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Universal acclaim- based on 138 Ratings
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Positive: 124 out of 138
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Mixed: 6 out of 138
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Negative: 8 out of 138
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Aug 30, 2012
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Feb 11, 2013
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Aug 31, 2012Undoubtedly my favorite album of the year thus far, The Seer is a fantastic work of art. The album oozes atmosphere from every aural pore; it's beautiful, introspective and yet soul-crushingly heavy all at once. Once The Seer gets you in its grip, it will not let you go. The payoff is more than worth the time and effort you have to put in to get into it. Incredible.
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Sep 19, 2012Swans' newest album The Seer is a epic record full of dark and ambient tunes that best represent the tone and feel, it makes the listener feel the dynamic sound on the tracks from the haunting acoustics of 'Song for a Warrior" with Karen O to it's dark and epic title track.
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Oct 14, 2012This is a masterpiece. I ve listened to the album 2 times and i cant wait to play it again and again. Noise is mixed with meditation turning into weird sounds. This is provocative material but suits so much for our times. Cant wait to clean my house listening to this album as the background.
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May 28, 2013
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Dec 31, 2012
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Feb 11, 2015
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Mar 12, 2014I see it all I see it all I see it all I see it all I see it all I see it all I see it all I see it all I see it all I see it all I see it all I see it all
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Sep 12, 2012
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Aug 29, 2012Engrossing collection. Dark , grant and thought provoking. The album tells us a long story whose plot contains all factors that one drama needs to fulfil our dreams.
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Nov 8, 2013
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Apr 23, 2019Probably one of the most ambitious albums I've heard in my life.
Challenger and rewarding for the ear. Definitely not for everyone and that's not bad. -
Nov 28, 2021redefines Swans by gathering the best of its past and re-centering the music on impulse and interplay, built with a preternatural sense of how long to let a section develop before moving on to the next idea
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Dec 28, 2019Dark and gruesome introduction to Swans great rock trilogy. Not easily accessible but unquestionably brilliant.
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Jan 10, 2021The Seer is an exciting, raw and encapsulating experience which questions the existence of a greater being, finding it through destruction, nature and love. Gira expresses his many questions surrounding the topic with some fantastic lyricism and some of the hardest, atmospheric and tension building instrumentals in their discography.
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Dec 22, 2012
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Oct 14, 2012A 7/10, and this is me being generous. To sit through the full two hours felt like a chore more than an enjoyable music-listening experience. Still, 'Avatar' is a fantastic song, and I'm bound to rate anything with Karen O's vocals highly, so 'Song for a Warrior' earns high marks as well. Overall though, needs more killer, less filler.
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Feb 23, 2013If you look hard enough there are some great moments in amongst the self indulgence. For me, while it open and closes strongly, the middle third, essentially the heart of the record, is weak. If your big into your experimental noise you'll probably rant about it but I like a few more tunes/songs on my records.
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Nov 28, 2012The Seer might not be the album you spend most time with this year--it's too emotionally demanding for heavy rotation – but it's one you'll be listening to for years to come.
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Oct 11, 2012Swans has never traveled a straightforward, clean, or uninterrupted path. But with The Seer, one thing is certain: Even during its quietest lulls, Gira has never sounded louder.
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Sep 20, 2012The final impression The Seer left me with is that of a sprawling, lacking in cohesion and over indulgent album that fails as often as it succeeds.