White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity
by Swans
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White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity is ranked 6th best out of 40 albums by Swans on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Swans is To Be Kind which is ranked number 262 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,065.
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White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 8 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Untitled | Top 25 Music Albums of 1991 | 3/25 | 5 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1991 | 16/86 | - |
| 2026 | Elauqsapid | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 47/100 | 54 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 36 Music Albums of 1991 | 23/36 | 2 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | CripplingAutism | Top 91 Music Albums of the 1990s | 77/91 | 3 |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 74/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  sszwalbenest | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 43/100 | 12 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 91 Music Albums of 1991 | 45/91 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 174 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 865 | |||
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White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/07/2026 13:01 |  Tamthebam | 23,404 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2026 03:18 | stareaterogni0n | 602 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2026 14:40 | DommeDamian | 7,844 | 48/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.8/100, a mean average of 78.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5458): By JorbaaView latest topic →
CharlieBarley 08/15/2020 18:43 in What album are you listening to right now?
RoundTheBend 11/18/2019 04:34 in You must listen to the album below you: canon editionView all forum mentions
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awesomness425 09/14/2016 14:38 | #174956 | TOP COMMENT
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First Swans album i can just put on and dive into.
It sounds like a harder and noiser type of post-punk music.
Much easier to listen than other albums. (Edited)
They are definitely "better than you". What is this doing in the 2000's on the overall chart?
HoldenM TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/13/2014 20:46 | #126908 | TOP COMMENT
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I love this already. Every song is great, especially the middle tracks. Michael Gira can make the darkest, most sinister music, but he can also make some of the most gorgeous and blissful music one could want. Sheer brilliance.
Behrus58 07/06/2019 22:16 | #239058 | TOP COMMENT
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"White Light From the Mouth of Infinity" feels more of an experiment, trying to test how it feels to be brutally honest. Honest on Nietzsche's level, not caring about your feelings and self-pity, just spitting that light in your face. In a neutral view, the truth may be bearable, but it seems Swans doesn't find that to be enough. They literally made optimistic and hopeful rhythms while singing about how they are "better than you" and how you barely know anything at all.
As mentioned, the Album is not nihilistic but rather caries that Nietzsche in itself. It praises power, that failure is unavoidable for the lesser man [any man actually, anything other than the übermensch] and that we are born as sinners due to that first lie told. This album pumps new feelings and doesn't get boring so easily, however, on the first listens one might think this is just a bad copy of Joy Division. Just give it enough time, and immerse yourself in the pessimism, while you're having that smile on your face.
This masterpiece, great songs, dark and gloomy songs to pasive ones. And where is the Youtube full album??? It was there
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