Swans – The Seer

Label:	Young God Records – YG45
Format:	2 x CD , Album
Country:	US
Released:
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Noise

Tracklist

1-1	Lunacy	6:09
1-2	Mother Of The World	9:57
1-3	The Wolf	1:35
1-4	The Seer	32:14
1-5	The Seer Returns	6:18
1-6	93 Ave. B Blues	5:22
1-7	The Daughter Brings The Water	2:41
2-1	Song For A Warrior	3:58
2-2	Avatar	8:52
2-3	A Piece Of The Sky	19:10
2-4	The Apostate	23:01

Companies, etc.

Distributed By – Revolver USA
Recorded At – Studio P4, Berlin
Recorded At – andereBaustelle
Recorded At – Marcata Recording
Recorded At – Trout Recording
Mixed At – Marcata Recording
Mastered At – micro-moose-berlin
Mastered At – West West Side Music
Manufactured By – The ADS Group – 6745-CD-0183
Manufactured By – The ADS Group – 6745-CD-0184

Credits

Artwork, Painting [Paintings], Photography By [Swans Photo Portraits] – Simon Henwood
Engineer [Additional Recording Assistant At Trout] – Adam Sachs
Engineer [Additional Recording Engineer At Trout] – Bryce Goggin
Guest [Special Guest], Accordion [Various Songs] – Cassis Staudt*
Guest [Special Guest], Accordion, Vocals, Dulcimer, Guitar, Piano, Instruments [Assorted Other Instruments] – Colleen Kinsella (tracks: 1-5)
Guest [Special Guest], Backing Vocals – Seth Olinsky (tracks: 2-3)
Guest [Special Guest], Backing Vocals, Voice [Voice Collage] – Jarboe (tracks: 2-3)
Guest [Special Guest], Bagpipes – Iain Graham (tracks: 1-4)
Guest [Special Guest], Cello [Steel Cello] – Bob Rutman* (tracks: 1-4)
Guest [Special Guest], Cello [Various Songs] – Jane Scarpantoni
Guest [Special Guest], Contrabassoon [Contra Bassoon] – Stefan Rocke (tracks: 1-4)
Guest [Special Guest], Drums [Additional Drums] – Kevin McMahon (2) (tracks: 1-5)
Guest [Special Guest], Electric Guitar, Sounds [Various Songs] – Kevin McMahon (2)
Guest [Special Guest], Horns – Bruce Lamont (tracks: 1-4)
Guest [Special Guest], Jew's Harp [Jews Harp] – Shon Mahoney (tracks: 1-5)
Guest [Special Guest], Lead Vocals [Lead Vocal] – Karen O (tracks: 2-1)
Guest [Special Guest], Mandolin [Acoustic And Electric Mandolins], Clarinet [Various Songs] – Sean Mackowiak (The Grasshopper)*
Guest [Special Guest], Piano – Bryce Goggin (tracks: 2-1)
Guest [Special Guest], Sounds [Fire Sounds (Acoustic And Synthetic)] – Ben Frost (tracks: 2-3)
Guest [Special Guest], Violin [Various Songs] – Eszter Balint
Guest [Special Guest], Vocals [Co-vocals] – Mimi Of Low* (tracks: 1-1)
Mastered By – Doug Henderson
Mastered By [Pre-mastering] – Jamal Ruhe
Mixed By – Kevin McMahon (2)
Performer [Honorary Swan], Piano, Organ, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Percussion, Keyboards [Casio], Synthesizer, Bass Guitar, Voice, Other [Bird Idea] – Bill Rieflin*
Performer [Swans], Bass Guitar, Voice, Other [Incredible Handshake] – Christopher Pravdica*
Performer [Swans], Drums, Percussion, Bells [Orchestral Bells], Dulcimer [Hammer Dulcimer], Violin [Handmade Violin Thing], Vibraphone, Piano, Clarinet, Voice – Thor Harris
Performer [Swans], Drums, Percussion, Dulcimer [Hammer Dulcimer], Voice – Phil Puleo
Performer [Swans], Electric Guitar, Voice – Norman Westberg
Performer [Swans], Lap Steel Guitar [Lap Steel Guitars], Electric Guitar, Voice – Christoph Hahn*
Performer [Swans], Voice, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Harmonica, Keyboards [Casio], Sounds – Michael Gira
Producer [Produced By] – Michael Gira
Recorded By [Assistants In Berlin] – Marco*
Recorded By [Berlin And New York] – Kevin McMahon (2)

Notes

Recorded at Studio P4 and Andere Baustelle in Berlin, and at Marcata Studio, Gardiner, NY. Additional recording at Trout Recording, Brooklyn, NY.

Mixed at Marcata.

Mastered at Micro-Moose Berlin. Pre-mastering at West Westside Music.

Karen O appears courtesy of Interscope Records.

Comes in a tri-fold Digipak with a 16-page gatefold insert

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): 6745-CD-0183 19-324-17-2 YG452-1
Mastering SID Code (Disc 1): IFPI LY89
Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): 6745-CD-0184 19-324-13-2 YG452-1
Mastering SID Code (Disc 2): IFPI LY89

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	The Seer (3×LP, Album)	Young God Records	YG45	US	2012
Recently Edited	The Seer (2×CD, Album)	Young God Records	YG45	US	2012
Recently Edited	The Seer (2×CD, Album, DVD, NTSC, All Media, Special Edition)	Young God Records	YG45	US	2012
Recently Edited	The Seer (11×File, MP3, Album, VBR)	Young God Records	none		2012
	The Seer (2×CD, Album, Promo)	Young God Records	YG45	US	2012