Feel Good Now

Feel Good Now
Feel Good Now
Live album by Swans
Released	1988
Recorded	1987
Length	79:16
Producer	Michael Gira
Swans chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	6/10^[2]

Feel Good Now is the second live album by the New York City no wave band Swans. It was recorded on a Sony Professional Walkman on their 1987 Children of God tour in Europe.^[3] A remaster of the album, along with the studio album Children of God, was released on November 13, 2020.^[4]

Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro"	0:38
2.	"New Mind"	5:27
3.	"Blood and Honey"	7:10
4.	"Trust Me"	4:54
5.	"Stupid German Talk*"	0:36
6.	"Into Blind Love and Out*"	0:30

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Willy in Ravensburg"	1:00
2.	"Sex God Sex"	9:46
3.	"Various Audience Tricks"	0:55
4.	"Like a Drug"	8:32
5.	"Our Love Lies*"	5:18

Side C
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Manchester in Love*"	1:00
2.	"Beautiful Child"	5:42
3.	"Blackmail"	4:22
4.	"Children of God"	6:38
5.	"Beautiful Reprise - The Town and Country Backstab Cowardice"	2:31
6.	"Thank You"	0:54

Side D
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Various Audience Members"	1:29
2.	"Hello to Our Friends"	0:22
3.	"Blind Love"	18:36
4.	"Thank You, Goodbye**"	0:11
5.	"Good Luck**"	0:11

Notes

* Left out of the CD release
** Merged into one track on the CD release

2002 reissue

The album was reissued by Atavistic Records (ALP135CD) in 2002 having been remastered (according to the liner notes) by Gira at Micromoose Studio, Brooklyn, New York. The track listing of the reissue is different:

"Intro"
"Blind Love"
"Like A Drug"
"Blood and Honey"
"New Mind"
"Sex God Sex"
"Beautiful Child"
"Blackmail"
"Trust Me"
"Children of God"
"Beautiful Reprise Backstab"

("Trust Me" does not appear in the track listing on the liner notes)

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
UK Indie Chart^[5]	7

References

^ Raggett, Ned. "Feel Good Now – Swans : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
^ Newman, Andy (1995). "Swans". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 390–391. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
^ "Swans - Feel Good Now". Discogs. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
^ "Children of God / Feel Good Now (Remastered 2020)". Young God Records. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

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[1] Raggett, Ned. "Feel Good Now – Swans : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved March 1, 2013.

[2] Newman, Andy (1995). "Swans". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 390–391. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.

[3] "Swans - Feel Good Now". Discogs. Retrieved November 14, 2020.

[4] "Children of God / Feel Good Now (Remastered 2020)". Young God Records. Retrieved September 15, 2020.

[5] Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

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v t e Swans
Michael Gira Jarboe Algis Kizys Ted Parsons Thurston Moore Roli Mosimann Vincent Signorelli Bill Rieflin Jonathan Kane Kristof Hahn Thor Harris Christopher Pravdica Phil Puleo Paul Wallfisch Norman Westberg
Studio albums	Filth Cop Greed Holy Money Children of God The Burning World White Light from the Mouth of Infinity Love of Life The Great Annihilator Soundtracks for the Blind My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky The Seer To Be Kind The Glowing Man Leaving Meaning The Beggar
Fundraiser albums	I Am Not Insane We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head Not Here / Not Now The Gate What Is This? Is There Really a Mind?
Live albums	Public Castration Is a Good Idea Feel Good Now Anonymous Bodies in an Empty Room Omniscience Kill the Child Swans Are Dead We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head Not Here / Not Now The Gate Deliquescence
Compilation albums	Body to Body, Job to Job Various Failures Forever Burned
EPs	Swans Young God A Screw Love Will Tear Us Apart Die Tür ist zu Oxygen
Singles	"Time Is Money (Bastard)" "New Mind" "Can't Find My Way Home" "Saved" "Paradise Is Mine"
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