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Deliquescence (album)

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Deliquescence
Live album by
ReleasedMay 17, 2017 (2017-05-17)
RecordedThe Regency Ballroom, San Francisco on September 3, 2016
Huxley’s Neue Welt, Berlin on October 18, 2016
Length155:07
LabelYoung God
ProducerMichael Gira
Swans chronology
The Glowing Man
(2016)
Deliquescence
(2017)
What Is This?
(2019)

Deliquescence is a 2017 limited-edition, and the overall ninth, live album by American experimental rock band Swans. The album, limited to 3,000 CD-only copies, contains three tracks that have previously only been played live. The packaging for the CD release includes the details of location of each show, band photos, and alternative artwork.[1]

At 155 minutes long, Deliquescence is the second longest release by the band to date, being beat out by the full version of their 2024 live album Live Rope.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Michael Gira, Phil Puleo, Norman Westberg, Kristof Hahn, Christopher Pravdica, and Paul Wallfisch

Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."The Knot" (previously unreleased)45:37
2."Screen Shot"7:51
3."Cloud of Forgetting"16:01
4."Deliquescing" (previously unreleased)10:09
Total length:79:38
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."Cloud of Unknowing"29:22
2."The Man Who Refused to Be Unhappy" (previously unreleased)9:44
3."The Glowing Man"36:20
Total length:75:26

References

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  1. ^ "DELIQUESCENCE (Ltd. 2CD Live Recording) Sold Out". YOUNG GOD RECORDS. Retrieved May 18, 2017.