Children Of God
by Swans

Children Of God by Swans
Year: 1987
Overall rank: 1,471st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 278 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1987 (29th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (230th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,471st)

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Swans bestography

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 270 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,103.

Swans album bestography « Higher ranked (493rd)
The Seer
This album (1,471st)
Children Of God
Lower ranked (1,910th) »
The Glowing Man

(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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Children Of God track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,471st | 1980s rank: 230th | 1987 rank: 29th

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Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 278 votes)
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85/100
 
02/21/2026 16:02 vruslov  Ratings distribution  8,90974/100
 
80/100
 
01/30/2026 12:03 Untitled  Ratings distribution  1,67077/100
 
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11/17/2025 20:43 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,67270/100
 
90/100
 
11/09/2025 10:54 mash  Ratings distribution  1,42288/100
 
90/100
 
11/01/2025 22:17 MaxStorm98  Ratings distribution  3,79889/100

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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 80.1/100, a mean average of 79.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.

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90/100
From 10/18/2020 09:41 | #259401
Fav. Tracks:

-In My Garden
-Our Love Lies
-Sex, God, Sex
-Blood And Honey
-Blind Love
-Children Of God
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70/100
From 10/06/2019 20:37 | #243466
This album creeps me out. Only listened to it twice, due to that. It's a seminal Swans album nevertheless.
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85/100
From 04/28/2015 22:43 | #140493
Albums like Children of God are the true classics of the 80s. Brilliant album that definitely stands strong even at 28 years of age.
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90/100
From 12/01/2014 23:30 | #128452
Dark and chaotic, yet still somehow beautiful. A true masterpiece.
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Best Albums of 1987
1. The Joshua Tree by U2
2. Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses
3. Sign "O" The Times by Prince
4. Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths
5. You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur
6. Document by R.E.M.
7. Bad by Michael Jackson
8. Music For The Masses by Depeche Mode
9. Sister by Sonic Youth
10. Hysteria by Def Leppard
11. Substance by New Order
12. Kick by INXS
13. Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me by The Cure
14. Louder Than Bombs by The Smiths
15. Darklands by The Jesus And Mary Chain
16. Come On Pilgrim by Pixies
17. Diesel And Dust by Midnight Oil
18. Paid In Full by Eric B. & Rakim
19. Tango In The Night by Fleetwood Mac
20. Tunnel Of Love by Bruce Springsteen
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