''Forever Burned'' is the tenth compilation album by American experimental rock band Swans. It was given a limited release through the

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website. It featured the entire '' The Burning World'' album followed by a few songs from ''

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'', '' Love of Life'' and the Michael Gira version of '' Love Will Tear Us Apart''. Tracks 1 to 10 are from '' The Burning World''. The record is out-of-print and no longer available from the

website.

Track listing

Tracks 15 and 16 are listed in the reverse order that they appear on the CD.

Personnel

* Michael Gira – vocals and guitars *

Jarboe Jarboe Devereaux, known mononymously as Jarboe (), is an American singer and musician who came to prominence as a member of the New York City experimental rock band Swans in 1985. Jarboe and Michael Gira, the founder of Swans, were the two consta ...

– vocals and keyboards * Norman Westberg – guitars *Christopher Hahn – guitars *Jenny Wade – bass *

Vincent Signorelli Vincent Signorelli is a drummer from New York City. He has toured in clubs throughout the world, primarily with Unsane (band), Unsane, NYC's infamous noise rock trio. He has played primarily with Swans (band), Swans, Unsane, and Foetus (band), ...

– drums * Algis Kizys – bass *

Virgil Moorefield Virgil Moorefield (born August 9, 1956) is a composer and intermedia artist based in Rüschlikon, Switzerland. Moorefield's work focuses primarily on live acoustic performance, electronic processing of acoustic signals, and live visual music ("Fi ...

– drums *Jason Anses – bass *

Nicky Skopelitis Nicky Skopelitis (born January 19, 1960) is an American guitarist and composer of Greek descent. He also has performed on banjo, oud, lute, keyboards and other instruments. Although Skopelitis has recorded few albums as a bandleader, he has appea ...

– baglama and bazouki *

Shankar Shankar may refer to: People * Shankar (name), including a list of people with the name * Sankar (writer) (Mani Shankar Mukherjee), Bengali writer * L. Shankar, Indian violinist *S. Shankar, Indian film director commonly credited as Shankar * San ...

– double violin * Bill Laswell – bass *

Fred Frith Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser. Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock ...

– violin * Aiyb Dieng – percussion *

Trilok Gurtu Trilok Gurtu (born 30 October 1951) is an Indian percussionist and composer whose work has blended the music of India with jazz fusion and world music. He has worked with Terje Rypdal, Gary Moore, John McLaughlin, Jan Garbarek, Joe Zawinul, M ...

– tablas * Karl Berger – vibes, string arrangement * Ted Parsons – drums *

Anton Fier Anton Fier (June 20, 1956 – September 14, 2022) was an American drummer, producer, composer, and bandleader. Family Fier, known as Tony, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Ruthe Marie Fier and Anton J. Fier Jr., a former Marine and electrician. ...

– drums * Hahn Rowe – violin *

J. G. Thirlwell James George Thirlwell (born 29 January 1960), also known as Clint Ruin, Frank Want, and Foetus (band), Foetus, among other names, is an Australian musician, composer, and record producer. He is known for Juxtaposition, juxtaposing a variety o ...

– backing vocals * Mark Feldman & Larry Packer – violins *John Kass & Richard Carr – violas *Garo Yellin – cello

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Forever Burned Albums produced by Bill Laswell Albums produced by JG Thirlwell Albums produced by Roli Mosimann 2003 compilation albums Swans (band) compilation albums Young God Records compilation albums Albums produced by Michael Gira