To Be Kind (deluxe edition)

~ Release by Swans (see all versions of this release, 12 available)

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Screen Shot recording engineer and mixer: John Congleton (American record producer, engineer, mixer, writer and musician) engineer: Charles Godfrey (task: 2nd engineer) producer: Michael Gira guest background vocals: St. Vincent (American musician) recorded at: Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, United States recording of: Screen Shot lyricist and composer: Michael Gira	5	8:05
2	Just a Little Boy (For Chester Burnett) recording engineer and mixer: John Congleton (American record producer, engineer, mixer, writer and musician) engineer: Charles Godfrey (task: 2nd engineer) producer: Michael Gira recorded at: Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, United States recording of: Just a Little Boy (For Chester Burnett) lyricist: Michael Gira composer: Christoph Hahn, Michael Gira, Thor Harris, Christopher Pravdica, Phil Puleo and Norman Westberg (Swans guitarist)	4.35	12:40
3	A Little God in My Hands recording engineer and mixer: John Congleton (American record producer, engineer, mixer, writer and musician) engineer: Charles Godfrey (task: 2nd engineer) producer: Michael Gira guest background vocals: Jennifer Church recorded at: Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, United States recording of: A Little God in My Hands lyricist and composer: Michael Gira	4.4	7:08
4	Bring the Sun / Toussaint l’ouverture recording engineer and mixer: John Congleton (American record producer, engineer, mixer, writer and musician) engineer: Charles Godfrey (task: 2nd engineer) producer: Michael Gira guest background vocals: Cold Specks and St. Vincent (American musician) recorded at: Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, United States recording of: Bring the Sun lyricist: Michael Gira composer: Christoph Hahn, Michael Gira, Thor Harris, Christopher Pravdica, Phil Puleo and Norman Westberg (Swans guitarist) recording of: Toussaint l’ouverture lyricist: Michael Gira composer: Christoph Hahn, Michael Gira, Thor Harris, Christopher Pravdica, Phil Puleo and Norman Westberg (Swans guitarist)	5	34:05
5	Some Things We Do recording engineer: John Congleton (American record producer, engineer, mixer, writer and musician) and Paul Wallfisch (lead vocals [Little Annie]) engineer: Charles Godfrey (task: 2nd engineer) producer: Michael Gira mixer: John Congleton (American record producer, engineer, mixer, writer and musician) guest strings: Julia Kent (cellist) guest lead vocals [duet]: Little Annie lead vocals [duet]: MG strings arranger: Julia Kent (cellist) recorded at: Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, United States recording of: Some Things We Do lyricist and composer: Michael Gira	4	5:09

2▼CD
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	She Loves Us recording engineer and mixer: John Congleton (American record producer, engineer, mixer, writer and musician) engineer: Charles Godfrey (task: 2nd engineer) producer: Michael Gira guest background vocals: Jennifer Church recorded at: Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, United States recording of: She Loves Us lyricist: Michael Gira composer: Christoph Hahn, Michael Gira, Thor Harris, Christopher Pravdica, Phil Puleo and Norman Westberg (Swans guitarist)	5	17:01
2	Kirsten Supine recording engineer and mixer: John Congleton (American record producer, engineer, mixer, writer and musician) engineer: Charles Godfrey (task: 2nd engineer) producer: Michael Gira guest background vocals: St. Vincent (American musician) recorded at: Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, United States recording of: Kirsten Supine lyricist and composer: Michael Gira	5	10:32
3	Oxygen recording engineer and mixer: John Congleton (American record producer, engineer, mixer, writer and musician) engineer: Charles Godfrey (task: 2nd engineer) producer: Michael Gira recorded at: Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, United States part of: TheNeedleDrop: Top 100 Songs of the 2010s (number: 6) recording of: Oxygen lyricist and composer: Michael Gira publisher: Young God Publishing	5	7:59
4	Nathalie Neal recording engineer and mixer: John Congleton (American record producer, engineer, mixer, writer and musician) engineer: Charles Godfrey (task: 2nd engineer) producer: Michael Gira guest background vocals: St. Vincent (American musician) recorded at: Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, United States recording of: Nathalie Neal lyricist and composer: Michael Gira	4.3	10:15
5	To Be Kind recording engineer and mixer: John Congleton (American record producer, engineer, mixer, writer and musician) engineer: Charles Godfrey (task: 2nd engineer) producer: Michael Gira recorded at: Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, United States recording of: To Be Kind lyricist: Michael Gira composer: Christoph Hahn, Michael Gira, Thor Harris, Christopher Pravdica, Phil Puleo and Norman Westberg (Swans guitarist)	5	8:23

3▼DVD: Live 2013
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	To Be Kind live recording of: To Be Kind lyricist: Michael Gira composer: Christoph Hahn, Michael Gira, Thor Harris, Christopher Pravdica, Phil Puleo and Norman Westberg (Swans guitarist)		20:41
2	Just a Little Boy (For Chester Burnett) live recording of: Just a Little Boy (For Chester Burnett) lyricist: Michael Gira composer: Christoph Hahn, Michael Gira, Thor Harris, Christopher Pravdica, Phil Puleo and Norman Westberg (Swans guitarist)		10:06
3	Coward		8:36
4	She Loves Us live recording of: She Loves Us lyricist: Michael Gira composer: Christoph Hahn, Michael Gira, Thor Harris, Christopher Pravdica, Phil Puleo and Norman Westberg (Swans guitarist)		18:17
5	Oxygen live recording of: Oxygen lyricist and composer: Michael Gira publisher: Young God Publishing		7:17
6	The Seer / Toussaint l'ouverture live recording of: The Seer lyricist and composer: Michael Gira live recording of: Toussaint l’ouverture lyricist: Michael Gira composer: Christoph Hahn, Michael Gira, Thor Harris, Christopher Pravdica, Phil Puleo and Norman Westberg (Swans guitarist)		45:35

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Release

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/5680453 [info]
ASIN:	US: B00JNHR1VC [info]
purchase for mail-order:	http://younggodrecords.com/collections/frontpage/products/to-be-kind [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0004128300 [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:	A Little God in My Hands Oxygen Screen Shot

part of:	TheNeedleDrop: Top 50 Albums of 2014 (number: 1) (order: 1) TheNeedleDrop: Top 200 Albums of the 2010s (number: 2) (order: 2)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/686208 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Swans/To-be-kind [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/swans/to_be_kind/ [info] https://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/swans/to-be-kind [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/686297/ [info] https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=45320 [info] https://www.spirit-of-rock.com/en/album/To_Be_Kind/93872 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0002637649 [info]
Wikidata:	Q16862871 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 658457004630
Format:: 2×CD + DVD
Length:: 3:51:49

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: Digipak
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Young God Records
YG46

Release events

United States
2014-05-13

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