Caressing Swine Explained

Caressing Swine
Cover:Caressing_Swine_by_Died_Pretty.png
Type:single
Artist:Died Pretty
Album:Trace
Released:June 1993
Length:4:08
Recorded:Studio 227, Sydney
Label:Columbia Records
Producer:Hugh Jones
Prev Title:Sweetheart
Prev Year:1992
Next Title:Harness Up
Next Year:1993

"Caressing Swine" is a song by Australian alternative rock band Died Pretty. It was released in June 1993 as the lead single from their fifth studio album Trace. The song peaked at number 74 on the ARIA Charts.

Reception

Ned Raggett from AllMusic called the song "one of the band's best slow-burn numbers". Raggett called out the B-side "This Reason" and "A Song for Me", saying "'This Reason' is a tight little number, Hoey's Hammond organ a nice link to the band's past, while ('A Song for Me') is a slower, gentle song that's a low-key winner." Raggett continued saying, "The surprise highlight, taken from a radio performance, comes at the very end, 'The Cross', a remake of the dramatic epic from Prince's Sign O' the Times album."

Track listing

Australian CD & 7" single (Columbia – 659411 2)

  1. "Caressing Swine" - 4:08
  2. "This Reason" - 3:21
  3. "A Song for Me" - 4:57
  4. "The Cross" (recorded live at JJJ at the Wireless) - 5:46

Notes and References

  1. 81.