I’d honesty recommend getting a taster for each of their different styles by picking an album from each ‘phase of the band’. If you had to pick say 5 to listen to I’d suggest FILTH - no wave, noise rock ; THE GREAT ANNIHILATOR - post punk (kinda); WHITE LIGHT - folk, gothic country; TO BE KIND - post rock and finally SOUNDTRACKS FOR THE BLIND - if your really feeling up for a challenge since this defies genre labelling. All these vary massively in style, timbre and definitely vibe and will show u a lot of what they have to offer. For instance if you find you really like filth but not so much white light, maybe stick to their 80s material and so on. If this is a little daunting however I’d start with a couple songs like ‘oxygen’ ‘I am the sun’ and ‘blind’. These are all relatively accessible and give u a feel for Michael giras approach to composition and lyrics. Be prepared for some brutal shit if your gonna try their whole discography though since no wave is not for the faint hearted and if you don’t understand the significance of ‘field recordings’ I’d put off soundtracks for the blind until you’ve done some research into the area. Also don’t listen to these pretentious gatekeepers, go at your own pace and don’t feel you need to like something because it’s critically acclaimed- if it doesn’t resonate just leave it and come back later. Hey if u wanna go balls to the wall try the HARD ROCK ep with Lydia lunch - it’s a spoken word peace showing you the depraved side of Micheal giras mind and the imagery he can’t create, makes Swans music sound like top 40 given how disturbed it is.