Children Of God (studio album)
by Swans
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Children Of God is ranked 4th best out of 39 albums by Swans on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Swans is To Be Kind which is ranked number 259 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,359.
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Children Of God track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 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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60/100  | 19 hours ago | Exist-en-ciel | | 67/100 |
90/100 | 11/09/2025 10:54 | mash | | 88/100 |
90/100 | 11/01/2025 22:17 | MaxStorm98 | | 90/100 |
75/100 | 10/14/2025 13:17 |  Tamthebam | | 69/100 |
90/100 | 09/21/2025 11:21 |  videoheadcleaner | | 85/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.2/100, a mean average of 79.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.
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Finally repressed, it's been so long. The first batch is sold out but the 2nd is on pre-order at younggodrecords dot com. I'd get that while it's available if you collect vinyl or cds and like Swans. Gira signs each one he ships out!
I heard they're working on the Feel Good Now repress next for vinyl and I check for it every other day at least. This line-up of Swans is among the best!
Timestarter 10/18/2020 09:41
Fav. Tracks:
-In My Garden
-Our Love Lies
-Sex, God, Sex
-Blood And Honey
-Blind Love
-Children Of God
This album creeps me out. Only listened to it twice, due to that. It's a seminal Swans album nevertheless.
Favorite tracks: New Mind, Children Of God
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exileonthehell 04/10/2016 01:51
This is among the heaviest albums of all time.
And the closest thing to christian rock that I enjoy as much as my life.
Albums like Children of God are the true classics of the 80s. Brilliant album that definitely stands strong even at 28 years of age.
Dark and chaotic, yet still somehow beautiful. A true masterpiece.
Very dark. I like dark albums.
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