Singer: Swans
Title: My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
Label: Young God Records ‎– YG43X
Type: 2 x CD, Album, Special Edition
Country: US
Date of released: 21 Sep 2010
Category: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Art Rock, Post Rock, Avantgarde, Experimental
Size MP3 zip: 1252 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1687 mb
Rating: 5.0✭
Format: MP3 MPC RA VOC DTS DXD MP4 XM FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

1-1	No Words / No Thoughts	9:23
1-2	Reeling The Liars In	2:20
1-3	Jim	6:44
1-4	My Birth	3:51
1-5	You Fucking People Make Me Sick Vocals – Devendra Banhart, Saoirse Daniel Gira	5:11
1-6	Inside Madeline	6:33
1-7	Eden Prison	6:01
1-8	Little Mouth	4:12
2-1	Look At Me Go	46:07

Credits

• Art Direction – Michael Gira
• Artwork – M.Gira*
• Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, Drums, Percussion, Synthesizer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Bill Rieflin* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8)
• Bass Guitar, Jew's Harp, Vocals – Chris Pravdica (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8)
• Drums, Percussion, Dulcimer, Vibraphone, Keyboards, Vocals – Thor Harris (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8)
• Drums, Percussion, Dulcimer, Vocals – Phil Puleo (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8)
• Electric Guitar, E-Bow, Vocals – Norman Westberg (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8)
• Electric Guitar, Steel Guitar, Vocals, Other [Germanic Presence] – Christoph Hahn* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8)
• Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Vocals, Electric Guitar – Kenny Siegal (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8)
• Engineer – Jason La Farge* (tracks: 2-1), Kevin McMahon (tracks: 2-1)
• Guitar – Hunter Hunt-Hendrix (tracks: 2-1)
• Guitar, Vocals – M.Gira* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8)
• Horns – Brian Carpenter (tracks: 2-1)
• Layout – David Perry
• Mandolin – Grasshopper (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8)
• Mastered By – Jamal Ruhe (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8)
• Mixed By – Adam Sachs (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8), Bryce Goggin (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8), Kevin McMahon (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8)
• Producer – Michael Gira
• Recorded By – Jason La Farge*, Kenny Siegal
• Strings – Jason La Farge* (tracks: 2-1)
• Trombone – Steve Moses (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8)
• Trumpet [Slide] – Brian Carpenter (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8)
• Violin – Jason La Farge* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8)
• Vocals – Siobhan Duffy Gira* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8)

Notes

2CD digipak version of the album, with completely different artwork mostly taken from the "I Am Not Insane" portfolio.

Main album recorded at Seizure's Palace, Brooklyn and at Old Soul Studio, Catskill, NY. Mixed at Trout, Brooklyn and at Marcata Recording, Gardiner Ny. Additional vocals recorded at Trout and Marcata. Mastered at West Westside Music

Companion CD to Special Edition: Raw material compiled/mangled/edited/arranged at Seizure's Palace and at Marcata Studio.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 6 58457 00432 6
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): ATOZM45376-1/B S1
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): ATOZM45376-2/B S1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
YG43	Swans	My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky ‎(CD, Album)	Young God Records	YG43	US	2010
YG-43	Swans	My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky ‎(LP, Album, TP, W/Lbl)	Young God Records	YG-43	US	2010
CDSTUMM362, YG43CD	Swans	My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Mute, Young God Records	CDSTUMM362, YG43CD	Europe	2014
YG43	Swans	My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky ‎(LP, Album)	Young God Records	YG43	US	2010
STUMM 362	Swans	My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky ‎(LP, Album, TP)	Mute	STUMM 362	UK	2010

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