The Burning World is an album by the American rock band 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 1989

1989 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989.-Events:*January 14 – Paul McCartney releases Снова в СССР exclusively in the USSR...

 on Uni Records

Uni Records

Uni Records was a record label owned by MCA Inc. The brand, which long featured a distinct UNi logo, was established in 1966 by MCA executive Ned Tanen and developed by music industry veteran Russ Regan...

, and it was its only major label release and only album featuring production by Bill Laswell

Bill Laswell

Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....

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The album reputedly sold 5,000 copies in the UK and the band was dropped by MCA/Uni not long afterward. In 2011 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...

 said, "I abhor that record. Bill Laswell is a very good producer, but we didn't mesh well. I was intimidated and sang in this cramped, monotone way. It didn't sell, and we got dropped."

Track listing

1. "The River that Runs with Love Won't Run Dry" - 4:16
2. "Let it Come Down" - 4:28
3. "Can't Find My Way Home
   Can't Find My Way Home
   The New York No Wave band Swans version of "Can't Find My Way Home" appeared on their 1989 album The Burning World and was also released as a single.- Track listing :# "Can't Find My Way Home"...
   
   " - 4:48
4. "Mona Lisa, Mother Earth" - 4:16
5. "(She's a) Universal Emptiness" - 5:16
6. "Saved
   Saved (Swans EP)
   -Track listing:# "Saved"-6:57# "See No More "-4:17# "No Cruel Angel "-8:05-Musicians:*Michael Gira - vocals and guitars*Jarboe - vocals and keyboards*Norman Westberg - guitars*Bill Laswell - bass...
   
   " - 4:11
7. "I Remember Who You Are" - 4:24
8. "Jane Mary, Cry One Tear" - 3:48
9. "See No More" - 5:30
10. "God Damn the Sun" - 4:23

In popular culture

Holly Miranda

Holly Miranda

Holly Miranda is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Besides being trained in piano, Holly is a self-taught guitar and trumpet player. In 2001, she recorded "High Above The City", a 20-track solo album available only at shows. In the fall of 2003, Holly met and teamed up with Alex Lipsen,...

 covered the "God Damn the Sun" on her 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...

 Choose to See, which was included with the purchase of her 2010 album The Magician's Private Library

The Magician's Private Library

The Magician's Private Library is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Holly Miranda, released 23 February 2010 in the United States by XL Recordings...

.

Personnel

• 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...
  
   - vocals and guitars
• 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...
  
   - vocals and keyboards
• Norman Westberg
  Norman Westberg
  Norman Westberg is a New York City guitarist best known for his work with Swans. Present through almost the entirety of the band's existence, Westberg was brought on for Swans' debut album Filth and appeared on every album through 1991s White Light From the Mouth of Infinity...
  
   - guitars
• Bill Laswell
  Bill Laswell
  Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....
  
   - bass
• Jason Anses - bass
• Virgil Moorfield - drums
• Nicky Skopelitis
  Nicky Skopelitis
  Nicky Skopelitis is an American guitarist and composer from Greek heritage. He is best known as a guitarist, but also performs on banjo, oud, lute, keyboards and other instruments....
  
   - baglama and bazouki
• L. Shankar
  L. Shankar
  Lakshminarayanan Shankar, also known as L. Shankar and Shenkar, is an Indian-born American violinist, singer and composer.-Early life:...
  
   - double violin
• Fred Frith
  Fred Frith
  Fred Frith is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer and improvisor.Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock group Henry Cow. Frith was also a member of Art Bears, Massacre and Skeleton Crew...
  
   - violin
• Jeff Bova
  Jeff Bova
  Jeff Bova is an American Grammy Award winning keyboardist, composer, arranger and record producer. He has been active in music industry since the mid-1970s, contributing to dozens of recordings by significant mainstream artists like Celine Dion, Michael Jackson, Blondie, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker,...
  
   - keyboards
• Aïyb Dieng
  Aïyb Dieng
  Aïyb Dieng is a Senegalese drummer and percussionist specializing in hand drums. He has recorded one solo album , and has worked with a wide range of musicians but is perhaps best known for his long-term association with prolific bassist/producer Bill Laswell.-Biography:He was born and raised in...
  
   - percussion
• Trilok Gurtu - tablas
• Bernard Fowler
  Bernard Fowler
  Bernard Fowler is an American musician, songwriter, producer, and actor. He has provided backing vocals with The Rolling Stones for over 20 years on recordings and tours, and has been a featured guest vocalist on the majority of solo albums released by the members of that band. He has also been a...
  
   - background vocals
• Fred Fowler - background vocals
• Karl Berger
  Karl Berger
  Karl Hanns Berger is a musicologist with a PhD in Music Sociology, jazz composer, jazz vibraphone and piano player.-Biography:...
  
   - vibes, string arrangement, and conducting:
• Mark Feldman
  Mark Feldman
  Mark Feldman is an American jazz violinist.Feldman worked in Chicago from 1973 to 1980, and in Nashville, Tennessee from 1980 to 1986. He worked in New York City and Western Europe from 1986. Feldman often works with John Zorn, Sylvie Courvoisier, John Abercrombie, The Masada String Trio, Dave...
  
   - violin
• Larry Packer - violin
• John Kass - viola
• Richard Carr - viola
• Garo Yellin - cello

External links

• Swans official Web site—The Burning World
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw-pTKQrbckYouTube video of Gira performing "God, Damn the Sun" in Utrecht
  Utrecht (city)
  Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
  
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