We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head

We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head
Live album (double album) by
Swans
ReleasedMay 29, 2012 (2012-05-29)
RecordedOctober 9, 2010 at Bowery Ballroom, New York City[1] (track 3); December 13, 2010 at Volksbühne, Berlin[2] (track 6); March 11, 2011 at East Brunswick Club Hotel, Melbourne[3] (remainder)
Length122:32
LabelYoung God
ProducerMichael Gira
Swans chronology
My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky
(2010) 		We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head
(2012) 		The Seer
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic83/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork Media8.0/10[4]

We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head is the second double and eighth live album by American experimental rock band Swans.[4] The album was recorded in New York City, Berlin, Germany and Melbourne, Australia during the Swans World Tour of 2010-2011.[6] Only 1,000 copies of the album were sold, and each was numbered and signed personally by frontman Michael Gira.[7] The album was released to help support the upcoming Swans album, The Seer.

Seven bonus tracks, demos to be featured on their upcoming album The Seer, were also released. It was re-released in 2012 as a 2-CD deluxe digipack without the bonus tracks.

Background

The album was sold through the website of Young God Records, with a number of unique purchasing options. The purchasing options included an "executive producer" credit on The Seer, an original drawing by Michael Gira dedicated to the customer, the recording of a short, acoustic song praising the customer by Gira, and a "secret gift".[7]

Track listing

Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."Intro" / "No Words / No Thoughts"23:21
2."Jim"8:16
3."Beautiful Child"8:39
4."The Apostate"16:54
5."Yr Property"7:14
6."Sex God Sex"8:06
Total length:72:30
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."The Seer" (Intro) / "I Crawled" (Later recorded together as "The Seer")30:46
2."Eden Prison"11:58
3."93 Ave. B. Blues" / "Little Mouth" ("Little Mouth" a capella)7:18
Total length:50:02
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
4."Hello There" (Introduction by Gira)2:59
5."Lunacy"3:55
6."The Mother of the World"4:26
7."The Daughter Brings the Water"2:37
8."A Piece of the Sky"7:07
9."The Seer"3:07
10."Goodbye" (Outro by Gira)0:09
Total length:74:22

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Swans Concert Setlist at Bowery Ballroom, New York on October 9, 2010". setlist.fm. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  2. ^ "Swans Concert Setlist at Volksbühne, Berlin on December 13, 2010". setlist.fm. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "Swans Concert Setlist at East Brunswick Club Hotel, Melbourne on March 11, 2011". setlist.fm. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "We Rose From Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head". Pitchfork. May 31, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
  5. ^ "We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head [Live]". Metacritic.
  6. ^ "We Rose From Your Bed With The Sun In Our Head - SWANS – YOUNG GOD RECORDS". Young God Records. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Swans - We Rose From Your Bed With The Sun In Our Head (Handmade Live 2CD) SOLD OUT!". Young God Records. Archived from the original on March 16, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
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