Released 1986 Artist Swans Producer Michael Gira | Length 37:34 Release date 1986 Label PVC Records | |
Recorded June–August 1985 at Intergalactic Studios, New York City, United States Greed
(1986) Public Castration Is a Good Idea
(1986) Genres Noise rock, No wave, Post-punk, Industrial music Similar Swans albums, Experimental rock albums | ||
Swans greed time is money original cd 1986 full album
Greed is the third studio album by American post-punk band Swans. It was released in 1986, through record label K.422. Greed marks the slow turning point for Swans away from the harsh, brutal noise rock of prior releases, and is also the first Swans album to contain contributions from Jarboe.
Contents
Background
Certain tracks utilize drum machines. The lead instrument on "Fool" is a grand piano. "Money Is Flesh" uses a synthesizer.
The first CD issue contained the Time Is Money (Bastard) single as bonus tracks. A later compilation released in 1992, Greed / Holy Money, combined Greed (barring "Fool" and "Money Is Flesh", however "Fool (#2)" and "Money Is Flesh (#2)" were listed as these, respectively) and Holy Money (barring "A Screw (Holy Money)", though "A Screw (Holy Money) (Mix)" was listed as this), as well as the entirety of the A Screw EP and an abridged version of "Time Is Money (Bastard) (Mix)" (listed as "Time Is Money (Bastard)") from the Time Is Money (Bastard) single. This compilation, with its entirely re-organized track list, saw re-issue in 1999 in the double-disc set Cop/Young God / Greed/Holy Money, which included the Cop album and Young God EP, as well as "Sealed In Skin" from "Time Is Money (Bastard)" and "Fool".
Track listing
All lyrics written by Michael Gira; all music composed by Swans.
Personnel
Songs
1Fool5:22
2Anything for You4:32
3Nobody4:49