# Swans discography
## Studio albums

| Year | Album title | Release details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Year | Album title | Release details | US | UK | BEL FL | BEL WA | NLD | GER | AUT | SWI |
| 1983 | Filth | Released: May 27, 1983 Label: Neutral Format: LP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1984 | Cop | Released: 1984 Label: K.422 Format: LP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986 | Greed | Released: February 28, 1986 Label: K.422 Format: LP, CD, CS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986 | Holy Money | Released: March 27, 1986 Label: K.422 Format: LP, CD, CS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1987 | Children of God | Released: October 19, 1987 Label: Caroline Format: 2LP, CD, CS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989 | The Burning World | Released: May 1989 Label: Uni Format: LP, CD, CS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991 | White Light from the Mouth of Infinity | Released: June 6, 1991 Label: Young God Format: 2LP, CD, CS | — | — | 195 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1992 | Love of Life | Released: February 24, 1992 Label: Young God Format: LP, CD, CS | — | — | — | — | 74 | — | — | — |
| 1995 | The Great Annihilator | Released: January 23, 1995 Label: Young God Format: 2LP, CD, CS | — | — | 149 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | Soundtracks for the Blind | Released: October 22, 1996 Label: Young God Format: 4LP, 2CD, 2CS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky | Released: September 23, 2010 Label: Young God Format: LP, CD, DL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | The Seer | Released: August 28, 2012 Label: Young God Format: 3LP, 2CD, DL | 114 | 167 | 113 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | To Be Kind | Released: May 12, 2014 Label: Young God Format: 3LP, 2CD, DL | 37 | 38 | 39 | 106 | 75 | 56 | 51 | — |
| 2016 | The Glowing Man | Released: June 17, 2016 Label: Young God Format: 3LP, 2CD, DL | 151 | 61 | 39 | 69 | 49 | 29 | 24 | 54 |
| 2019 | Leaving Meaning | Released: October 25, 2019 Label: Young God Format: 2LP, 2CD, DL | — | — | 93 | 156 | — | 58 | 73 | 77 |
| 2023 | The Beggar | Released: June 23, 2023 Label: Young God Format: 2LP, 2CD, DL | — | — | 98 | — | — | 37 | — | — |
| 2025 | Birthing | Scheduled: May 30, 2025 Label: Young God Format: 3LP, 2CD, DL | To be released | To be released | To be released | To be released | To be released | To be released | To be released | To be released |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||||||

## Live albums

| Year | Album title | Release details |
| 1986 | Public Castration Is a Good Idea | Released: 1986 Label: Some Bizzare Format: 2LP |
| 1986 | Real Love | Released: 1986 Label: none Format: LP |
| 1988 | Feel Good Now | Released: 1988 Label: none Format: 2LP, CD |
| 1990 | Anonymous Bodies in an Empty Room | Released: 1990 Label: none Format: LP, CD |
| 1992 | Omniscience | Released: 1992 Label: Young God Format: CD, CS |
| 1995 | Kill the Child | Released: 1995 Label: Disaster Format: CD |
| 1998 | Swans Are Dead | Released: January 20, 1998 Label: Young God Format: 2CD |
| 2012 | We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head (re-release) | Released: May 10, 2012 Label: Young God Format: 2CD |
| 2017 | Deliquescence | Released: May 17, 2017 Label: Young God Format: 2CD |
| 2024 | Live Rope | Released: November 15, 2024 Label: Young God Format: 2CD,4LP |

## Fundraiser albums

| Year | Album title | Release details |
| 2010 | I Am Not Insane (demo tracks) | Released: Jan 20, 2010 Label: Young God Format: CD |
| 2012 | We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head (live and demo tracks) | Released: Feb 2, 2012 Label: Young God Format: 2CD |
| 2013 | Not Here / Not Now (live and demo tracks) | Released: September 14, 2013 Label: Young God Format: 2CD |
| 2015 | The Gate (live and demo tracks) | Released: October 1, 2015 Label: Young God Format: 2CD |
| 2019 | What Is This? (demo tracks) | Released: March 18, 2019 Label: Young God Format: CD |
| 2022 | Is There Really a Mind? (demo tracks) | Released: February 2022 Label: Young God Format: CD |

## Compilation albums

| Year | Album title | Release details |
| 1986 | Time Is Money (Bastard) / A Screw | Released: 1986 Label: PVC Format: CS |
| 1990 | Filth (L.P.#1, E.P.#1) 1982/83 | Released: 1990 Label: Young God Format: CD, CS |
| 1991 | Body to Body, Job to Job | Released: 1991 Label: Young God Format: LP, CD, CS |
| 1992 | Cop / Young God | Released: 1992 Label: K.422 Format: CD |
| 1992 | Greed / Holy Money | Released: 1992 Label: K.422 Format: CD |
| 1997 | Children of God / World of Skin | Released: 1997 Label: Young God Format: 2CD |
| 1999 | Cop / Young God / Greed / Holy Money | Released: 1999 Label: Thirsty Ear Format: 2CD |
| 1999 | Various Failures | Released: March 22, 1999 Label: Young God Format: 2CD |
| 2000 | Filth / Body to Body, Job to Job | Released: 2000 Label: Young God Format: 2CD |
| 2003 | Forever Burned | Released: 2003 Label: Young God Format: CD |
| 2015 | White Light from the Mouth of Infinity / Love of Life | Released: December 4, 2015 Label: Young God Format: 2LP+CD, 3CD |
| 2017 | The Great Annihilator / Drainland | Released: April 28, 2017 Label: Young God Format: 2CD |
| 2018 | Soundtracks for the Blind / Die Tür ist zu | Released: July 20, 2018 Label: Young God Format: 3CD |
| 2020 | Children of God / Feel Good Now | Released: November 13, 2020 Label: Young God Format: 2CD |

## Extended plays

| Year | Album title | Release details |
| 1982 | Swans | Released: 1982 Label: Labor Format: 12" |
| 1984 | Young God | Released: 1984 Label: K.422 Format: 12" |
| 1986 | Time is Money (Bastard) | Released: January 31, 1986 Label: K.422 Format: 12" |
| 1986 | A Screw | Released: May 2, 1986 Label: K.422 Format: 12" |
| 1988 | Love Will Tear Us Apart (red and black versions) | Released: 1988 Label: Product, inc. Format: 12", 7", CD |
| 1992 | Love of Life / Amnesia | Released: 1992 Label: Young God Format: 12", CD |
| 1996 | Die Tür ist zu | Released: 1996 Label: Rough Trade Format: 2LP, CD |
| 2014 | Oxygen | Released: November 24, 2014 Label: Young God Format: DL |

## Music videos

* "A Screw" (1985)
* "New Mind" (1987)
* "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1988)
* "Saved" (1989)
* "Love of Life" (1992)

## Singles

| Title | Year | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | US Alt. | US College Radio | UK | Album |
| "New Mind" | 1987 | — | 47 | — | Children of God |
| "Can't Find My Way Home" | 1989 | — | — | — | The Burning World |
| "Saved" | 1989 | 28 | 20 | 96 | The Burning World |
| "Love Will Save You" | 1991 | — | — | — | White Light from the Mouth of Infinity |
| "Celebrity Lifestyle" | 1995 | — | — | — | The Great Annihilator |
| "Failure/Animus" | 1996 | — | — | — | White Light from the Mouth of Infinity / Soundtracks for the Blind |
| "I Am the Sun" (live) | 1997 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Jim" | 2010 | — | — | — | My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky |
| "Mother of the World" | 2012 | — | — | — | The Seer |
| "A Little God in My Hands" | 2014 | — | — | — | To Be Kind |
| "Screen Shot" | 2015 | — | — | — | To Be Kind |
| "When Will I Return?" | 2016 | — | — | — | The Glowing Man |
| "Finally, Peace" | 2016 | — | — | — | The Glowing Man |
| "Mind / Body / Light / Sound" | 2017 | — | — | — | The Great Annihilator (Reissue) |
| "Volcano" | 2018 | — | — | — | Soundtracks for the Blind (Reissue) |
| "It's Coming It's Real" | 2019 | — | — | — | Leaving Meaning |
| "The Hanging Man" | 2019 | — | — | — | Leaving Meaning |
| "Paradise Is Mine" | 2023 | — | — | — | The Beggar |
| "Los Angeles: City Of Death" | 2023 | — | — | — | The Beggar |
| "I Am a Tower" | 2025 | - | - | - | Birthing |