# Beast Moans

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{{Infobox album|
| name       = Beast Moans
| type       = [Album](/source/Album)
| artist     = [Swan Lake](/source/Swan_Lake_(band))
| cover      = SwanLake-BeastMoans.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = November 21, 2006
| recorded   = February 2006
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Indie rock](/source/Indie_rock)
| length     = 48:35
| label      = [Jagjaguwar](/source/Jagjaguwar)
| producer   = [Swan Lake](/source/Swan_Lake_(band))
| next_title = [Enemy Mine](/source/Enemy_Mine_(album))
| next_year  = 2009
}}

{{Music ratings
| MC = 66/100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/beast-moans/swan-lake|title=Beast Moans by Swan Lake|website=[Metacritic](/source/Metacritic) |publisher=|accessdate=3 October 2016}}</ref>
| rev1      = [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r868677}}</ref>
| rev2      = [Pitchfork Media](/source/Pitchfork_Media)
| rev2Score = 8.1/10 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchforkmedia.com/reviews/albums/9652-beast-moans/|title=Swan Lake: Beast Moans|last=Bowers|first=William|date=November 22, 2006|work=Pitchfork Media}}</ref>
}}

'''''Beast Moans''''' is the debut album by [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [indie rock](/source/indie_rock) [supergroup](/source/Supergroup_(music)) [Swan Lake](/source/Swan_Lake_(band)), released in November 2006 on the label [Jagjaguwar](/source/Jagjaguwar). It was recorded at Dead Wood Studios in [Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia](/source/Shawnigan_Lake%2C_British_Columbia) as well as at a house in [Victoria, British Columbia](/source/Victoria%2C_British_Columbia).

==Track listing==
All songs credited to [Daniel Bejar](/source/Daniel_Bejar), [Spencer Krug](/source/Spencer_Krug), and [Carey Mercer](/source/Carey_Mercer).<ref>{{cite web |title=ACE Repertory (The Partisan But He's Got to Know) |url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/title/the%20partisan%20but%20he's%20got%20to%20know/performer/swan%20lake?at=true&searchFilter=SVW&page=1 |website=ASCAP |access-date=23 October 2025}}</ref>

# "Widow's Walk" (Bejar) – 3:40
# "Nubile Days" (Krug) – 2:10
# "City Calls" (Mercer) – 4:45
# "A Venue Called Rubella" (Bejar) – 4:20
# "All Fires" (Krug) – 3:14
# "The Partisan But He's Got to Know" (Mercer) – 4:40
# "The Freedom" (Bejar) – 3:00
# "Petersburg, Liberty Theater, 1914" (<sup>†</sup>) – 3:32
# "The Pollenated Girls" (Mercer) – 3:10
# "Bluebird" (Krug) – 3:10
# "Pleasure Vessels" (Mercer) – 2:19
# "Are You Swimming in Her Pools?" (Krug) – 4:20
# "Shooting Rockets" (Bejar) – 6:20

* ''† The writer of "Petersburg, Liberty Theater, 1914" is currently unknown.''

==Personnel==
;Swan Lake
* [Daniel Bejar](/source/Daniel_Bejar) – performer, recording, mixing
* [Spencer Krug](/source/Spencer_Krug) – performer, recording, mixing
* [Carey Mercer](/source/Carey_Mercer) – performer, recording, mixing

;Production
* Colin Stewart – additional recording, additional mixing
* Harris Newman – mastering
* Shary Boyle – artwork
* Rafael Goldchain – photography
* Daniel Murphy – type, design
* Darius Van Armen – type, design

==External links==

#[http://www.jagjaguwar.com/onesheet.php?cat=JAG098 Jagjaguwar's Swan Lake Homepage]

== References ==
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{{Swan Lake(band)}}

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Category:2006 debut albums
Category:Swan Lake (band) albums
Category:Jagjaguwar albums

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