Swansong
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Publication |
June 1996 |
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February to April 1995 |
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| Label (s) | Earache Records | |||
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
49min 44s |
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Studio (s) |
Rockfield Studios, Battery Studios |
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Swansong is the fifth studio album by the British extreme metal band Carcass . The album was released in June 1996 on Earache Records and thus after the official band breakup in 1995. The contemporary reviews were mixed and the album did not sell to the satisfaction of the record company.
backgrounds
After the release of the previous album Heartwork , the record contract with Earache Records was fulfilled. Band manager Martin Nesbitt then made contact with Columbia Records , inquiries were also received from EastWest , a British sub-label of the Warner Music Group . On April 3, 1994, Carcass signed the contract with Columbia. For the new album was year 20 of a second guitarist for the Liverpool native Carlo Regadas committed. Bassist and singer Jeff Walker as well as guitarist Bill Steer started with the songwriting and were divided from the beginning about the musical direction. While Walker wanted the album to be "even more extreme [sic!] And intense" than Heartwork , Steer "just didn't want to write those riffs anymore". These differences continued during studio recordings that began at Rockfield Studios in February 1995. When Carcass Jim Welch from Columbia Records presented the first rough versions, there was a dispute between the band and the record label. Which did not suit the musical direction, he criticized Walker's vocal performance and criticized the lack of at least "three really hard, but also memorable songs". Producer Colin Richardson summed up that Swansong "lacked the class and the great riffs of" Heartwork "", the record was "a single mishmash".
In the spring of 1995, the record deal was terminated and Carcass received financial compensation from Columbia. With the money, the band completed the recordings in April 1995. During the studio stay there were always arguments between Walker and Steer, so that Bill Steer left Carcass after the recordings. This meant the breakup of the band. Manager Martin Nesbitt offered the finished album Earache Records and it was released about a year after the band officially split up in June 1996. Bill Steer later commented on the album:
“'Swansong' just wasn't what people expected us to be. ... Regardless of whether old fans, new fans, the label ... everyone was disappointed. "
The album was only moderately successful, reaching number 68 on the British album charts and number 33 on the album charts in Finland .
The album was also released on a Shape CD with a top view of a human brain.
Track list
- Keep on Rotting in the Free World (Walker) - 3:42
- Tomorrow Belongs to Nobody (Steer, Walker) - 4:17
- Black Star (Regadas, Walker) - 3:29
- Cross My Heart (Steer, Walker) - 3:34
- Child's Play (Steer, Walker) - 5:43
- Room 101 (Steer, Walker) - 4:35
- Polarized (Regadas, Steer, Walker) - 4:02
- Generation Hexed (Steer, Walker) - 3:48
- Firm Hand (Regadas, Walker) - 5:22
- R ** k the Vote (Walker) - 3:53
- Don't Believe a Word (Steer, Walker) - 3:57
- Go to Hell (Walker) - 3:22
literature
- Albert Mudrian: Choosing Death: The Incredible Story of Death Metal & Grindcore . IP Verlag Jeske and Mader, 2006, ISBN 978-3-931624-35-4 , p. 185-187 .
Web links
- Swansong on Allmusic (English)
- Swansong on Earache Records (English)