| Holy Money | |
| Type: | ep |
| Artist: | Swans |
| Cover: | File:Holy_Money_(1986)_cover.jpg |
| Alt: | A yellow dollar sign with thin black and thicker red outlines on a yellow and black striped background. |
| Released: | March 27, 1986 |
| Recorded: | June 1985 – January 1986 |
| Studio: | Intergalactic Studios (New York City) |
| Genre: | Industrial |
| Length: | 35:50 |
| Label: | K.422 |
| Prev Title: | Greed |
| Prev Year: | 1986 |
| Next Title: | A Screw (EP) |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
Holy Money is an EP by American experimental rock band Swans. It was released in March 1986, through record label K.422. The EP was recorded in the same sessions as "Time Is Money (Bastard)", "A Screw", and Greed.[1] [2] [3]
The first CD issue contained the A Screw EP as bonus tracks. A later compilation released in 1992, Greed / Holy Money, combined Holy Money (barring "A Screw (Holy Money)", though "A Screw (Holy Money) (Mix)" was listed as this) and Greed (barring "Fool" and "Money Is Flesh", however "Fool (#2)" and "Money Is Flesh (#2)" were listed as these, respectively), as well as the entirety of the A Screw EP and an abridged version of "Time Is Money (Bastard) (Mix)" (listed as "Time Is Money (Bastard)") from the Time Is Money (Bastard) EP. This compilation, with its entirely re-organized track list, saw re-issue in 1999 in the double-disc set Cop/Young God / Greed/Holy Money, which included the Cop album and Young God EP.
AllMusic commented that Holy Money "well documents the continuing transformation of Swans into a more complex, intriguing beast." Trouser Press called it "more or less a twin to Greed; virtually identical in cover art and musical approach".[4] Aaron Lariviere of Stereogum described Holy Money as a "transitional album", but called it "brilliant in [its] own right".[5] Maynard James Keenan of Tool named the EP as a major influence.[6]
Credits adapted from Holy Money liner notes[7]
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