Cop (album)

Cop
Studio album by Swans
Released	1984
Recorded	1984
Genre	No Wave, noise rock, experimental rock
Length	40:25
Label	K.422
Producer	Michael Gira, Roli Mosimann
Swans chronology
Filth (1983) Cop (1984) Young God EP (1984)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Forced Exposure	(positive)[2]
Piero Scaruffi	[3]

Cop is the second album by Swans.

On Cop, Swans took the style of their previous LP, 1983's Filth, and intensified it, utilising slower tempos, more tape loops, and even more abrasive musical textures. The lyrics are again concerned with ambiguous themes like physical, often sexual domination and/or submission.

It was remastered by Michael Gira in 1992 for release on CD along with the Young God EP. The currently available edition combines Cop and Young God with the albums Greed and Holy Money. The packaging for all issues states that the recording is "designed to be played at maximum volume".

According to Jarboe, who first met the band shortly after this album was recorded, the photograph on the cover is the profile of a morbidly obese woman.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

1. "Half Life" – 4:18
2. "Job" – 4:46
3. "Why Hide" – 5:50
4. "Clay Man" – 5:05
5. "Your Property" – 4:48
6. "Cop" – 6:47
7. "Butcher" – 4:02
8. "Thug" – 5:12

Personnel

• Michael Gira - vocals, tapes
• Harry Crosby - bass
• Norman Westberg - guitar
• Roli Mosimann - drums, tapes

References

1. ^ "Cop - Swans". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r215490. 
2. ^ "Swans - Review". Forced Exposure. http://www.swans.pair.com/PRESS/revCOP_forced.html. 
3. ^ "Swans". Piero Scaruffi. http://www.scaruffi.com/vol4/swans.html#cop.