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Children of God by Swans, released in 1987, marks a crucial turning point in the bands evolution from brutal, industrial noise toward a more melodic, textural, and spiritual direction. The album introduces elements of gothic folk, darkwave, and neoclassical music while retaining the bands punishing intensity. Jarboes vocals provide a haunting counterpoint to Michael Giras deep proclamations, and the expanded sonic palette gives the music a ritualistic and transcendent quality.
Thematically, Children of God explores religion, power, innocence, and transcendence, contrasting apocalyptic imagery with moments of fragile beauty. The result is a work that feels both terrifying and redemptive, situating Swans as one of the most ambitious and uncompromising acts of the late 80s underground. Its influence has extended far beyond its era, laying the groundwork for the bands later epics and shaping experimental and post-industrial music for decades to come.
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Children of God is perhaps the most brilliant album in Swans’ rock solid discography, and that’s really saying something. Sputnikmusic
Children of God, one of the band’s strongest releases, established Gira as an Old Testament tyrant obsessed with the nature of love, human frailty, and the midnight beauty of black orchids. Young God Records
An ear-shattering, spine-chilling, breathtaking opus that truly has few equals in history. ReGen Magazine
Children of God is the point where the dissonance between their earlier and later work collides and meshes together into one cohesive whole. Sputnikmusic
On Children of God, Gira’s brief lyrical declarations have also begun to evolve into a larger sense of storytelling. Pitchfork
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- Artist: Swans Label: Mute, Young God Records Format: LP Units: 2 Country: UK & Europe Genre: Punk & Alternative Style: Art Rock, Avantgarde, Experimental, Industrial
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A1 New Mind
A2 In My Garden
A3 Our Love Lies
B1 Sex, God, Sex
B2 Blood And Honey
B3 Like A Drug (Sha La La La)
C1 You’Re Not Real, Girl
C2 Beautiful Child
C3 Blackmail
C4 Trust Me
D1 Real Love
D2 Blind Love
D3 Children Of God
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