Best Swans Albums, Ranked

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Swans

55 albums · 1982–2026 · average 77.0

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
85	Soundtracks for the Blind - Swans	1996	87.9	83	93	88.7	86.1	93	83	88.4
228	To Be Kind - Swans	2014	86	81.2	88	88.6	85	92.6	82	84.6
314	The Seer - Swans	2012	85.3	80.2	86	88.2	86	91.6	81	84.2
572	The Glowing Man - Swans	2016	83.9	80	80	89.5	86.7	91	81	79
1093	The Great Annihilator - Swans	1995	82.1	79	76	85.2	83.1	90.2	79	82.4
1456	White Light from the Mouth of Infinity - Swans	1991	81.3	78.4	70	83.8	82.7	91.4	79	83.8
1852	Birthing - Swans	2025	80.5	76	84	81.1	78	92.6	75	77
2520	Public Castration Is a Good Idea - Swans	1986	79.3	75.6	77	75.9	78.5	90	76	82
2739	Children of God - Swans	1987	78.9	76.4	60	80.9	79.8	90.6	80	84.4
3275	The Beggar - Swans	2023	77.8	73.2	77	80.3	77.3	88.6	76	72
3964	My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky - Swans	2010	76	69	81	76	70.7	86.6	75	74
4428	leaving meaning. - Swans	2019	74.6	69.6	76	73.8	72.8	87.2	73	70
4739	Filth - Swans	1983	73.3	72.6	53	73.3	74.3	89.6	74	76
4869	Cop - Swans	1984	72.5	66.8	80	61.8	65	88.6	73	72
4961	Love of Life - Swans	1992	71.9	68.8	57	71.5	72.5	89.4	72	72
5005	Young God - Swans	1984	71.6	65.6	80	65.6	61.5	86.4	70	72
5279	Holy Money - Swans	1986	68.9	65.4	60	65.2	64.4	87	70	70
5358	The Burning World - Swans	1989	67.8	63.4	65	64.3	65.8	85.4	67	64
5480	Greed - Swans	1986	64.8	61.6	50	61.3	61.2	86.4	69	64
–	We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head - Swans	2012	82.4	75.2	83	84	82.1	92.2	76	84
–	Feel Good Now - Swans	1988	76.5	72.4	75	76	77.3	87	74	74
–	Die Tür ist zu - Swans	1996	75.6	75.4	57	80.5	78	84.6	75	79
–	Body to Body, Job to Job - Swans	1991	71.6	66.4	50	70	85.2	85.6	70	74
–	LIVE ROPE - Swans	2024	86.6	85.2	–	91	92.4	94	75	82
–	Deliquescence - Swans	2017	86.1	83	–	91	88.3	93.2	77	84
–	Newly Sentient Being - Swans	2026	83.6	86.4	75	88	85	91.2	76	–
–	Swans Are Dead - Swans	1998	82.6	86.2	59	91	–	90.6	77	92
–	Various Failures (1988-1992) - Swans	1999	81.1	78	80	78.8	–	89.8	76	84
–	The Gate - Swans	2015	79.1	78.2	70	85.4	87	–	74	80
–	Time Is Money (Bastard) - Swans	1986	75.5	71.2	90	71.1	64.5	86	–	70
–	Oxygen - Swans	2014	73.7	62	83	57.1	83.3	90.6	–	66
–	Swans - Swans	1982	69.6	69.4	50	72.3	69.1	87	–	70
–	Omniscience - Swans	1992	76.2	–	80	75.4	–	85.8	70	70
–	Cop / Young God - Swans	1992	74.9	–	80	65.7	65.8	90	73	–
–	Anonymous Bodies in an Empty Room - Swans	1990	69.5	–	60	69.5	–	80	70	68
–	White Light From the Mouth of Infinity / Love of Life - Swans	2015	84.9	82.2	85	79.9	–	92.6	–	–
–	Filth / Body to Body, Job to Job - Swans	2000	81.5	75.6	80	81.1	–	89.2	–	–
–	Children of God / World of Skin - Swans	1997	80.3	78	80	72.2	–	90.8	–	–
–	Kill the Child: 1985,1986,1987 Live - Swans	1995	76.5	–	80	66.3	–	83.6	–	76
–	Forever Burned - Swans	2003	76.3	71.8	–	71.2	–	90	72	–
–	Greed / Holy Money - Swans	1993	75.2	70.2	80	65.8	–	84.6	–	–
–	A Screw - Swans	1986	75	–	80	64.4	–	87.6	–	68
–	Cop / Young God · Greed / Holy Money - Swans	1999	73.1	76	63	65.1	–	88.2	–	–
–	Love Will Tear Us Apart - Swans	1988	66.7	–	40	72.9	–	88	–	66
–	Real Love - Swans	1992	64.2	–	40	61.8	–	83	–	72
–	Not Here / Not Now - Swans	2013	86.1	–	91	83.4	–	–	–	84
–	Holy Money / A Screw - Swans	2016	77.3	–	–	65.3	66.6	100	–	–
–	World Of Skin - Swans	1988	81.4	–	–	–	–	90.8	72	–
–	Love of Life / Amnesia - Swans	1992	81.2	–	–	73.4	–	89	–	–
–	The Great Annihilator / Drainland - Swans / Michael Gira	2017	80.4	80.4	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Filth L.P.#1 E.P.#1 1982/3 - Swans	1990	76.6	76.6	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Love Will Save You - Swans	1991	76	–	–	–	–	–	–	76
–	Is There Really A Mind - Swans	2022	74	–	–	–	–	–	–	74
–	What Is This? - Swans	2019	66	–	–	–	–	–	–	66
–	Greed / Time Is Money (Bastard) - Swans	2015	63.8	–	–	63.8	–	–	–	–

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