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Released
  
1986

Holy Money (1986)
  
Children of God (1987)

Release date
  
1986

Label
  
PVC Records

Length
  
36:00

Artist
  
Swans

Producer
  
Michael Gira


Recorded
  
June 1985 – January 1986 at Intergalactic Studios, New York City, United States

Genres
  
No wave, Post-punk, Experimental rock, Industrial music

Similar
  
Swans albums, Experimental rock albums

Swans holy money a screw original cd 1986


Holy Money is the fourth studio album by American experimental rock band Swans. It was released in 1986, through record label K.422. The album was recorded in the same sessions as A Screw and Greed.

Contents

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Background

The album had a direct influence on modern sludge and drone music. Bands such as Godflesh, Khanate, Sunn O))) and Tool have all cited this album's importance.

The first CD issue contained the A Screw EP as bonus tracks. A later compilation released in 1992, Greed / Holy Money, combined Holy Money (barring "A Screw (Holy Money)", though "A Screw (Holy Money) (Mix)" was listed as this) and Greed (barring "Fool" and "Money Is Flesh", however "Fool (#2)" and "Money Is Flesh (#2)" were listed as these, respectively), 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) EP. 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.

Critical reception

AllMusic commented that Holy Money "well documents the continuing transformation of Swans into a more complex, intriguing beast." Trouser Press called it "more or less a twin to Greed; virtually identical in cover art and musical approach".

Track listing

Note

  • It was later reissued on CD with the tracks from the A Screw single at the end, and then once again with Greed, Cop and Young God.

    • Personnel

  • Michael Gira – vocals, piano, sampler, production
  • Norman Westberg – guitar
  • Harry Crosby – bass guitar on tracks A3, B1 and B3
  • Algis Kizys – bass guitar on tracks A1 and A4
  • Jarboe – vocals on tracks A1 and A2
  • Ronaldo Gonzalez – drums on tracks A1 and B1–B3
  • Ted Parsons – drums on tracks A1 and A4
  • Ivan Nahem – drums on track A3
  • Jorgé Estabon – engineering, production assistance

    • Songs

    1A Hanging5:48
    2You Need Me1:23
    3Fool #25:50

    References

    Holy Money Wikipedia
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