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{{Short description|1991 compilation album by Swans}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Body to Body, Job to Job
| type = Compilation album
| artist = [[Swans (band)|Swans]]
| cover = Swans Body to Body Job to Job.jpg
| released = November 4, 1991
| recorded = 1982–85
| venue =
| studio = Omnipotent Studios ([[New York City, New York]]) [[CBGB's]] ([[New York City, New York]]) Sin Club ([[New York City, New York]])
| genre = [[Experimental rock]], [[no wave]], [[noise rock]], [[Industrial music|industrial]]
| length = 64:14
| label = [[Young God Records|Young God]]
| producer = [[Michael Gira]]
| prev_title = [[White Light from the Mouth of Infinity]]
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = [[Love of Life (album)|Love of Life]]
| next_year = 1992
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |first=Ned |last=Raggett |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r19484|pure_url=yes}}|title=Body to Body, Job to Job |publisher=Allmusic |date= |access-date=March 2, 2013}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
| rev2score = 5/10<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Swans|last=Newman|first=Andy|title=Spin Alternative Record Guide|title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide|editor1-first=Eric|editor1-last=Weisbard|editor2-first=Craig|editor2-last=Marks|publisher=[[Vintage Books]]|year=1995|isbn=0-679-75574-8|pages=390-391}}</ref>
}}

'''''Body to Body, Job to Job''''' (stylized on the cover as ''Body To Body Job To Job.'') is the third [[compilation album]] by the American [[experimental rock]] band [[Swans (band)|Swans]]. It was released simultaneously on [[LP record|LP]], [[Compact Disc|CD]] and [[Compact Cassette|audio cassette]] in 1991. It presents various live recordings, [[tape loop]]s and previously unavailable material recorded between 1982 and 1985. The title is taken from the song "Job".

==Release history==
While the original CDs and audio cassettes contained 16 songs, the LP version – due to the limited length of the medium – omitted 4 songs: "Whore", "Loop 21", "Get Out" and "Mother, My Body Disgusts Me".

While the album, in its initial form, would eventually go out of print, it has been reissued various times. It was included on the double-disc set ''Filth/Body to Body, Job to Job'' in 2000 (which also included the band's 1983 recording ''[[Filth (Swans album)|Filth]]''), and it was also included in the 2015 deluxe triple-disc reissue of ''Filth''.<ref name="Consequence of Sound">{{cite web|title=Swans announce expanded reissue of debut album, Filth|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/05/swans-announce-expanded-reissue-of-debut-album-filth/|publisher=[[Consequence of Sound]]|author=Kaye, Ben|access-date=August 20, 2015}}</ref> Both ''Filth/Body to Body, Job to Job'' and the 2015 reissue of ''Filth'' containing ''Body to Body, Job to Job'' add "[[Young God (EP)|Raping a Slave]] (Live Berlin 1984)" as a bonus track after the end of "Thug".

==Content==
"Whore" was originally released on the album ''[[Cop (album)|Cop]]'' in 1984 as "Butcher"; the disparity indicates that the song's title may have been taken from an early setlist. "Your Game" is an early version of the song "Your Property," which originally appeared on ''[[Cop (album)|Cop]]'' as well; the lyric at this time was a spoken word piece titled "Your Game" that was later collected in Gira's book ''[[The Consumer]]''. "Mother, My Body Disgusts Me" is an early version of the title track from ''[[Greed (Swans album)|Greed]]'', with different lyrics. The recordings used for the album were remastered by Gira at B. Monster Studios, New York City.

The CD and cassette edition track listings reveal the year of origin for each track, with the exception of "Loop 33".

==Track listing==
{{Tracklisting
|all_writing = [[Michael Gira]]
|extra_column = Year of Origin
|title1 = I'll Cry for You
|length1 = 5:41
|extra1 = 1985
|title2 = Red Sheet
|note2 = live
|length2 = 3:11
|extra2 = 1982
|title3 = Loop 33
|length3 = 0:59
|extra3 = N/A
|title4 = Your Game
|length4 = 3:57
|extra4 = 1984
|title5 = Seal It Over
|length5 = 3:48
|extra5 = 1983
|title6 = Whore
|note6 = live
|length6 = 3:56
|extra6 = 1984
|title7 = We'll Hang for That
|length7 = 3:55
|extra7 = 1982
|title8 = Half Life
|note8 = live
|length8 = 3:57
|extra8 = 1984
|title9 = Loop 21
|length9 = 1:26
|extra9 = 1982
|title10 = Get Out
|length10 = 3:31
|extra10 = 1984
|title11 = Job
|note11 = live
|length11 = 5:40
|extra11 = 1984
|title12 = Loop 1
|length12 = 1:01
|extra12 = 1983
|title13 = Mother, My Body Disgusts Me
|length13 = 4:52
|extra13 = 1985
|title14 = Cop
|note14 = live
|length14 = 5:56
|extra14 = 1984
|title15 = Only I Can Hear, Only I Can Touch
|length15 = 2:41
|extra15 = 1982
|title16 = Thug
|note16 = live
|length16 = 9:44
|extra16 = 1984
}}

==Personnel==
Credits adapted from liner notes for ''Body to Body, Job to Job''.<ref name="notes">{{cite book|title=''Body to Body, Job to Job''|date=1991|publisher=Young God Records|location=New York, New York}}</ref>
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;Swans
*[[Norman Westberg]]
*[[Michael Gira]]
*Harry Crosby
*Sue Hanel
*Roli Mossimann
*Mojo
*Dan Braun
*[[Thurston Moore]]
*Craig Crafton
*[[Jonathan Kane]]
*[[Ted Parsons]]
*Ronaldo Gonzalez
*Ivan Nahem
*Algis Kizys
*[[Jarboe]]
*Bob Pezzola
*Johnathan Prosser
{{col-2}}
'''Production'''
*[[Michael Gira]] - production, remastering, cover design
*Bryce Goggin - engineering
*Catherine Ceresole - recording (tracks 2, 6, 10, and 15)
*Nathan Ceresole - recording (tracks 2, 6, 10, and 15)
*John Erskine - recording (tracks 6, 8, 11, 14, and 16)
*Patricia Mooney - layout
{{col-end}}

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (1986)
! scope="col" | Peak position
|-
| [[UK Indie Chart]]<ref>{{cite book |first=Barry |last=Lazell |url=http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/s.htm |title=Indie Hits 1980-1989 |publisher=Cherry Red Books |date=1997 |access-date=September 5, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606125645/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/s.htm |archive-date=June 6, 2011 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|7
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Discogs master|8850|Body to Body, Job to Job|type=album}}

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[[Category:1991 compilation albums]]
[[Category:Swans (band) compilation albums]]
[[Category:Young God Records compilation albums]]

Body to Body, Job to Job - Revision history

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