"Time Is Money (Bastard)" is a song by American experimental rock band Swans. It was released as a 12-inch single in 1986, through record label K.422. The single is notable for the first official appearance of vocalist Jarboe.

Critical reception

Trouser Press described "Time Is Money (Bastard)" as a "great single", and Ned Raggett of AllMusic called the song "an underground industrial/dance hit" and noted its aggressively explicit lyrics. John Leland at Spin said, "Swans make brutal, headbanging noise with no concessions to listenability and wail monochromatic homilies for a living descent into hell. They have no fun. Their music can be cathartic—like a sledgehammer to your solar plexus—or it can sound like someone's been hitting the French lit a little too hard."

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Personnel

Charts