My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
by Swans
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My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky is ranked 9th best out of 39 albums by Swans on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Swans is To Be Kind which is ranked number 260 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,152.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/05/2026 09:06 |  DommeDamian | 7,588 | 49/100 |
| ! | 06/27/2026 04:26 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,367 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/10/2026 08:58 | Leginlists | 3,753 | 83/100 |
| ! | 10/12/2025 03:13 | Proto | 4,237 | 33/100 |
| ! | 08/16/2025 21:47 | Ilor | 263 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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DriftingOrpheus 03/31/2020 05:21 | #249323 | TOP COMMENT
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This is the Swans album that is most overlooked and forgotten about due to all the praise that gets heaped on the albums to come. There are genuinely brilliant moments on this record such as the fantastic 'Jim' and the transcendent 'No Words/No Thoughts'. Swans set the blueprint for their 21st century brilliance here with this haunting, atmospheric release.
What a comeback! Wow!
Absolutely stunning in so many places, it is basically the same contrast they did in White Light from the Mouth on Infinity; grandiose loud walls of sound pitted against dreamy folk (albeit this time the loud bits are even louder, and there is now an overt country tinge to the folk bits)
The one problem for me is that My Birth and Eden Prison (both closer to a straitforward rock sound) sound a little awkward for some reason. Unfulfilled intensity perhaps.
ffudnebbuh 08/30/2012 11:55 | #49654
great album, yes, frightening is the word that comes to mind.
Frightening and wonderful. Maybe the best Swans album.
lancashirearab 06/26/2012 05:48 | #45370 | TOP COMMENT
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I hadn't listened to Swans for a few years. This album was a nice reintroduction.
CellarDoor 11/07/2010 21:06 | #16271
Nick Cave surfing on waves of noise. Weird, but interesting release.
alistamina 10/27/2010 19:06 | #16021 | TOP COMMENT
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After 14 years, again they've put out a record beyond any recent bands achievements.
alistamina 10/27/2010 08:20 | #16020
This is the album that can prove their lasting place in the rock area.
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