Skin - The World of Skin orig. double LP (produs 11) double vinyl Swans. EX.
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This double LP is a compilation of the band's first two albums - Blood, Women, Roses (1987) and Shame, Humility, Revenge (1988). There is slight bending damage to the cover but the inner sleeves and records are in EX+ condition. Album kept in smoke and pet free home since purchase in the early 90s.
The World of Skin was a project springing out of the American group Swans, which was a collaboration between the core Swans members Michael Gira and Jarboe.
Blood, Women, Roses (1987) was the project's first release and featured vocals entirely by Jarboe, who had previously mainly been performing backing vocals. Many of the tracks on this album were covers of show tunes
and other popular songs (for example "Cry Me a River" and "The Man I Love"). Many of the tracks still featured the monumental use of percussion that was common in earlier Swans work, but combined this with a greater use of melody ("Red Rose" is typical of this).
Blood, Women, Roses was followed in 1988 by Shame, Humility, Revenge, which featured vocals by Michael Gira (although Jarboe did perform some backing vocals). The first two albums were released only in Europe, but most of the albums’ tracks were combined in the US release World of Skin (released under the band name World of Skin).
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