The Great Annihilator Swans SKU: STUMM402 Barcode: 5414939955792 22.00 £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Mute Released Date: 3rd May 2017 Buying Format: 2LP Includes Download Code Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Swans present a remastered reissue of their ninth studio album, ‘The Great Annihilator’, on Mute. ‘The Great Annihilator’, originally released in 1995 and described at the time as “…a majestic symphony of haunting melodies and shifting moods” (SF Bay Guardian), will be released as a 2CD set, on double vinyl – the album’s first release on vinyl for decades – and as a digital download album. (Michael Gira’s ‘Drainland’ is also available as a standalone digital download album.) The 2CD and double vinyl (in the form of a download code) formats will also feature ‘Drainland’, Michael Gira’s debut solo album recorded at the same time as ‘The Great Annihilator’. The album was entirely remastered by Doug Henderson but only after Bill Rieflin (‘Honorary Swan Forever’) recently tracked down DATs and cassettes containing unmastered mixes from the sessions. Michael Gira describes the discovery as “a revelation of great sonic effect.” Talking about the recording, Gira said “I lived in a tent in a mosquito infested studio right next to Cabrini Green in Chicago for what (?) something like 3 months, rarely leaving. Band members and Jarboe and Bill Rieflin etc came and went, and somehow we crafted this thing into what it became.” ‘The Great Annihilator’ line up features Michael Gira, Jarboe, Bill Rieflin, Algis Kizys, Norman Westberg, Clinton Steele and Ted Parsons. Artist Swans Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Mute Buying Options 2LP Includes Download Code Format 2LP , Includes Download Code Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings The Great Annihilator In I Am The Sun She Lives Celebrity Lifestyle Mother_Father Blood Promise Mind/Body/Light/Sound My Buried Child Warm Alcohol The Seed Killing For Company Mother’s Milk Where Does A Body End? Telepathy The Great Annihilator Out I Am The Sun Drainland You See Through Me Where Does Your Body Begin? 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