Edited sentence: Gira's flatter vocal style (nearly spoken word on many songs on the album) sometimes seems at odds with the musical style of the album, and in particular makes the acoustic cover of Iggy Pop's "I Want to be Your Dog" sound distinctive.Of the many Swans album releases, the one that is stylistically most similar to the World of Skin work is The Burning World, with which Gira indicated that he was least satisfied.The musical style was similar to The Burning World and the other later Swans releases, although it shed most of its rock influences to play a mostly acoustic goth-folk style with electronics.The release that most significantly raised the profile of the project was "Girl: Come Out," which was briefly a hit in some European gay clubs