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Swans
The Seer
Album US 2012 on Young God Records label
Alternative (Post-Punk, Post Rock, Experimental)
Recorded at Studio P4 and Andere Baustelle in Berlin, and at Marcata Studio, Gardiner, NY. Additional recording at Trout Recording, Brooklyn, NY. Mixed at Marcata. Mastered at Micro-Moose Berlin. Pre-mastering at West Westside Music. Karen O appears courtesy of Interscope Records. Comes in a tri-fold Digipak.
Musicians
 | Swans , 1982-1997 US album by |
 | Bryce Goggin org, US engineer, additional recording engineer at trout, piano, guest, special guest |
 | Birgit Staudt acc, bvoc, accordion, various songs, guest, special guest |
 | Caleb Mulkerin g, voc, US accordion, vocals, dulcimer, guitar, piano, instruments, assorted other instruments, guest, special guest |
 | Colleen Kinsella voc, US accordion, vocals, dulcimer, guitar, piano, instruments, assorted other instruments, guest, special guest |
 | Dana Janssen voc, dr, backing vocals, guest, special guest |
 | Jarboe voc, key, US backing vocals, guest, special guest, backing vocals, voice, voice collage, guest, special guest |
 | Miles Seaton voc, b, backing vocals, guest, special guest |
 | Seth Olinsky voc, backing vocals, guest, special guest |
 | Iain Graham bagpipes, guest, special guest |
 | Robert Rutman voc, vc, *1931 GB cello, steel cello, guest, special guest |
 | Jane Scarpantoni vc, US cello, various songs, guest, special guest |
 | Stefan Rocke bsn, DE contrabassoon, contra bassoon, guest, special guest |
 | Kevin McMahon g, drums, additional drums, guest, special guest, electric guitar, sounds, various songs, guest, special guest, mixed by, recorded by, berlin and new york |
 | Bruce Lamont sax, voc, horns, guest, special guest |
 | Shon Mahoney dr, voc, jew's harp, jews harp, guest, special guest |
 | Karen O voc, *1978 US lead vocals, lead vocal, guest, special guest |
 | Sean Mackowiak g, ss, clarinet, various songs, mandolin, acoustic and electric mandolins, guest, special guest |
 | Ben Frost g, str, perc, *1980 AU sounds, fire sounds (acoustic and synthetic), guest, special guest |
 | Eszter Balint vn, voc, *1965 violin, various songs, guest, special guest |
 | Alan Sparhawk voc, g, US vocals, co-vocals, guest, special guest |
 | Mimi Parker voc, perc, US vocals, co-vocals, guest, special guest |
 | William Rieflin dr, *1960 US piano, organ, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drums, percussion, synthesizer, bass guitar, voice, other, bird idea, keyboards, casio, performer, honorary swan |
 | Chris Pravdica voc, eb, bass guitar, voice, other, incredible handshake, performer, swans |
 | Thor Harris , *1965 US drums, percussion, vibraphone, piano, clarinet, voice, violin, handmade violin thing, dulcimer, hammer dulcimer, bells, orchestral bells, performer, swans |
 | Phil Puleo dr, perc, US drums, percussion, voice, dulcimer, hammer dulcimer, performer, swans |
 | Norman Westberg eg, voc, electric guitar, voice, performer, swans |
 | Kristof Hahn eg, stg, electric guitar, voice, lap steel guitar, lap steel guitars, performer, swans |
 | Michael Gira voc, acg, *1954 US voice, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmonica, sounds, keyboards, casio, performer, swans, producer, produced by |
Producers
| Simon Henwood artwork, photography by, swans photo portraits, painting, paintings |
| Adam Sachs engineer, additional recording assistant at trout |
| Doug Henderson mastered by |
| Jamal Ruhe mastered by, pre-mastering |
| Boris Wilsdorf recorded by, assistants in berlin |
| Marco Paschke recorded by, assistants in berlin |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Lunacy | Swans | 6:09 | |
| 2 | | Mother Of The World | Swans | 9:57 | |
| 3 | | The Wolf | Swans | 1:35 | |
| 4 | | The Seer | Swans | 32:14 | |
| 5 | | The Seer Returns | Swans | 6:18 | |
| 6 | | 93 Ave. B Blues | Swans | 5:22 | |
| 7 | | The Daughter Brings The Water | Swans | 2:41 | |
| 8 | | Song For A Warrior | Swans | 3:58 | |
| 9 | | Avatar | Swans | 8:52 | |
| 10 | | A Piece Of The Sky | Swans | 19:10 | |
| 11 | The Apostate | Swans | 23:01 |
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