Greed
by Swans

Greed by Swans
Year: 1986
Overall rank: 16,452nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 82 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (226th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,205th)
Award Best albums of all time (16,452nd)

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Swans Greed Vinyl LP 1986 Original Pressing PVC Records K.422 Michael Gira
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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 267 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,069.

Swans album bestography « Higher ranked (16,452nd)
Greed
This album (16,452nd)
Greed
Lower ranked (18,585th) »
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Greed track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 16,452nd | 1980s rank: 2,205th | 1986 rank: 226th

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Greed ratings

Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 82 votes)
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04/29/2026 02:20 oilnoilnoilnoil  Ratings distribution  27078/100
 
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03/18/2026 21:02 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,82770/100
 
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02/15/2026 10:36 eclab  Ratings distribution  1,56184/100
 
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11/29/2025 18:55 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,50869/100
 
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08/16/2025 21:48 Ilor  Ratings distribution  26376/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.6/100, a mean average of 68.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.

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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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