Mute and Young God Records reissue 'Soundtracks for the Blind' on vinyl, the final Swans album released in 1996 prior to their 2010 reformation. Led by Michael Gira, Swans formed in 1982 and produced a series of diverse albums before disbanding in 1997. During this time they made their mark and have since become an influential band for countless experimental and post-rock acts, and after much request from fans a limited edition box set version of 'Soundtracks for the Blind' was released in 2018, which this reissue is reformatted from. Michael Gira explains that 'This album has everything in there - all the ideas from Swans' initial 15 years of work'.

Disc 1

Track name

Artist

Length

1.Red Velvet Corridor

Swans

3.04

2.Helpless Child

Swans

15.47

3.I Was a Prisoner in Your Skull

Swans

6.39

4.Live Through Me

Swans

2.31

5.Yum-yab Killers

Swans

5.07

6.The Beautiful Days

Swans

7.49

Disc 2

Track name

Artist

Length

1.Volcano

Swans

5.19

2.Mellothumb

Swans

2.45

3.All Lined Up

Swans

4.48

4.Surrogate 2

Swans

5.How They Suffer

Swans

5.52

6.Animus

Swans

10.42

Disc 3

Track name

Artist

Length

1.Red Velvet Wound

Swans

2.02

2.The Sound

Swans

13.11

3.Her Mouth Is Filled With Honey

Swans

3.18

4.Blood Section

Swans

2.39

5.Hypogirl

Swans

2.44

6.Minus Something

Swans

4.14

7.Empathy

Swans

6.45

Disc 4

Track name

Artist

Length

1.I Love You This Much

Swans

7.23

2.YRP

Swans

7.46

3.Fan's Lament

Swans

1.28

4.Secret Friends

Swans

3.08

5.The Final Sacrifice

Swans

10.27

6.YRP 2

Swans

2.09

7.Surrogate Drone

Swans

2.09

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