A Screw is a single by the New York City experimental rock group Swans. The single's three songs were later appended as bonus tracks to the CD release of Holy Money.
Background and composition
The single's title track sees the band diving their farthest into the realm of
Industrial dance, complete with
Dub music, distorted vocals and complex programmed rhythms, a distinct contrast to the naturalistic album version.
The piano-driven ode to obsessive love, "Blackmail", was
Jarboe's first Swans track as lead vocalist.
A reworked version of "Blackmail" appears on the 1987 album
Children of God.
Regarding his contribution to the single's title track, drummer Ted Parsons said:
Track listing
Notes
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Track 1 and 3 were mislabeled on most original releases. Later issues like the "Greed/Holy Money" compilation corrected this.
Personnel
Charts
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