Greed
by Swans

Greed by Swans
Year: 1986
Overall rank: 16,448th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 80 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (229th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,212th)
Award Best albums of all time (16,448th)

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Swans – Cop/Young God · Greed/Holy Money Rare Double CD 1999 Thirsty Ear
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SWANS Greed 1985 UK vinyl LP + INNER + FLYER Michael Gira Ted Parsons record
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SWANS - Greed 1986 LP UK K.422 Pressing with Flyer (GIRA/JARBOE)
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Swans bestography

Greed is ranked 18th best out of 39 albums by Swans on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Swans is To Be Kind which is ranked number 265 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,141.

Swans album bestography « Higher ranked (15,591st)
The Burning World
This album (16,448th)
Greed
Lower ranked (18,028th) »
Cop/Young God

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Greed rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 16,448th | 1980s rank: 2,212th | 1986 rank: 229th

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Greed ratings

Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 80 votes)
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02/15/2026 10:36 eclab  Ratings distribution  1,55484/100
 
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11/29/2025 18:55 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,38669/100
 
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08/16/2025 21:48 Ilor  Ratings distribution  25177/100
 
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06/02/2025 21:48 Elauqsapid  Ratings distribution  2,72064/100
 
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04/03/2025 17:38 Pepeov  Ratings distribution  53377/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.5/100, a mean average of 68.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.

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From 06/29/2017 17:59 | #193431
The synth in "Money Is Flesh" is cool.

Favorite track: Money Is Flesh

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