Song and Legend explained

Song and Legend
Type:studio
Artist:Sex Gang Children
Cover:Sex gang children Song and legend.jpg
Released:1983
Recorded:November 1982
Studio:Jacobs Studios, Farnham, England
Length:53:19
Label:Illuminated
Producer:Tony James

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]

Personnel

Sex Gang Children
Technical

Notes and References

  1. Web site: trouserpress.com :: Sex Gang Children . Fasolino . Greg . . 1 May 2013.
  2. Book: Buckley . Peter . 2003 . The Rough Guide to Rock . Rough Guides . 919 . 9781858284576 . 1 May 2013.