SWANS - The Burning World

This is the very hard-to-find major label debut of Swans' "The Burning World". It was an experiment in more subdued instrumentation and acoustic songwriting than were found on previous Swans albums. M. Gira seems to have been disappointed with the album and it has gone out of print. I am only making this available because it is virtually impossible to find (unless you want to shell out $60.00). Gira did re-release this album briefly in 2003 as "Forever Burned", an online only autographed CD-R, but it is now unavailable. Contained herein are the usual dark, depressing Swans dirges but performed in a less abrasive manner than earlier albums. Strangely, a haunting version of Traffic's "Can't Find My Way Home" was included. Also appearing is the Swans classic "God Damn the Sun". The more melodic yet still heavy music here seems to document the beginnings of Gira's forays into what would later become The Angels of Light. Enjoy the music, Love, Chronophobe.

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chronophobe (2006-09-24)

I should've included that these songs were encoded as MP3s at 192 kbps.

Uzydoesit (2007-11-17)

I just want to say I appreciate your effort.
Together with "White Light..." this is one of my favourite periods of Swans. Their sound from these albums is still fresh today.
Gira has always been a harsh critic of his work and I'm glad you didn't listen to him regarding this album. Cheers!

TwilightCowboy (2008-12-30)

Thank you!