Swans – To Be Kind

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Label:	Young God Records – YG46
Format:	3 x Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:	US
Released:	May 13, 2014
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Post Rock, Experimental, Noise Rock

Tracklist

A1	Screen Shot Backing Vocals – St. Vincent Words By, Music By – Michael Gira	8:07
A2	Just A Little Boy (For Chester Burnett) Music By – Pravdica, Hahn, Gira, Westberg, Puleo, Harris Words By – Michael Gira	12:20
B1	A Little God In My Hands Backing Vocals – Jennifer Church Words By, Music By – Michael Gira	6:35
B2	Bring The Sun / Toussaint L'Ouverture Part One Backing Vocals – Cold Specks, St. Vincent Music By – Pravdica, Hahn, Gira, Westberg, Puleo, Harris Words By – Michael Gira	14:41
C	Bring The Sun / Toussaint L'Ouverture Part Two Backing Vocals – Cold Specks, St. Vincent Music By – Pravdica, Hahn, Gira, Westberg, Puleo, Harris Words By – Michael Gira	19:32
D1	Some Things We Do Strings, Arranged By [Strings] – Julia Kent Vocals [Duet With Michael Gira] – Little Annie Words By, Music By – Michael Gira	5:09
D2	She Loves Us Backing Vocals – Jennifer Church Music By – Pravdica, Hahn, Gira, Westberg, Puleo, Harris Words By – Michael Gira	15:04
E1	Oxygen Words By, Music By – Michael Gira	7:59
E2	Kirsten Supine Backing Vocals – St. Vincent Words By, Music By – Michael Gira	10:33
F1	Nathalie Neal Backing Vocals – St. Vincent Words By, Music By – Michael Gira	10:15
F2	To Be Kind Music By – Pravdica, Hahn, Gira, Westberg, Puleo, Harris Words By – Michael Gira	8:23

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Young God Records
Copyright © – Young God Records
Recorded At – Sonic Ranch Studios
Overdubbed At – Elmwood Recording
Mastered At – micro-moose-berlin
Lacquer Cut At – Salt Mastering
Pressed By – Record Technology Incorporated

Credits

Artwork [Baby Images] – Bob Biggs
Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Christopher Pravdica*
Drums, Percussion, Dulcimer, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals, Layout – Phil Puleo
Drums, Percussion, Piano, Bass, Guitar, Synth, Keyboards – Bill Rieflin*
Drums, Percussion, Vibraphone [Vibes], Bells, Wind [Wind Instruments], Viola [Handmade], Vocals – Thor Harris
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Norman Westberg
Engineer – Charles Godfrey
Engineer, Other [All-Around Upstanding Guy And Master Of Logistics At Sonic Ranch], Other [Horse Recording] – Charles Godfrey
Lap Steel Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals – Christoph Hahn*
Mandolin – Rex Emerson
Other [Beneficient Overlord At Sonic Ranch] – Tony Rancich
Other [Horse Wrangler] – Guillermo Tellez Gonzales "Charo"
Other [Supreme Intern At Sonic Ranch] – Libni E. Garcia
Other [The Horses] – Venino, Seqario, Indio
Other [Travel Logistics And Sanity] – Brandon Eggleston
Piano, Harpsichord, Synth – Sean Kirkpatrick (3)
Producer, Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Art Direction, Design – Michael Gira
Recorded By [Little Annie] – Paul Wallfisch
Recorded By, Mixed By, Piano – John Congleton
Trombone – David Pierce
Trumpet – Evan Weiss (3)
Violin – Daniel Hart

Notes

Housed in a tri-fold jacket. Includes download code (160kbps mp3) and poster. Copies ordered from the Young God Records website come signed by M. Gira.

US version has Track E1 is 'Oxygen' and track E2 is 'Kirsten Supine'. European pressing track list has E1 'Kirsten Supine' and E2 'Oxygen'.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 658457004616
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): YG 46 A 22903.1
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A (Variant)): YG-46 A re 25720.1(2)
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): YG 46 B salt 22903.2
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side C): YG 46 C 22903.3
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side D): YG 46 D salt 22903.4
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side E): YG 46 E 22903.5
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side F): YG 46 F salt 22903.6

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	To Be Kind (2×CD, Album)	Young God Records	YG46	US	2014
	To Be Kind (3×LP, Album)	Mute, Young God Records	STUMM364, YG46	Europe	2014
Recently Edited	To Be Kind (2×CD, Album, DVD, , All Media, Deluxe Edition)	Young God Records	YG46	US	2014
Recently Edited	To Be Kind (2×CD, Album, DVD, NTSC, All Media, Limited Edition)	Mute Records, Mute, Young God Records	CDSTUMM364, LCDSTUMM364, YG46	UK & Europe	2014
Recently Edited	To Be Kind (2×CD, Album)	Mute, Young God Records	CDSTUMM364, YG46	Europe	2014

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Reviews

RevGee Mar 19, 2023
Two hours of Swans? Yes, please. Heard a thousand times on CD... great! On vinyl... sounds bigger and better! Beautiful pressing and packaging. Worth having in this format! I also like how my name is in the liner notes... thumbs up!
madotsukig1rl May 14, 2021
sounds solid. kinda thin vinyl overall but it's FLAT n SHINY. the jacket is cool too, it's like a raw stock finish. if you have lysf it's kinda like that. comes in nice poly sleeves too. considering i got this for like less than thirty bucks, it's great.

also lol out of print again? already? whoops
joeyms16 Jan 6, 2021
sound is great, clear sound and no noise issues. the records came in clear plastic sleeves, not sure if they're antistatic but they seem good. beware of paper dust from the jacket getting on the records though, as the jacket is made of uncoated cardboard.

i think there were new pressings of the trilogy albums in 2020, maybe other swans albums as well. i bought this from young god records in nov 2020, and picked up the seer from a record store in dec 2020, and for both of them, the identifiers line up with their original pressings. i don't see how they could have had tons of original pressings just sitting around, so that leads me to believe some swans records were repressed in 2020.
Jesus_Lizard Feb 28, 2019
Long hair man with name like godzilla says weird thing in odd voice and make songs that go on for long time. I like bass in songs and other noises they sound good. Bam bam chiiiii, bam bam chiiiii, bam bam chiiiii, dum dum dum, dum dum dum
Maybelly Apr 21, 2016
Edited 7 years ago
This is one of the best albums ever made.
It both tests and rewards your patience...and when the currents configuration disbands, it will be a sad day.
BoneyKing Jan 6, 2016
My copy of this is mislabeled on the second LP; the labels on both sides read "Side Three"
cristianHa Dec 5, 2014
Edited 9 years ago
my copy has a poster but not the dvd. The vinyl came with some white marks that seemed like fingerprints ... I was hoping this to be a pure analog recording, but at first listen it didn't sound like one to me. I wrote to the Youndgod website and the answer was: "I believe they were recorded digitally. Brandon".
gugusse Aug 27, 2014
On my side b, it's written "side two yg45" instead of yg46
tamkit Jul 28, 2014
Wouldn't it make more sense for B2 to be labeled as "Bring the Sun" and C as "Toussaint L'Ouverture" as I'm fairly certain that's their crossover point? The way they're split up on the album.
VOSR Jun 7, 2014
This is the U.S. version, not a mispress. The European version has "Kirsten Supine" run before "Oxygen".