| Children of God | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Swans |
| Cover: | Childrenofgod.jpg |
| Alt: | Yellow spirals emanate from a circle containing a figure in the center of the album art. On the left and right sides pink crosses and spirals alternate. |
| Released: | October 19, 1987[1] |
| Recorded: | February–March 1987 |
| Studio: | Sawmills Studios, Golant, England |
| Length: | 71:13 |
| Label: | Caroline |
| Producer: | Rico Conning, Michael Gira |
| Prev Title: | Public Castration Is a Good Idea |
| Prev Year: | 1986 |
| Next Title: | Love Will Tear Us Apart (EP) |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
Children of God is the fifth studio album by American experimental rock band Swans. It was released on October 19, 1987,[1] through record label Caroline and on K.422 in the United Kingdom.
The album was recorded over the course of six weeks in February–March 1987 at Sawmills Studios in Cornwall, England. It represented a dramatic, experimental change in sound from earlier Swans releases, moving away from the brutality of previous work to explore acoustic instruments and more conventional song structures.
Children of God was reissued along with the World of Skin compilation (without the cover versions) as the 1997 Children of God/World of Skin CD. On the rerelease, the original album version of "Our Love Lies" was replaced with the version included on the Love Will Tear Us Apart EP. The re-release also added "Damn You to Hell" and "I'll Swallow You" (under one title as "I'll Swallow You") from the New Mind single. The tracks "Sex, God, Sex", "Beautiful Child" and "Children of God" were shortened by several seconds with earlier fadeouts, and "Trust Me" fades directly into the brief interlude at the end.
A remaster of the album, along with the live album Feel Good Now, was released on November 13, 2020.[2]
