The Great Annihilator
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The Great Annihilator is the ninth studio album by American experimental rock band Swans. It was released on January 23, 1995, through frontman Michael Gira's own record label, Young God. The album has been described by Gira as a companion album to his solo album Drainland (1995); the two were remastered and re-released together in April 2017.

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Released
January 23rd, 1995
Type
Album
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Invisible Records
Young God Records

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AllMusic (Ned Raggett)
4/5 stars
Blurt (Fred Mills – May 24, 2017)
4/5 stars
Classic Rock (Dom Lawson – April 28, 2017)
4/5 stars
CMJ New Music Monthly (David Jarman – March 1995)favorable
The Line of Best Fit (Luke Cartledge – April 21, 2017)9/10
New Noise Magazine (Tom Haugen – September 26, 2017)
4.5/5 stars
Pitchfork (Saby Reyes-Kulkarni – April 29, 2017)7.2/10
PopMatters (Mike Schiller – June 28, 2017)
4/5 stars
Spectrum Culture (Jedd Beaudoin – May 11, 2017)3.75/5
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Last updated: November 6th, 2009

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