Song and Legend

Song and Legend
Studio album by Sex Gang Children
Released 1983
Recorded November 1982
Studio Jacobs Studios, Farnham, England
Genre
Length 53:19
Label Illuminated
Producer Tony James
Singles from Song and Legend
  1. "Sebastiane"
    Released: 1983

Song and Legend is the debut studio album by English gothic rock band Sex Gang Children. It was released in 1983 by record label Illuminated.

Content

Trouser Press described Tony James' production as "[smothering] everything [...] in tons of echo, giving the album a haunting, catacomb sheen".[1]

Release

According to The Rough Guide to Rock, the album "shot to the top of the indie charts, along with its accompanying single 'Sebastiane'".[2]

Critical reception

Trouser Press called Song and Legend "a landmark in gothic/post-punk, holding forth with an unequalled baroque fury".[1]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."The Crack Up"3:42
2."German Nun"3:08
3."(Chant) State of Mind" 
4."Sebastiane"3:14
5."Draconian Dream"3:59
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Shout and Scream"3:30
2."Killer 'K'"3:15
3."Cannibal Queen"2:01
4."(Abyss)"2:24
5."Kill Machine"2:00
6."Song and Legend"3:48
7."(Dream Reprise)"3:02

Personnel

Sex Gang Children
Technical

References

  1. 1 2 Fasolino, Greg. "trouserpress.com :: Sex Gang Children". trouserpress.com. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Buckley, Peter, ed. (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. p. 919. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
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