Swans – The Glowing Man

What an amazing fucking record. The title track might be the best Swans song, period.

for some reason, my copy wasn't signed, it came with a slip of paper with the album cover on it that was signed even though I ordered it through young god

Like all of the modern era SWANS albums, it is amazing. It may be my favorite of the latter era discography.

I don’t love flipping the record mid-song, but this is such a well mastered record it almost makes up for it. I’m glad I finally got my hands on a copy.

Although it is a shame that Cloud of Unknowing and The Glowing Man had to be split up, I still think they split them in the best places possible. Other than that the records sound pretty decent overall

probably swans best album, shame the best tracks got ruined on this record :(

It is a big negative that the title track (which is the best track) is cut during that amazing heavy transition crescendo in the middle. and now the second part transition feels very off and forgettable because of that missing transition

same thing with cloud of unknowing they messed up the transition. i honestly regret buying the vinyl and should have went with the cd instead

i understand that it doesn't fit on one side. i just wished i don't have to flip sides during that point of amazing ritualistic moment of crescendo transition where i am getting the most musical high.
but the vinyl sounds ok on other tracks. they just messed up the 2 best tracks

Completely blown away by this pressing. This is truly one of the most well mastered recordings of all time. On top of the music itself being incredible, the technical aspects (production, mastering, etc.) are all top notch. People have brought up issues with the final track on the album being cut short, which is the case with my pressing as well, but otherwise this is a perfect pressing.

wonder if they are going to fix the issues with "finally peace"

sounds amazing. but does anyone else's copy end f2 "finally peace" like it's supposed to continue on another side? it doesn't have the ending of the cd/digital version, it just suddenly stops

Good Swans album, but the pressing is just okay for me. Centering on the LPs is slightly off, which was also true with some of my other new Swans records, and there's a fair amount of surface noise and crackle. Sound is quite full but the noise floor is too high for me personally.