The Seer

~ Release by Swans (see all versions of this release, 7 available)

Tracklist

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1▼Digital Media
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Lunacy recording engineer and mixer: Kevin McMahon (producer, engineer) additional assistant engineer: Adam Sachs additional engineer: Bryce Goggin producer: Michael Gira guest vocals: Al and Mimi (member of Low) mixed at: Marcata in New York, United States recording of: Lunacy lyricist and composer: Michael Gira	5	6:09
2	Mother of the World recording engineer and mixer: Kevin McMahon (producer, engineer) additional assistant engineer: Adam Sachs additional engineer: Bryce Goggin producer: Michael Gira mixed at: Marcata in New York, United States recording of: Mother of the World lyricist and composer: Michael Gira	5	9:57
3	The Wolf recording engineer and mixer: Kevin McMahon (producer, engineer) additional assistant engineer: Adam Sachs additional engineer: Bryce Goggin producer: Michael Gira mixed at: Marcata in New York, United States recording of: The Wolf lyricist: Michael Gira composer: Christoph Hahn, Michael Gira, Thor Harris, Christopher Pravdica, Phil Puleo and Norman Westberg (Swans guitarist)	4	1:35
4	The Seer recording engineer and mixer: Kevin McMahon (producer, engineer) additional assistant engineer: Adam Sachs additional engineer: Bryce Goggin producer: Michael Gira cello [steel cello]: Bob Rutman guest bagpipe [bagpipes]: Iain Graham guest contrabassoon [contra bassoon]: Stefan Rocke (bassoonist) guest horn [horns]: Bruce Lamont (Chicago experimental singer/songwriter/saxophonist) mixed at: Marcata in New York, United States recording of: The Seer lyricist and composer: Michael Gira	5	32:14
5	The Seer Returns recording engineer and mixer: Kevin McMahon (producer, engineer) additional assistant engineer: Adam Sachs additional engineer: Bryce Goggin producer: Michael Gira additional guest drums (drum set) [drums]: Kevin McMahon (Lucky Pierre / Prick) guest accordion, guest guitar, guest hammered dulcimer [dulcimer], guest other instruments [assorted other instruments], guest piano and guest vocals: Colleen Kinsella and Caleb Mulkerin guest mouth harp [Jews Harp]: Shon Mahoney guest background vocals [backing vocals]: Jarboe and Colleen Kinsella mixed at: Marcata in New York, United States recording of: The Seer Returns lyricist: Michael Gira composer: Christoph Hahn, Michael Gira, Thor Harris, Christopher Pravdica, Phil Puleo and Norman Westberg (Swans guitarist)	4.55	6:17
6	93 Ave. B Blues recording engineer and mixer: Kevin McMahon (producer, engineer) additional assistant engineer: Adam Sachs additional engineer: Bryce Goggin producer: Michael Gira mixed at: Marcata in New York, United States recording of: 93 Ave. B Blues composer: Michael Gira	4	5:21
7	The Daughter Brings the Water recording engineer and mixer: Kevin McMahon (producer, engineer) additional assistant engineer: Adam Sachs additional engineer: Bryce Goggin producer: Michael Gira mixed at: Marcata in New York, United States recording of: The Daughter Brings the Water lyricist and composer: Michael Gira	4.5	2:40

2▼Digital Media
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Song for a Warrior recording engineer and mixer: Kevin McMahon (producer, engineer) additional assistant engineer: Adam Sachs additional engineer: Bryce Goggin producer: Michael Gira additional guitar: Kevin McMahon (Lucky Pierre / Prick) guest piano: Bryce Goggin guest lead vocals: Karen O mixed at: Marcata in New York, United States recording of: Song for a Warrior lyricist and composer: Michael Gira	5	3:58
2	Avatar recording engineer and mixer: Kevin McMahon (producer, engineer) additional assistant engineer: Adam Sachs additional engineer: Bryce Goggin producer: Michael Gira mixed at: Marcata in New York, United States recording of: Avatar lyricist: Michael Gira composer: Christoph Hahn, Michael Gira, Thor Harris, Christopher Pravdica, Phil Puleo and Norman Westberg (Swans guitarist)	5	8:51
3	A Piece of the Sky recording engineer and mixer: Kevin McMahon (producer, engineer) additional assistant engineer: Adam Sachs additional engineer: Bryce Goggin producer: Michael Gira guest background vocals [backing vocals]: Dana Janssen, Jarboe, Seth Olinsky and Miles Seaton guest other vocals [voice collage]: Jarboe performer: Ben Frost (Australian musician) mixed at: Marcata in New York, United States recording of: A Piece of the Sky lyricist and composer: Michael Gira	5	19:10
4	The Apostate recording engineer and mixer: Kevin McMahon (producer, engineer) additional assistant engineer: Adam Sachs additional engineer: Bryce Goggin producer: Michael Gira mixed at: Marcata in New York, United States recording of: The Apostate lyricist: Michael Gira composer: Christoph Hahn, Michael Gira, Thor Harris, Christopher Pravdica, Phil Puleo and Norman Westberg (Swans guitarist)	5	23:01

Credits

Release

purchase for download:	https://music.apple.com/gb/album/805564524 [info] https://swans.bandcamp.com/album/the-seer [info]
ASIN:	DE: B008KZ8B26 [info]
stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/album/774XM9c4BAxkNqvu7Rea1E [info] https://www.deezer.com/album/7376587 [info]
streaming page:	https://music.apple.com/gb/album/805564524 [info] https://tidal.com/album/25777418 [info]

Release group

dedicated to:	Simon Henwood

part of:	Nuorgam: Maailman parhaat levyt vuonna 2012 (number: 1) (order: 1) TheNeedleDrop: Top 50 Albums of 2012 (number: 11) (order: 11) The Wire: 2012 Rewind (number: 39) (order: 39)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/466644 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Swans/The-seer [info]
reviews:	http://www.perteetfracas.org/zine/kros2013/kros_s/swans_the_seer.htm [info] https://666rpm.blogspot.com/2012/10/swans-seer.html [info] https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/gg4z [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/swans/the_seer/ [info] https://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/swans/the-seer [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/551438/ [info] https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=44146 [info] https://www.spirit-of-rock.com/en/album/The_Seer/73189 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0002401716 [info]
Wikidata:	Q7763235 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 5051083079051
Format:: 2×Digital Media
Length:: 1:59:13

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: None
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

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Release events

[Worldwide]
2012-08-12

Release group rating

4.25 (see all ratings)

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