Public Castration Is a Good Idea

Public Castration Is a Good Idea
Live album by Swans
Released 1986
Recorded February–March 1986
Venue I.C.A., London (tracks 1–6)
The Garage Nottingham (track 7)
U.L.U. London (track 8)
Genre Noise rock, drone, industrial
Length 73:56
Label Some Bizzare Records
Thirsty Ear Recordings
Producer Michael Gira
Swans chronology
A Screw
(1986)A Screw1986		 Public Castration Is a Good Idea
(1986)		 Children of God
(1987)Children of God1987
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Alternative Press[2]
Pitchfork Media(6.0/10)[3]

Public Castration Is a Good Idea is the first live album by the New York City band Swans, which was originally released as a semi-official bootleg through Some Bizzare Records in 1986. It was recorded from shows in London and Nottingham on the Greed/Holy Money tour in 1986, the first six songs taken from a show at London's I.C.A. Public Castration Is A Good Idea is often regarded as the band's most brutal extant live album. Its song performances are musically quite different from their studio versions: they are typically lower in pitch, harsher and more abrasive. One notable example is "A Screw", which is longer and more minimalist than its studio counterpart.

The compact disc edition, released by Thirsty Ear on July 6, 1999, was mastered from a vinyl source. An accompanying videocassette (betamax and VHS editions) of the same tour (both containing set lists that are identical to the LP) was released called A Long Slow Screw.[4]

Track listing

No.TitleAlso onLength
1."Money Is Flesh"Greed12:06
2."Fool"Greed8:08
3."A Screw"A Screw7:27
4."Anything for You"Greed9:09
5."Coward"Holy Money8:33
6."A Hanging"Holy Money12:32
7."Stupid Child"Greed5:41
8."Another You"Holy Money10:16

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Raggett, Ned. "Public Castration Is a Good Idea". Allmusic. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ columnist (November 1999). "Foetus: Blow". Alternative Press: 126.
  3. ↑ Mirov, Nick (July 20, 1999). "Swans: Public Castration is a Good Idea". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Swans - A Long Slow Screw". Retrieved October 23, 2016.
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