The Burning World was originally released in 1989 and marks the first and last major label record for Michael Gira's Swans. The album was produced by Bill Laswell, a pairing that Gira claims was not a good fit and was forced upon him by the label. Despite Gira's own distaste for the record, its reputation has grown over the years and is now considered a fine effort from one of the most important and longest lasting New York post-punk groups. Long out of print on CD and fetching ridiculous sums on eBay, Water is proud to bring this title back into print and allow a new generation of Swans fans to hear it for the first time.
H**S
Awesome
Apparently amazon won’t let me leave positive feedback about amazon in general so my review is just the subject
C**R
Gira is a genius. This album is what you ...
Gira is a genius. This album is what you should expect from a genius. Quite different from other Swans material - it definitely points you in the direction of where he would go with Angels of Light.
T**A
Five Stars
One of my favorite albums by Swans. Definitive for Gira and Jarboe.
J**L
Great
Great
M**S
one of my all-time favorite albums
Swans are a great band and this album quickly became a favorite of mine. I am really looking forward to getting the rest of their work
C**N
great transaction and all that
everything here was perfect. met all expectations. Beautiful
Z**T
Five Stars
Great album
R**L
Disappointing
Instrumentals were occasionally inventive, and there were some good lyrics, but overall doesn't have the intensity and feeling that I was hoping for. The lead singer doesn't sound like he's comfortable singing in this style yet and the songs suffer because of it.
W**K
Burning World
Der meist Umstrittene Release aus der Swans Katalog. Nach 30 Jahre kann man zu recht Sagen, es handelt sich hier um ein Zeitlose Klassiker, auch al is die Produktion etwas zu Steril Geraten. Klasse Songs und Fred frith auf Violin in eine Glanzrolle .
B**N
Why review Swans?
Your town is on fire,everybody is dead or run away,the world is coming to an end and you're stuck in a rubbish bin hoping for a quick death,this is THE sound track for it.Micheal gira's deadpan voice fits with anybodys end of the world scenario,his ex-missus on the other hand posesses a quality to her voice that makes me want to listen to her again and again.Not many people can make a Traffic song sound better than Traffic but it happens here.I'm not a person to write a review about Swans,because I like them too much,but this could be liked by anyone that's got a feel for tunes and nice harmonies with depressing words thrown in for good measure.
E**C
Perfect condition
Album was hand delivered to ensure it was received in time for my husband's birthday. Record is in perfect condition, great value for money. One happy hubby!
U**6
単なるリイシューで残念なので1点減点。作品的には★★★★★。
オリジナルリリースは'89年、MCAのサブレーベルUNI Recordsより。今回の再発はRunt傘下のリイシュー専門レーベルWaterからとなります。リマスタリングは施されていません。UNI盤と音質は何ら変化なし。原盤権をGira先生が保有していればYoung Godからリマスター再発されていたかもしれないと考えると、残念なことしきりです。もっとも、Runtの紹介文によると“ The album was produced by Bill Laswell, a pairing that Gira claims was not a good fit and was forced upon him by the label”だそうで、Gira先生は本作の仕上がり・Laswell共に気に入っていなかったようなので、元々再発に関心は薄かったかも？ オリジナルリリース時にフールズメイト誌が取材した単独インタビューでは、プロデュース周りに関して特に不満は漏らしてなかったんですけどね…。ともあれ、本作は『Children Of God』と『White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity』の間に挟まれた唯一のメジャーリリースアルバムで、『Children〜』が「もっと売れると思っていた」能天気というか太平楽なGira先生が現実を目の当たりにして、よりキャッチーな路線に踏み込んだ異色作です。そのために作風の変化をThurston Mooreから「スワンズはスターシップ化したよ〜ん」と揶揄もされました。Ted PersonsもAlgis Kizysもいませんし、Laswellが連れて来たShankar、Fred Frithがピロピロとヴァイオリンを弾いてたりします。従来コアなSwansファンからは白眼視されがちだったアルバムです。しかし、純粋に1枚の作品として聴くとかなりの傑作です。Giraがストレートに美しい曲を書ける素晴らしいソングライターであることが理解できますし、それまでのミニマルな曲想に合わせ意図的に語彙を絞った詞から、世界観・人間観を露にした「詩」への移行が見られます（Gira自身は「詩」という語が感傷的で嫌いだと語っていましたが）。特に収録曲の「Jane Mary, Cry One Tear」「God Damn The Sun」はSwans屈指の名曲であると思います。Swansを聴いたことがない方は、本作から入って、『Children〜』→『Greed』→『Filth』と遡ってみてください。この稀有なバンドの異端・異才ぶりを感じられると思います。
M**S
Five Stars
Good price and service
