The Glowing Man

~ Release by Swans (see all versions of this release, 9 available)

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Cloud of Forgetting recording engineer: John Congleton (American record producer, engineer, mixer, writer and musician) producer: Michael Gira mixer: Doug Henderson (American musician, producer, and engineer) and Ingo Krauss recorded at: Sonic Ranch Studios in Tornillo, Texas, United States mixed at: Candy Bomber Studio in Berlin, Germany and micro‐moose‐berlin in Berlin, Germany recording of: Cloud of Forgetting lyricist: Michael Gira composer: Cristoph Hahn, Michael Gira, Thor Harris, Christopher Pravdica, Phil Puleo and Norman Westberg (Swans guitarist)	4.65	12:43
2	Cloud of Unknowing recording engineer: John Congleton (American record producer, engineer, mixer, writer and musician) producer: Michael Gira mixer: Doug Henderson (American musician, producer, and engineer) and Ingo Krauss guest cello: Okkyung Lee (South Korean cellist) recorded at: Sonic Ranch Studios in Tornillo, Texas, United States mixed at: Candy Bomber Studio in Berlin, Germany and micro‐moose‐berlin in Berlin, Germany recording of: Cloud of Unknowing lyricist: Michael Gira composer: Cristoph Hahn, Michael Gira, Thor Harris, Christopher Pravdica, Phil Puleo and Norman Westberg (Swans guitarist)	5	25:13
3	The World Looks Red / The World Looks Black recording engineer: John Congleton (American record producer, engineer, mixer, writer and musician) producer: Michael Gira mixer: Doug Henderson (American musician, producer, and engineer) and Ingo Krauss recorded at: Sonic Ranch Studios in Tornillo, Texas, United States mixed at: Candy Bomber Studio in Berlin, Germany and micro‐moose‐berlin in Berlin, Germany recording of: The World Looks Red / The World Looks Black lyricist and composer: Michael Gira	4.15	14:27
4	People Like Us recording engineer: John Congleton (American record producer, engineer, mixer, writer and musician) producer: Michael Gira mixer: Doug Henderson (American musician, producer, and engineer) and Ingo Krauss recorded at: Sonic Ranch Studios in Tornillo, Texas, United States mixed at: Candy Bomber Studio in Berlin, Germany and micro‐moose‐berlin in Berlin, Germany recording of: People Like Us lyricist and composer: Michael Gira	4.35	4:33

2▼CD
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Frankie M recording engineer: John Congleton (American record producer, engineer, mixer, writer and musician) producer: Michael Gira mixer: Doug Henderson (American musician, producer, and engineer) and Ingo Krauss recorded at: Sonic Ranch Studios in Tornillo, Texas, United States mixed at: Candy Bomber Studio in Berlin, Germany and micro‐moose‐berlin in Berlin, Germany recording of: Frankie M lyricist: Michael Gira composer: Cristoph Hahn, Michael Gira, Thor Harris, Christopher Pravdica, Phil Puleo and Norman Westberg (Swans guitarist)	5	20:58
2	When Will I Return? recording engineer: John Congleton (American record producer, engineer, mixer, writer and musician) producer: Michael Gira mixer: Doug Henderson (American musician, producer, and engineer) and Ingo Krauss guest lead vocals: Jennifer Gira recorded at: Sonic Ranch Studios in Tornillo, Texas, United States mixed at: Candy Bomber Studio in Berlin, Germany and micro‐moose‐berlin in Berlin, Germany recording of: When Will I Return? lyricist and composer: Michael Gira	4	5:27
3	The Glowing Man recording engineer: John Congleton (American record producer, engineer, mixer, writer and musician) producer: Michael Gira mixer: Doug Henderson (American musician, producer, and engineer) and Ingo Krauss recorded at: Sonic Ranch Studios in Tornillo, Texas, United States mixed at: Candy Bomber Studio in Berlin, Germany and micro‐moose‐berlin in Berlin, Germany recording of: The Glowing Man lyricist: Michael Gira composer: Cristoph Hahn, Michael Gira, Thor Harris, Christopher Pravdica, Phil Puleo and Norman Westberg (Swans guitarist)	4.6	28:51
4	Finally, Peace recording engineer: John Congleton (American record producer, engineer, mixer, writer and musician) producer: Michael Gira mixer: Doug Henderson (American musician, producer, and engineer) and Ingo Krauss recorded at: Sonic Ranch Studios in Tornillo, Texas, United States mixed at: Candy Bomber Studio in Berlin, Germany and micro‐moose‐berlin in Berlin, Germany recording of: Finally, Peace lyricist and composer: Michael Gira	4.35	6:15

3▼DVD-Video
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Frankie M live recording of: Frankie M lyricist: Michael Gira composer: Cristoph Hahn, Michael Gira, Thor Harris, Christopher Pravdica, Phil Puleo and Norman Westberg (Swans guitarist)		23:08
2	A Little God in My Hands live recording of: A Little God in My Hands lyricist and composer: Michael Gira		11:44
3	Cloud of Unknowing live recording of: Cloud of Unknowing lyricist: Michael Gira composer: Cristoph Hahn, Michael Gira, Thor Harris, Christopher Pravdica, Phil Puleo and Norman Westberg (Swans guitarist)		26:39
4	Just a Little Boy live recording of: Just a Little Boy (For Chester Burnett) lyricist: Michael Gira composer: Christoph Hahn, Michael Gira, Thor Harris, Christopher Pravdica, Phil Puleo and Norman Westberg (Swans guitarist)		14:05
5	Cloud of Forgetting live recording of: Cloud of Forgetting lyricist: Michael Gira composer: Cristoph Hahn, Michael Gira, Thor Harris, Christopher Pravdica, Phil Puleo and Norman Westberg (Swans guitarist)		11:23
6	The Glowing Man live recording of: The Glowing Man lyricist: Michael Gira composer: Cristoph Hahn, Michael Gira, Thor Harris, Christopher Pravdica, Phil Puleo and Norman Westberg (Swans guitarist)		30:48

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Release

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/8634393 [info]
ASIN:	US: B01LZ7HRVS [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/swans/the-glowing-man-6/ [info]

Release group

part of:	TheNeedleDrop: Top 50 Albums of 2016 (number: 4) (order: 4)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/1015191 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Swans/The-glowing-man [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/swans/the-glowing-man/ [info] https://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/swans/the-glowing-man [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/805477/ [info] https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=51855 [info] https://www.spirit-of-rock.com/en/album/The_Glowing_Man/105959 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0002937549 [info]
Wikidata:	Q23762955 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 658457005828
Format:: 2×CD + DVD-Video
Length:: 3:56:14

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: Digipak
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Young God Records
YG58

Release events

United States
2016-06-17

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