Love of Life is a studio album by Swans

Swans (band)

Swans are an influential American post-punk band initially active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. The band was one of the few groups to emerge from the early 1980s New York No Wave scene and stay intact into the next decade. Formed by Gira in...

. It was released in 1992

1992 in music

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. It was also released in a limited edition box that was designed to contain it and their previous studio album White Light from the Mouth of Infinity

White Light from the Mouth of Infinity

White Light from the Mouth of Infinity is a studio album by Swans. It was released in 1991. The album is now out of print and has not been reissued by Young God Records, although all but two of the songs appear on the compilation Various Failures...

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The cover art is a painting by Deryk Thomas.

Like its predecessor, Love of Life is out of print and has not been reissued. Six of the eleven songs appear on the Various Failures

Various Failures

Various Failures is a compilation album by the New York band Swans. It was released in 1999 and contained versions of previously unreleased tracks from White Light From the Mouth of Infinity, Love of Life and The Burning World, as well as various B-sides and rarities.The CD was re-released in 2000...

compilation, and a further four appear on the Forever Burned

Forever Burned

Forever Burned is a compilation album by the American no wave band Swans. It was given a limited release through the Young God Records website and also sold at gigs. It featured the entire The Burning World album followed by a few songs from White Light from the Mouth of Infinity, Love of Life and...

compilation. These two compilations therefore contain all the material on this release, except the Jarboe composition "She Cries (For Spider)" and the untitled segue parts.

Track listing

1. "(---)" - 0:15
2. "Love of Life" - 3:36
3. "The Golden Boy That Was Swallowed by the Sea" - 4:30
4. "(---)" - 0:34
5. "(---)" - 2:00
6. "The Other Side of the World" - 4:33
7. "Her" - 5:15
8. "The Sound of Freedom" - 4:28
9. "(---)" - 0:31
10. "Amnesia" - 4:11
11. "Identity" - 4:30
12. "(---)" - 0:56
13. "In the Eyes of Nature" - 4:35
14. "She Cries (For Spider)" - 4:47
15. "God Loves America" - 3:41
16. "(---)" - 1:12
17. "No Cure for the Lonely" - 2:51

Band line-up

• Michael Gira
  Michael Gira
  Michael Rolfe Gira is an American musician, author, and artist. He is the main force behind the recently reformed New York City musical group Swans and fronts the Angels of Light...
  
   - voice, acoustic & electric guitars, sounds, samples, arrangements
• Jarboe
  Jarboe
  Jarboe is an American singer, songwriter, and keyboardist.Jarboe is a solo artist who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with the New York City based group Swans. With founder Michael Gira, the duo was the core of Swans until the group broke up in 1998...
  
   - voice, keyboards, background vocals, mellotron, arrangements
• Clinton Steele - acoustic & electric guitar
• Algis Kizys
  Algis Kizys
  Algis Kizys is a New York City bass guitarist most well-known for his long-time membership in No Wave indie band Swans. First joining Swans on 1986s Greed LP, he stayed with the group through The Great Annihilator...
  
   - bass guitar
• Vincent Signorelli
  Vincent Signorelli
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   - drums
• Jenny Wade - bass
• Ted Parsons
  Ted Parsons
  Ted Parsons is an American drummer most notable for his membership in bands such as Swans, Prong, Godflesh, Killing Joke and Jesu.-Biography:...
  
   - drums
• Troy Gregory
  Troy Gregory
  Troy Gregory is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, filmmaker and solo artist. He is best-known for his work with The Dirtbombs, Prong, and The Witches.-Chronology:...
  
   - bass guitar
• Larry Seven - bass/electric guitar
• Adam Jankowski - narration on "Identity"

An EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

titled Love of Life/Amnesia was released with short and long versions of the title songs.

EP track listing

1. "Love of Life (short)" - 3.27
2. "Love of Life (long)" - 6.12
3. "Amnesia (short)" - 3.54
4. "Amnesia (long)" - 8.41
5. "Picture of Mary-Anne" - 4.27
6. "Song for Dead Time" - 4.22

External links

• Swans official website - Love of Life