Song and Legend

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

Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Crack Up"	3:42
2.	"German Nun"	3:08
3.	"(Chant)"
4.	"State of Mind"
5.	"Sebastiane"	3:14
6.	"Draconian Dream"	3:59

Side B
No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
14.	"Shout and Scream (Acoustic Version)"	4:49
15.	"Sebastiane (Acoustic Version)"	4:39
16.	"Song and Legend (Acoustic Version)"	5:18

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

Andi (Andi Sexgang) – vocals, guitar
Terry MacLeay – guitar
Dave Roberts – bass guitar
Rob Stroud – drums

Technical

Tony James – production
Ken Thomas – engineering

References

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

External links

Song and Legend at Discogs (list of releases)

Sex Gang Children

Andi Sex Gang Kevin Matthews Adrian Portas Matthew Saw Dave Roberts Nigel Preston Ray Mondo

Studio albums	Song and Legend (1983) Viva Vigilante (2013)

Songs	"Into the Abyss" "Mauritia Mayer" "Dieche"

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