Released February 24, 1992 Length 53:58 Artist Swans Producer Michael Gira | Recorded October–December 1991 Love of Life
(1992) Real Love
(1992) Release date 24 February 1992 Label Sky Records | |
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Genres Post-rock, Neofolk, Psychedelic rock Similar Swans albums, Experimental rock albums | ||
Swans love of life
Love of Life is the eighth studio album by American experimental rock band Swans. It was released in 1992 on Young God Records.
Contents
Swans love of life long version
Background
Like its predecessor, Love of Life was out of print for a long time and had not been reissued until December 2015. 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
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." AllMusic wrote, "Love of Life unsurprisingly proves to be yet another Swans masterpiece."
Track listing
All lyrics written by Michael Gira, except "She Cries (For Spider)", by Jarboe; all music composed by Gira and Jarboe.
Songs
(—)0:17
Love of Life3:41
The Golden Boy That Was Swallowed by the Sea4:32