Swans discography explained

Artist:Swans
Studio:16
Live:9
Option Name:Fundraiser albums
Option:5
Compilation:14
Ep:11
Music Videos:5
Singles:17

American experimental rock band Swans has released sixteen studio albums, nine live albums (eleven including fundraiser albums), fourteen compilation albums, eleven EPs and fifteen singles.

Studio albums

YearAlbum titleRelease detailsPeak chart positions
US
[1]
UK
[2]
BEL FL
[3]
BEL WA
[4]
NLD
[5]
GER
[6]
AUT
[7]
SWI
[8]
1983
  • Released: May 27, 1983
  • Label: Neutral
  • Format: LP
1984
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: K.422
  • Format: LP
1986
  • Released: February 28, 1986
  • Label: K.422
  • Format: LP, CD, CS
  • Released: March 27, 1986
  • Label: K.422
  • Format: LP, CD, CS
1987
  • Released: October 19, 1987
  • Label: Caroline
  • Format: 2LP, CD, CS
1989
  • Released: May 1989
  • Label: Uni
  • Format: LP, CD, CS
1991
  • Released: June 6, 1991
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2LP, CD, CS
195
1992
  • Released: February 24, 1992
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: LP, CD, CS
74
1995
  • Released: January 23, 1995
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2LP, CD, CS
149
1996
  • Released: October 22, 1996
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 4LP, 2CD, 2CS
2010
  • Released: September 23, 2010
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: LP, CD, DL
2012
  • Released: August 28, 2012
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 3LP, 2CD, DL
114 167 113
2014
  • Released: May 12, 2014
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 3LP, 2CD, DL
37 38 39 106 75 56 51
2016
  • Released: June 17, 2016
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 3LP, 2CD, DL
151 61 39 69 49 29 24 54
2019
  • Released: October 25, 2019
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2LP, 2CD, DL
93 156 58 73 77
2023
  • Released: June 23, 2023
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2LP, 2CD, DL
98 37
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

YearAlbum titleRelease details
1986
1986
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: none
  • Format: LP
1987
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: none
  • Format: 2LP, CD
1990
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: none
  • Format: LP, CD
1992
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: CD, CS
1995
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Disaster
  • Format: CD
1998
  • Released: January 20, 1998
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2012
  • Released: May 10, 2012
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2017
  • Released: May 17, 2017
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD

Fundraiser albums

YearAlbum titleRelease details
2010
  • Released: Jan 20, 2010
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: CD
2012
  • Released: Feb 2, 2012
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2013
  • Released: September 14, 2013
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2015
  • Released: October 1, 2015
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2019
  • Released: March 18, 2019
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: CD
2022
  • Released: February 2022
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: CD

Compilation albums

YearAlbum titleRelease details
1986
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: PVC
  • Format: CS
1990
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: CD, CS
1991
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: LP, CD, CS
1992
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: K.422
  • Format: CD
1992
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: K.422
  • Format: CD
1997
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
1999
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Thirsty Ear
  • Format: 2CD
1999
  • Released: March 22, 1999
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2000
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2003
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: CD
2015
  • Released: December 4, 2015
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2LP+CD, 3CD
2017
  • Released: April 28, 2017
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2018
  • Released: July 20, 2018
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 3CD
2020
  • Released: November 13, 2020
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD

Extended plays

YearAlbum titleRelease details
1982
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Labor
  • Format: 12"
1984
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: K.422
  • Format: 12"
1986
  • Released: May 2, 1986
  • Label: K.422
  • Format: 12"
1988
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Product, inc.
  • Format: 12", 7", CD
1992
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 12", CD
1996
2011
  • Released: June 17, 2011
  • Label: Free Music Archive
  • Format: DL
2014
  • Released: November 24, 2014
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: DL

Music videos

Singles

TitleYearChart positionsAlbum
US Alt.US College RadioUK
"Time Is Money (Bastard)"1986Non-album single
"New Mind"198747Children of God
"Can't Find My Way Home"1989The Burning World
"Saved"282096
"Love Will Save You"1991White Light from the Mouth of Infinity
"Celebrity Lifestyle"1995The Great Annihilator
"Failure/Animus"1996White Light from the Mouth of Infinity / Soundtracks for the Blind
"I Am the Sun" (live)1997Non-album single
"Jim"2010My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky
"Mother of the World"2012The Seer
"A Little God in My Hands"2014To Be Kind
"Screen Shot"2015
"When Will I Return?"2016The Glowing Man
"Finally, Peace"
"Mind / Body / Light / Sound"2017The Great Annihilator (Reissue)
"Volcano"2018Soundtracks for the Blind (Reissue)
"It's Coming It's Real"2019Leaving Meaning
"The Hanging Man"
"Paradise Is Mine"2023The Beggar
"Los Angeles: City Of Death"

Notes and References

  1. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=swans|chart=Billboard 200}} Swans – Chart History: Billboard 200 ]. . . August 1, 2019.
  2. Web site: Discography Swans . . March 12, 2020 . English.
  3. Web site: Discografie Swans . ultratop.be . Hung Medien . March 12, 2020 . Dutch.
  4. Web site: Discografie Swans . ultratop.be . Hung Medien . March 12, 2020 . Dutch.
  5. Web site: Discografie Swans . dutchcharts.nl . Hung Medien . March 12, 2020 . Dutch.
  6. Web site: Discographie von Swans. GfK Entertainment. 5 November 2020.
  7. Web site: Discographie Swans . austriancharts.at . Hung Medien . March 19, 2019 . German.
  8. Web site: Discographie Swans . hitparade.ch . Hung Medien . March 12, 2020.