Swans - The Seer

Tracklist

1-1	Lunacy	6:09
1-2	Mother Of The World	9:57
1-3	The Wolf	1:35
1-4	The Seer	32:14
1-5	The Seer Returns	6:18
1-6	93 Ave. B Blues	5:22
1-7	The Daughter Brings The Water	2:41
2-1	Song For A Warrior	3:58
2-2	Avatar	8:52
2-3	A Piece Of The Sky	19:10
2-4	The Apostate	23:01
Swans - Live 2010/2011
DVD-1	No Words / No Thoughts	18:50
DVD-2	Avatar	10:36
DVD-3	The Apostate	19:31
DVD-4	Beautiful Child (Fragment)	3:43
DVD-5	Jim	8:16
DVD-6	Sex God Sex	7:13
DVD-7	The Seer / I Crawled	32:16

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – Revolver USA
• Recorded At – Studio P4, Berlin
• Recorded At – andereBaustelle
• Recorded At – Marcata Recording
• Recorded At – Trout Recording
• Mixed At – Marcata Recording
• Mastered At – micro-moose-berlin
• Mastered At – West West Side Music

Credits

• Artwork, Painting [Paintings], Photography By [Swans Photo Portraits] – Simon Henwood
• Cameraman [Additional Cameras] – Alessandra Romeo (tracks: DVD-1 to DVD-7), Dan Knight (tracks: DVD-1 to DVD-7), Phil Tidy (tracks: DVD-1 to DVD-7), Rodney Ascher (tracks: DVD-1 to DVD-7)
• Engineer [Additional Recording Assistant At Trout] – Adam Sachs
• Engineer [Additional Recording Engineer At Trout] – Bryce Goggin
• Film Director [Directed By], Cameraman [Filmed By], Film Producer [Produced By] – Marco Porsia (tracks: DVD-1 to DVD-7), Simon Henwood (tracks: DVD-1 to DVD-7)
• Film Editor [Edited By] – Marco Porsia (tracks: DVD-1 to DVD-7)
• Guest [Special Guest], Accordion [Various Songs] – Cassis Staudt*
• Guest [Special Guest], Accordion, Vocals, Dulcimer, Guitar, Piano, Instruments [Assorted Other Instruments] – Caleb Mulkerin (tracks: 1-5), Colleen Kinsella (tracks: 1-5)
• Guest [Special Guest], Backing Vocals – Dana Janssen (tracks: 2-3), Jarboe (tracks: 1-5), Miles Seaton (tracks: 2-3), Seth Olinsky (tracks: 2-3)
• Guest [Special Guest], Backing Vocals, Voice [Voice Collage] – Jarboe (tracks: 2-3)
• Guest [Special Guest], Bagpipes – Iain Graham (tracks: 1-4)
• Guest [Special Guest], Cello [Steel Cello] – Bob Rutman* (tracks: 1-4)
• Guest [Special Guest], Cello [Various Songs] – Jane Scarpantoni
• Guest [Special Guest], Contrabassoon [Contra Bassoon] – Stefan Rocke (tracks: 1-4)
• Guest [Special Guest], Drums [Additional Drums] – Kevin McMahon (tracks: 1-5)
• Guest [Special Guest], Electric Guitar, Sounds [Various Songs] – Kevin McMahon
• Guest [Special Guest], Horns – Bruce Lamont (tracks: 1-4)
• Guest [Special Guest], Jew's Harp [Jews Harp] – Shon Mahoney (tracks: 1-5)
• Guest [Special Guest], Lead Vocals [Lead Vocal] – Karen O (tracks: 2-1)
• Guest [Special Guest], Mandolin [Acoustic And Electric Mandolins], Clarinet [Various Songs] – Sean Mackowiak (The Grasshopper)*
• Guest [Special Guest], Piano – Bryce Goggin (tracks: 2-1)
• Guest [Special Guest], Sounds [Fire Sounds (Acoustic And Synthetic)] – Ben Frost (tracks: 2-3)
• Guest [Special Guest], Violin [Various Songs] – Eszter Balint
• Guest [Special Guest], Vocals [Co-vocals] – Al Of Low* (tracks: 1-1), Mimi Of Low* (tracks: 1-1)
• Mastered By – Doug Henderson
• Mastered By [Pre-mastering] – Jamal Ruhe
• Mixed By – Kevin McMahon
• Performer [Honorary Swan], Piano, Organ, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Percussion, Keyboards [Casio], Synthesizer, Bass Guitar, Voice, Other [Bird Idea] – Bill Rieflin*
• Performer [Swans], Bass Guitar, Voice, Other [Incredible Handshake] – Christopher Pravdica*
• Performer [Swans], Drums, Percussion, Bells [Orchestral Bells], Dulcimer [Hammer Dulcimer], Violin [Handmade Violin Thing], Vibraphone, Piano, Clarinet, Voice – Thor Harris
• Performer [Swans], Drums, Percussion, Dulcimer [Hammer Dulcimer], Voice – Phil Puleo
• Performer [Swans], Electric Guitar, Voice – Norman Westberg
• Performer [Swans], Lap Steel Guitar [Lap Steel Guitars], Electric Guitar, Voice – Christoph Hahn*
• Performer [Swans], Voice, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Harmonica, Keyboards [Casio], Sounds – Michael Gira
• Producer [Produced By] – Michael Gira
• Recorded By [Assistants In Berlin] – Boris*, Marco*
• Recorded By [Berlin And New York] – Kevin McMahon

Notes

Recorded at Studio P4 and Andere Baustelle in Berlin, and at Marcata Studio, Gardiner, NY. Additional recording at Trout Recording, Brooklyn, NY.

Mixed at Marcata.

Mastered at Micro-Moose Berlin. Pre-mastering at West Westside Music.

The Seer DVD was recorded variously in the cities of Melbourne, Australia, Berlin, Germany, Brooklyn, NY, San Francisco, CA., LA, CA., and Torrance, California. The footage was filmed throughout the Swans tour(s) of 2010/2011. The film is a work in progress, and will ultimately result in a feature film / filmography of Swans.

Karen O appears courtesy of Interscope Records.

Packaged in 8-panel digipak cover.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 658457004593
• Matrix / Runout (CD1): CD204-247 YG45 The Seer CD #1 REV/CA
• Matrix / Runout (CD2): CD204-248 YG45 The Seer CD #2 REV/CA
• Matrix / Runout (DVD): DVD204-246 YG45 The Seer Live DVD REV/CA
• Mould SID Code (CD1): IFPI JL10
• Mould SID Code (CD2): IFPI JL10
• Mould SID Code (DVD): IFPI 9F29

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
YG45	Swans	The Seer ‎(2xCD, Album)	Young God Records	YG45	US	2012
YG45	Swans	The Seer ‎(2xCD, Album, Unofficial)	Young God Records	YG45	Russia	Unknown
CDSTUMM363, YG45CD	Swans	The Seer ‎(2xCD, Album, RE)	Mute, Young God Records	CDSTUMM363, YG45CD	Europe	2014
LCDSTUMM363	Swans	The Seer ‎(2xCD, Album + DVD)	Mute	LCDSTUMM363	UK & Europe	2014
YG45	Swans	The Seer ‎(3xLP, Album)	Young God Records	YG45	US	2012

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