''I Am Not Insane'' is a 2010 album by
Michael Gira. The release consists of a CD with new material, and a DVD of two live shows that includes a 16-minute "mini-doc" (by the same name) on Gira's new material in acoustic demo form, shot and edited by Francisco Macias.
Several songs were considered, and eventually revised, for inclusion on Swans' comeback album, ''
My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky''.
Gira released this album in order to help raise money to fund the recording of the upcoming Swans album,
following his announcement that he had reformed the band.
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The song "Oxygen" appeared in a very different form two studio albums later on the album ''To Be Kind
''To Be Kind'' is the thirteenth studio album by American experimental rock band Swans, released on May 12, 2014. It was released as a triple LP, a double CD, and a two-CD deluxe edition that includes a live DVD of performances from Hellfest Ope ...
''. The version of "Oxygen" on ''I Am Not Insane'' also featured on the 2014 EP. The songs "My Lazy Clown" and "Opium Song" were not included on any future albums, nor played live by Swans.
Track listing
Compact disc
# "Jim " – 4:26
# "No Words/No Thoughts" – 4:48
# "Reeling the Liars In" – 2:20
# "My Birth" – 3:03
# "Little Mouth" – 5:20
# "Eden Prison (That Way)" – 3:48
# "Eden Prison (This Way)" – 4:22
# "My Lazy Clown" – 2:54
# "Opium Song" – 2:48
# "Inside Madeline" – 3:46
# "Oxygen
Oxygen is the chemical element with the symbol O and atomic number 8. It is a member of the chalcogen group in the periodic table, a highly reactive nonmetal, and an oxidizing agent that readily forms oxides with most elements as wel ...
" – 4:27
# "Promise of Water" – 3:25
# "Failure" – 5:00
DVD
;Highline Ballroom Show, New York
# " I Am the Sun"
# "Promise of Water"
# "Nations"
# "Failure"
# "Lena's Song"
# "My Brother's Man"
# "Destroyer"
# "She Lives!"
# "My Sister Said"
# "Sometimes I Dream I'm Hurting You"
# "Rose of Los Angeles"
;Drake Underground Show, Toronto:
# "Little Mouth"
# "On the Mountain (Looking Down)"
# "Promise of Water"
# "Reeling the Liars In"
# "My Brother's Man"
# "The Surrogate"
# "Destroyer"
# "Oxygen"
# "Inside Madeline"
# "Eden Prison"
# "Sometimes I Dream I'm Hurting You"
References
External links
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2010 albums
Young God Records albums
Michael Gira albums
2010 live albums
2010 video albums
Live video albums
Young God Records live albums
Young God Records video albums
Swans (band)
Albums produced by Michael Gira