Various Failures 1988–1992

~ Release by Swans (see all versions of this release, 6 available)

Tracklist

CD 1: Yellow
CD 2: Red
#TitleRatingLength
1Failure
part of:
Pitchfork: The Story of Goth in 33 Songs
recording of:
Failure
lyricist and composer:
Michael Gira
56:19
2Identity
5:35
3Can’t Find My Way Home
producer:
Bill Laswell (US bass guitarist and record producer)
vibraphone:
Karl Berger
strings arranger:
Karl Berger
cover recording of:
Can’t Find My Way Home
lyricist and composer:
Steve Winwood
publisher:
F.S. Music Ltd., Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corporation, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
4:49
4Trust Me
recording of:
Trust Me
lyricist and composer:
Michael Gira, Jarboe and Norman Westberg (Swans guitarist)
publisher:
Dying Art Ltd. (publishing arm of Mute from 1983–1997)
34:19
5Better Than You
mixer:
Michael Gira and J.G. Thirlwell (musician, composer and producer)
recording of:
Better Than You
lyricist and composer:
Michael Gira
35:59
6Love Will Tear Us Apart (J. version)
cover recording of:
Love Will Tear Us Apart
lyricist:
Ian Curtis
composer:
Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris (New Order) and Bernard Sumner
publisher:
Fractured Music (publisher) and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
3:43
7Will We Survive?
mixer:
Michael Gira and J.G. Thirlwell (musician, composer and producer)
recording of:
Will We Survive
lyricist and composer:
Michael Gira
5:58
8Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
1:18
9God Damn the Sun
producer:
Bill Laswell (US bass guitarist and record producer)
recording of:
God Damn the Sun
44:21
10Eyes of Nature
4:41
11You Know Everything
recording of:
You Know Everything (Reprise 1991)
lyricist and composer:
Michael Gira
publisher:
Young God Publishing
4:27
12Song for Dead Time (J. version)
vibraphone:
Karl Berger
strings arranger:
Karl Berger
recording of:
Song for Dead Time
lyricist and composer:
Michael Gira
4:59
13Picture of Maryanne
4:23
14Amnesia
33:43
15Dream Dream
recording of:
Dream Dream
lyricist:
Jarboe
5:32
16Please Remember Me
recording of:
Please Remember Me
lyricist:
Michael Gira
4:49
17New Mind (acoustic)
recording of:
New Mind
writer:
Algis Kizys, Michael Gira, Theodore Parsons (drummer) and Norman Westberg (Swans guitarist)
publisher:
Dying Art Ltd. (publishing arm of Mute from 1983–1997)
3:26