sublime and the album is very spatial. Packaging is neat, poster is neat, get it -
Two hours of Swans? Yes, please. Heard a thousand times on CD... great! On vinyl... sounds bigger and better! Beautiful pressing and packaging. Worth having in this format! I also like how my name is in the liner notes... thumbs up! -
sounds solid. kinda thin vinyl overall but it's FLAT n SHINY. the jacket is cool too, it's like a raw stock finish. if you have lysf it's kinda like that. comes in nice poly sleeves too. considering i got this for like less than thirty bucks, it's great.
also lol out of print again? already? whoops -
sound is great, clear sound and no noise issues. the records came in clear plastic sleeves, not sure if they're antistatic but they seem good. beware of paper dust from the jacket getting on the records though, as the jacket is made of uncoated cardboard.
i think there were new pressings of the trilogy albums in 2020, maybe other swans albums as well. i bought this from young god records in nov 2020, and picked up the seer from a record store in dec 2020, and for both of them, the identifiers line up with their original pressings. i don't see how they could have had tons of original pressings just sitting around, so that leads me to believe some swans records were repressed in 2020. -
Long hair man with name like godzilla says weird thing in odd voice and make songs that go on for long time. I like bass in songs and other noises they sound good. Bam bam chiiiii, bam bam chiiiii, bam bam chiiiii, dum dum dum, dum dum dum -
Edited 8 years agoThis is one of the best albums ever made.
It both tests and rewards your patience...and when the currents configuration disbands, it will be a sad day.
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My copy of this is mislabeled on the second LP; the labels on both sides read "Side Three" -
Edited 10 years agomy copy has a poster but not the dvd. The vinyl came with some white marks that seemed like fingerprints ... I was hoping this to be a pure analog recording, but at first listen it didn't sound like one to me. I wrote to the Youndgod website and the answer was: "I believe they were recorded digitally. Brandon".
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Wouldn't it make more sense for B2 to be labeled as "Bring the Sun" and C as "Toussaint L'Ouverture" as I'm fairly certain that's their crossover point? The way they're split up on the album.
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