Cop
by Swans
- Type: Album
- Released: 1984
- Label: K.422
- Country: United States
- Length: 40:42
- Community rating: 3.63/5 from 18 ratings
Artists on this release: Roli Mosimann, Michael Gira, Norman Westberg, Harry Crosby
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Building upon the sound of their debut, 'Cop' intensifies the band's brutalist approach through slower tempos, abrasive textures, and tape loops. Lyrically, the album explores ambiguous themes of physical and sexual domination and submission, cementing its reputation as one of the darkest and most confrontational recordings of the era. A landmark of noise rock and industrial music, the album's extreme sound proved highly influential on subsequent artists in the sludge and industrial metal genres.
Genres
Descriptors: hostile, slow, abrasive, bleak, confrontational, noisy, repetitive, DIY, loud, distorted, dissonant
Tracklist
Credits
- Michael Gira - vocals, tapes, production
- Harry Crosby - bass guitar
- Norman Westberg - guitar
- Roli Mosimann - drums, production
- Lee Ranaldo - sleeve back cover photography
- Jonathan Thayer - engineering
- JG Thirlwell - engineering
- Mark Berry - engineering
- Harry Lombardy - engineering
- Voco - engineering