- post-punk, gothic rock, industrial
- 74 min
- 17 tracks
- Young God Records
The Great Annihilator is the ninth studio album by American experimental rock band Swans. It was released on January 24, 1995, through frontman Michael Gira's own record label, Young God. The album has been described by Gira as a companion album to his solo album Drainland (1995); the two were remastered and re-released together in April 2017.
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Grave, character-led, bleak and earnest.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
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Tracks
- 1In2:28
- 2I Am the Sun3:23
- 3She Lives7:01
- 4Celebrity Lifestyle4:10
- 5Mother/Father4:07
- 6Blood Promise4:16
- 7Mind/Body/Light/Sound4:53
- 8My Buried Child2:59
- 9Warm4:55
- 10Alcohol the Seed3:29
- 11Killing for Company6:55
- 12Mother’s Milk2:27
- 13Where Does a Body End?3:43
- 14Telepathy6:11
- 15The Great Annihilator4:53
- 16Out2:14
- 17I Am the Sun (live at the Flesh Club)5:48
17 tracks, 74 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Swans
- Label
- Young God Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- CA
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