''Body to Body, Job to Job'' (stylized on the cover as ''Body To Body Job To Job.'') is the third

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by the American

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band

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. It was released simultaneously on LP, CD and

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in 1991. It presents various live recordings,

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s and previously unavailable material recorded between 1982 and 1985. The title is taken from the song "Job".

Release history

While the original CDs and audio cassettes contained 16 songs, the LP version – due to the limited length of the medium – omitted 4 songs: "Whore", "Loop 21", "Get Out" and "Mother, My Body Disgusts Me". While the album, in its initial form, would eventually go out of print, it has been reissued various times. It was included on the double-disc set ''Filth/Body to Body, Job to Job'' in 2000 (which also included the band's 1983 recording ''

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''), and it was also included in the 2015 deluxe triple-disc reissue of ''Filth''. Both ''Filth/Body to Body, Job to Job'' and the 2015 reissue of ''Filth'' containing ''Body to Body, Job to Job'' add " Raping a Slave (Live Berlin 1984)" as a bonus track after the end of "Thug".

Content

"Whore" was originally released on the album '' Cop'' in 1984 as "Butcher"; the disparity indicates that the song's title may have been taken from an early setlist. "Your Game" is an early version of the song "Your Property," which originally appeared on '' Cop'' as well; the lyric at this time was a spoken word piece titled "Your Game" that was later collected in Gira's book ''

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''. "Mother, My Body Disgusts Me" is an early version of the title track from ''

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'', with different lyrics. The recordings used for the album were remastered by Gira at B. Monster Studios, New York City. The CD and cassette edition track listings reveal the year of origin for each track, with the exception of "Loop 33".

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes for ''Body to Body, Job to Job''. ;Swans *

Norman Westberg Norman Westberg is a guitarist from Detroit best known for his work with Swans. Present through almost the entirety of the band's existence, Westberg was brought on for Swans' debut album '' Filth'' (1983) and appeared on every album through 199 ...

Michael Gira Michael Rolfe Gira (; born February 19, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, author and artist. He is the main force behind the New York City musical group Swans and fronted Angels of Light. He is also the founder of ...

*Harry Crosby *Sue Hanel *Roli Mossimann *Mojo *Dan Braun *

Thurston Moore Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958) is an American musician best known as a member of Sonic Youth. He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside Sonic Youth, as well as running the Ecstatic Peace! record label. Mo ...

*Craig Crafton *

Jonathan Kane Jonathan Kane (born November 4, 1956) is an American musician and composer. Coming out of New York's Downtown Music scene of the early 1980s, Kane is known for his work with minimalist composers La Monte Young and Rhys Chatham, and was a foundi ...

Ted Parsons Ted Parsons is an American drummer most notable for his membership in bands such as Swans, Prong, Godflesh, Killing Joke, and Jesu. Biography Parsons' early career began in 1985 with Swans, when he contributed to their ''Holy Money'' album. He ...

*Ronaldo Gonzalez *Ivan Nahem *Algis Kizys *

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 const ...

*Bob Pezzola *Johnathan Prosser Production *

- production, remastering, cover design *Bryce Goggin - engineering *Catherine Ceresole - recording (tracks 2, 6, 10, and 15) *Nathan Ceresole - recording (tracks 2, 6, 10, and 15) *John Erskine - recording (tracks 6, 8, 11, 14, and 16) *Patricia Mooney - layout

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1991 compilation albums Swans (band) compilation albums Young God Records compilation albums