Holy Money is an Electronic album by Swans, originally released in 1986. On Gatefold: 9 pressings tracked.
About
Holy Money is the fourth studio album by Swans. The album was recorded in the same sessions as A Screw and Greed. Being a No Wave album, its heaviness and artistic experimentation along with musical minimalism made it very influential for a number of diverse genres and artists; thus, the album had a direct influence on genres such as Sludge Metal, Drone and both heavy and experimental or artistic genres in general, which is why bands such as Godflesh, Khanate and Sunn O))) have cited the importance of this album. The first CD issue contained the A Screw EP as bonus tracks. A later compilation released in 1992, Greed / Holy Money, combined Holy Money (barring "Fool (#2)" and "Money Is Flesh (#2)") with the entirety of Greed, as well as "A Screw" and "Blackmail" from the A Screw EP and "Time Is Money (Bastard)" from its respective single. This compilation, with its entirely re-organized tracklist, saw re-issue in 1999 in the double-disc set Cop / Young God / Greed / Holy Money, which included the Cop album and Young God EP.
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Tracklist
- 1A Hanging5:48
- 2You Need Me1:22
- 3Fool (# 2)5:50
- 4A Screw (Holy Money)5:00
- 5Another You7:44
- 6Money Is Flesh (# 2)4:56
- 7Coward5:06
- 8A Screw (Holy Money) (Mix, W Vocals) [A Screw EP]5:41
- 9A Screw (Holy Money) (Mix, No Lead Vocal) [A Screw EP]5:00
- 10Blackmail (A Screw EP)4:54
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Industrial
- heavy
- menacing
- nocturnal
Holy Money was initially released on vinyl, cassette tape, and CD - the latter included the three tracks from the A Screw 12" single as bonus material.
However, this album was not to be released again in it's original form, instead the recordings were included on the Greed / Holy Money CD compilation, as well as on the later Cop/Young God · Greed/Holy Money 2xCD set
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Norman WestbergGUITAR
- Algis A. KizysBASS
- Harry CrosbyBASS
- Ivan NahemDRUMS
- JarboeVOCALS
- Michael GiraPIANO VOCALS
- Ronaldo GonzalezDRUMS
- Ted ParsonsDRUMS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 9 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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