Song and Legend

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Song and Legend
Studio album by
Sex Gang Children
Released1983
RecordedNovember 1982
StudioJacobs Studios, Farnham, England
Genre
Length53:19
LabelIlluminated
ProducerTony 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[edit]

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

Release[edit]

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[edit]

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

Track listing[edit]

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."The Crack Up"3:42
2."German Nun"3:08
3."(Chant) State of Mind"3:28
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
CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
14."Shout and Scream" (Acoustic Version)4:49
15."Sebastiane" (Acoustic Version)4:39
16."Song and Legend" (Acoustic Version)5:18

Personnel[edit]

Sex Gang Children
Technical

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 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. ISBN 9781858284576. Retrieved 1 May 2013.

External links[edit]

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