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| 3.0 good | J.C. van Beekum | June 25th 20 |
The political messaging of this record are far more incisive than the actual music.
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| 3.0 good | Reini Eden | May 10th 19 |
Man Heaven sure was emotional and disturbing. rDidn't feel this as much as Cop. rMay relisten to it again the future to see if my opinion changes.
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| 3.0 good | theJAZZ3204 | June 25th 16 |
Swans clearly hadn't adjusted their footing yet; but the radical change in direction and experimentation made this and Holy Money quite interesting.
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| 3.5 great | Necromaniac | June 14th 16 |
Has the depressing Atmoshpere of earlier releases but is more muscially advanced
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| 0.0 | JoeMcSatanBalls | August 14th 15 |
The album on which we see swans moving away from the trademark crushing savagery of their early works and begin to adopt softer dynamics. While swans remain quite visceral and hard hitting, they also give us more introspective, lighter moments. We can partially thank jarboe for this, as this was the first swans record made with jarboe. All in all, this album still delivers that bleak, empty feeling swans love to convey. Very hard 3.5. Great album.
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| 3.0 good | Alabaster Jones | July 4th 15 |
In contrast to their massive one-two punch of unrelenting heaviness and brutality to start their career in Filth and Cop, the Swans we see here are much more subdued, and also more open to experimentation. Michael Gira actually attempts to sing this time around, most notably on the piano-driven opener "Fool". The closer, "Money Is Flesh", is paced by a drum machine and some high-pitched synthesizers coming in ever so often. The middle of the record isn't too eventful, and though nothing particularly bad happens here, it isn't necessarily the most entertaining music Swans put together on the record. Still, with the aforementioned good qualities, and with a beast like "Anything For You" being on the tracklist, there are certainly things to appreciate on Swans' third album.
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| 0.0 | BMDrummer | June 20th 14 |
Cop and Young God were both the point where Swans had pushed their slow, brutal heavy sound as far as it would ever go, at least in the studio. As to be expected, Michael Gira knew that if they simply kept making music that way, it would start to feel campy and repetitive. Now, with the introduction of Jarboe, Swans begin their transition into new territory, but has it happened yet? Well, yes and no. For one thing, the opener Fool, is led by a piano. Quite different than every single song on Cop. They're also trying to get this hypnotic feeling, which would work best on releases such as Children of God, White Light From the Mouth of Infinity, and The Seer. As for Greed, Swans simply didn't quite possess this power yet, which results in boring, dragging music more than often. Now, the things presented here are generally good, and none of them could outright be considered bad, but this serves more as an interesting Swans record than a good one because of it. So basically, a solid effort, but they still had lots of room to improve.
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| 2.0 poor | qwenta | March 26th 25 |
| 3.0 good | ZIG | December 27th 24 |
| 2.5 average | phylyps | December 17th 24 |
| 3.0 good | HalapenYo CONTRIBUTOR | August 4th 24 |
| 3.5 great | foxxxy | February 25th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lani | February 20th 24 |
| 3.5 great | kkarron | September 3rd 23 |
| 3.5 great | Rick64 | April 17th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Timmy | January 24th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Aurora | January 5th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Samuel | September 27th 22 |
| 3.0 good | cb123 | August 31st 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Casavir | December 7th 21 |
| 2.5 average | tonydip | November 3rd 21 |
| 3.0 good | Lvxfra | October 22nd 21 |
| 3.0 good | Roidv | July 23rd 21 |
| 3.0 good | Aranox | February 18th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | GPooch21 | February 17th 21 |
| 2.5 average | Runeii | February 12th 21 |
| 2.5 average | Mandy | February 8th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | CalinD | December 13th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Gazham | August 12th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Tib | June 21st 20 |
| 3.5 great | Eva | May 19th 20 |
| 1.5 very poor | Sinews | May 16th 20 |
| 3.5 great | JOK | February 26th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Brabiz | September 18th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | kb3984 | August 21st 19 |
| 3.0 good | Nate | April 3rd 19 |
| 3.5 great | Thomm | February 23rd 19 |
| 3.0 good | Wolfe | December 8th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | skronk | March 28th 18 |
| 1.5 very poor | Meta123 | December 28th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Fear | December 10th 17 |
| 3.0 good | RAGG | December 2nd 17 |
| 3.5 great | orakst | October 4th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Jan555 | August 21st 17 |
| 3.5 great | wg98 | May 13th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Swarm | May 13th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | Corney | April 22nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gauss | April 3rd 17 |
| 3.0 good | Borbs | March 7th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | Hundt | February 27th 17 |
| 2.5 average | bbgames | February 20th 17 |
| 3.5 great | bSmith | January 6th 17 |
| 2.5 average | El Olam | December 18th 16 |
| 3.5 great | fejoob | October 1st 16 |
| 3.5 great | btati | August 25th 16 |
| 2.5 average | rajtako | August 15th 16 |
| 3.0 good | adr | August 7th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Sine | June 22nd 16 |
| 2.5 average | Jade | April 22nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Henry | April 20th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Yep321 | March 20th 16 |
| 2.5 average | loulou | March 11th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Mootgut | February 26th 16 |
| 3.0 good | lxxwj | October 27th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Prole | October 19th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Lassie | July 23rd 15 |
| 3.0 good | SuzyC | December 25th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Krimea | December 24th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Crimea | December 8th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rodrigo | October 27th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Rail | October 11th 14 |
| 3.5 great | yep123 | June 12th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | PFNPJ | June 5th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Meruem | April 29th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | merzbae | April 23rd 14 |
| 3.5 great | eboph | April 3rd 14 |
| 3.5 great | Veldin | April 1st 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sithese | January 3rd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pwoper | December 5th 13 |
| 3.5 great | unkle | November 6th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Grimsby | October 13th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Acorn | June 9th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Hawey | April 27th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Crawl | April 13th 13 |
| 3.0 good | APJ90 | April 2nd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Koei | March 21st 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Oscifer | February 20th 13 |
| 1.5 very poor | Veritus | January 22nd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kinski | December 15th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | ettore | December 10th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Doxxman | November 26th 12 |
| 3.0 good | ILJ | November 23rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Khailen | November 7th 12 |
| 3.5 great | krkat | September 28th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Piglet | September 7th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Lakes. | September 2nd 12 |
| 3.0 good | Ophion | August 8th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | cuki92 | August 2nd 12 |
| 2.5 average | IAJP | August 14th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Evisc | May 4th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Krampus | September 4th 09 |
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