„Gira sounds like he's ripping his soul from his throat every time another lyric is half-barked, half-wailed […] by the end it all gets a bit much. In small doses, though, it's great, and early Swans really is like little else on the planet before or since.“ – Review auf Allmusic.com, abgerufen am 26. Mai 2012.
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Mark Weddle: Swans, "Filth / Body To Body, Job To Job". In: Brainwashed. 25. März 2000, archiviert vom Original (nicht mehr online verfügbar) am 1. Dezember 2016; abgerufen am 8. Dezember 2022 (englisch): „Swans always had the potential for brutal sonic assaults throughout their life span but this era in particular focused solely on an uncompromising and unapologetic, sledge hammer sound. […] Altogether it's a big, ugly, intense, slowed down mutant strain of punk rock that was all their own, at least, up until everyone started copying them. […] It's a bit of a challenge to listen to […] but for those days when you get a traffic ticket, you're doing your taxes, you hate your job, your significant other leaves you or you just plain hate everything ... this is your soundtrack.“
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Mark Weddle: Swans, "Filth / Body To Body, Job To Job". In: Brainwashed. 25. März 2000, archiviert vom Original (nicht mehr online verfügbar) am 1. Dezember 2016; abgerufen am 8. Dezember 2022 (englisch): „Swans always had the potential for brutal sonic assaults throughout their life span but this era in particular focused solely on an uncompromising and unapologetic, sledge hammer sound. […] Altogether it's a big, ugly, intense, slowed down mutant strain of punk rock that was all their own, at least, up until everyone started copying them. […] It's a bit of a challenge to listen to […] but for those days when you get a traffic ticket, you're doing your taxes, you hate your job, your significant other leaves you or you just plain hate everything ... this is your soundtrack.“
