Love of Life (album)

Love of Life
Studio album by Swans
Released February 24, 1992
Recorded October–December 1991
Genre
Length 53:58
Label Young God
Producer Michael Gira
Swans chronology
Body to Body, Job to Job
(1991)		 Love of Life
(1992)		 Real Love
(1992)

Love of Life is the eighth studio album by American experimental rock band Swans. It was released in 1992 on Young God Records.

Background

Like its predecessor, Love of Life was out of print for a long time and had not been reissued until December 2015.[2] Six of the eleven songs appear on the Various Failures compilation, and a further four appear on the Forever Burned compilation. These two compilations therefore contain all the material on this release, except the Jarboe composition "She Cries (For Spider)", as well as tracks 1 and 9.

The cover art is a painting by Deryk Thomas. All of the untitled segues, listed as both "(—)" and "(---)", are credited to the band Beautiful People LTD, which is a one-off collaboration between Jarboe and then-Swans bass player Larry Seven.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Pitchfork8.0/10[4]

Trouser Press wrote, "Not as stunning in its passion as the band's best work, Love of Life is still an often beautiful, haunting record."[5] AllMusic wrote, "Love of Life unsurprisingly proves to be yet another Swans masterpiece."[3]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Michael Gira, except "She Cries (For Spider)", by Jarboe; all music composed by Gira and Jarboe.

Side One
No. Title Length
1. "(---)"   0:17
2. "Love of Life"   3:41
3. "The Golden Boy That Was Swallowed by the Sea"   4:32
4. "(---)"   0:37
5. "(---)"   2:06
6. "The Other Side of the World"   4:40
7. "Her"   5:24
8. "The Sound of Freedom"   4:34
Total length:
 25:51
Side Two
No. Title Length
9. "(---)"   0:34
10. "Amnesia"   4:19
11. "Identity"   4:31
12. "(---)"   1:02
13. "In the Eyes of Nature"   4:42
14. "She Cries (For Spider)"   4:57
15. "God Loves America"   3:43
16. "(---)"   1:20
17. "No Cure for the Lonely"   2:56
Total length:
 28:04 (53:55)

Personnel

  • Michael Gira – vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, samples, production, sleeve artwork concept and design
  • Jarboe – vocals, keyboards, backing vocals, mellotron
  • Clinton Steele – guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Algis Kizys – bass guitar
  • Vincent Signorelli – drums
  • Jenny Wade – bass
  • Ted Parsons – drums
  • Troy Gregory – bass guitar
  • Larry Seven – bass guitar, guitar
  • Adam Jankowski – narration on "Identity"
  • Martin Bisi – engineering, additional programming
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Mark Richardson – additional recording
  • Deryk Thomas – front cover illustration
  • Larry Lame – sleeve photography
  • Patricia Mooney – sleeve artwork and layout

References

  1. ↑ Lariviere, Aaron (November 9, 2012). "Swans Albums From Worst To Best". Stereogum. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  2. ↑ Young God Records staff. "WHITE LIGHT. . . + LOVE OF LIFE (LTD ED VINYL BOX SET / 3CD RELEASE)". Young God Records. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Raggett, Ned. "Love of Life – Swans : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Swans". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  5. ↑ Leland, John; Sheridan, David; Kenny, John; Frampton, Peter. "trouserpress.com :: Swans". trouserpress.com. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
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