Die Tür ist zu
Die Tür ist zu | ||||
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EP by Swans | ||||
Released | 1996 | |||
Recorded | 1991–1996 | |||
Length | 55:09 | |||
Label | Rough Trade Revolver Young God | |||
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Die Tür ist zu (German for The Door Is Closed) is the fifth EP by the American rock band Swans, initially released in 1996 only in Germany as a CD, and later released worldwide on vinyl on Record Store Day 2018.[3][4]
It is particularly notable for its unusual combination of both studio and live recordings in a wide variety of contexts. Specifically, it contains early, German-language versions of two songs on the then unreleased Soundtracks for the Blind album, two studio outtakes ("Surrogate Drones" which would also appear later on Soundtracks for the Blind, and "You Know Everything (reprise 1991)" recorded for White Light From the Mouth of Infinity and already released on the "Celebrity Lifestyle" CD single), a radio performance excerpt from the VPRO session on 14 December 1994, and two live songs from the Astoria, London, 1995.[citation needed]
Track listing
No. | Title | English Version | Length |
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1. | "Ligeti's Breath / Hilflos Kind" | Ligeti's Breath: "The Beautiful Days" & "I Love You This Much", Hilflos Kind: "Helpless Child" | 22:16 |
2. | "Ich sehe die Alle in einer Reihe" | "All Lined Up" | 4:47 |
3. | "Surrogate Drones" | "Surrogate 2" | 2:56 |
4. | "YRP" (Live in London) | 8:51 | |
5. | "You Know Everything" (reprise 1991) | 4:26 | |
6. | "M/F" (acoustic live at VPRO, 14 December 1994) | "Mother/Father" | 3:52 |
7. | "Soundsection" | "The Sound" | 7:56 |
Notes
During the session at VPRO also the songs "I See Them All Lined Up", "My Buried Child" (which appears on the "I Am the Sun" 7") and "She Lives!" were recorded all acoustic.
References
External links
- Swans official website - Die Tür ist zu
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- Filth
- Cop
- Greed
- Holy Money
- Children of God
- The Burning World
- White Light from the Mouth of Infinity
- Love of Life
- The Great Annihilator
- Soundtracks for the Blind
- My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
- The Seer
- To Be Kind
- The Glowing Man
- Leaving Meaning
- The Beggar
- I Am Not Insane
- We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head
- Not Here / Not Now
- The Gate
- What Is This?
- Is There Really a Mind?
- Public Castration Is a Good Idea
- Feel Good Now
- Anonymous Bodies in an Empty Room
- Real Love
- Omniscience
- Kill the Child
- Swans Are Dead
- We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head
- Not Here / Not Now
- The Gate
- Deliquescence
- Swans
- Young God
- A Screw
- Love Will Tear Us Apart
- Die Tür ist zu
- Oxygen
- "Time Is Money (Bastard)"
- "New Mind"
- "Can't Find My Way Home"
- "Saved"
- "Paradise Is Mine"
- Discography
- Young God Records
- Angels of Light
- The Body Lovers / The Body Haters
- Cop Shoot Cop
- Of Cabbages and Kings
- Prong
- Sulfur
- Unsane
- World of Skin
- Where Does a Body End?