(2020) Swans - Children of God + Feel Good Now


Review:
…remastered reissue of “Children of God” include the live album, “Feel Good Now”, recorded on the 1987 Children of God European tour. Children of God was the fifth studio album by the American experimental rock band Swans. The album has already been reissued along with the “World of Skin” compilation (minus the covers) on CD in 1997 as “Children of God”/”World of Skin”. On this re-release, the original album version of “Our Love Lies” was replaced with the version included on the “Love Will Tear Us Apart” EP. Also, the re-release added “Damn You to Hell” and “I’ll Swallow You” (under one title as “I’ll Swallow You”) from the “New Mind” single as a bonus. Also, “Sex, God, Sex”, “Beautiful Child” and “Children of God” were shortened by several seconds with earlier fade-outs and “Trust Me” faded directly into the brief interlude at the end. Feel Good Now is the second live album by Swans. It was recorded from shows on their 1987 ‘Children of God’ tour in Europe. The album was already reissued once by Atavistic Records in 2002, on CD, having been remastered. The track listing of the reissue was different from the original and counted less tracks.





Tracklist:

CD 1 - Children of God
1. New Mind [05:13]
2. In My Garden [05:35]
3. Our Love Lies [05:49]
4. Sex, God, Sex [06:49]
5. Blood and Honey [04:46]
6. Like a Drug (Sha La La La) [05:34]
7. You’re Not Real, Girl [04:21]
8. Beautiful Child [05:16]
9. Blackmail [03:33]
10. Trust [05:25]
11. Real Love [06:23]
12. Blind Love [07:46]
13. Children of God [04:34]

CD 2 - Feel Good Now
01. Intro [00:37]
02. Blind Love [18:45]
03. Like a Drug (Sha La La La) [08:31]
04. Blood and Honey [07:02]
05. New Mind [05:29]
06. Sex, God, Sex [10:37]
07. Beautiful Child [05:45]
08. Blackmail [04:21]
09. Trust Me [04:55]
10. Children of God [05:34]
11. Beautiful Child Reprise Backstab [02:32]
12. Thank You, Goodbye [01:10]


Media Report:
Genre: alternative rock
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits