Swans Various Failures 1988-92 CD

1988-92 was a time of two primary radical shifts in Swans general music approach learning new ways to work and ignoring the preconceptions dogging them as as result of their early extremism. The music on Various Fallures ranges from delicate, acoustic ballads with strings (that have a sort of Phil Spector-ish thing about it) to cinematic sound collages with found vocal narrations. This double CD collects the best of the material from their most popular ever, most of which have been long unavailable. A must have for fans.

1. Miracle of Love 2. Black Eyed Dog 3. The Golden Boy That Was Swallowed By the Sea 4. (-) 5. I Remember Who You Are 6. Her 7. No Cruel Angel 8. When She Breathes 9. Why Are We Alive? 10. The Child's Right 11. (-) 12. The Other Side of the World 13. Song for Dead Time 14. Love Will Save You 15. Blind 16. Unfortunate Lie 17. Was He Ever Alive? 18. Failure 19. Identity 20. Can't Find My Way Home 21. Trust Me 22. Better Than You 23. Love Will Tear Us Apart 24. Will We Survive? 25. Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes 26. God Damn the Sun 27. Eyes of Nature 28. You Know Everything 29. Song for Dead Time 30. Picture of Maryanne 31. Amnesia 32. Dream Dream 33. Please Remember Me 34. New Mind (Acoustic)