The Sun and the Moon (The Sun and the Moon album)

The Sun and the Moon
Studio album by The Sun and the Moon
Released	1988 (1988)
Genre	Post-punk
Label	Geffen
Producer	CJ The Sun and the Moon

The Sun and the Moon is the debut studio album by English post-punk band the Sun and the Moon, featuring Mark Burgess and John Lever (both previously of the Chameleons), released in 1988 by record label Geffen.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Trouser Press	(favourable)[2]

Trouser Press called it "a very solid LP, if no challenge to the Chameleons' general brilliance (inventive guitarists Dave Fielding and Reg Smithies are greatly missed)",^[2] while AllMusic described it as "an intelligent, gripping concept album that easily outshines [The Chameleons'] body of work".^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Sun and the Moon (Mark Burgess, Andy Clegg, John Lever and Andy Whitaker)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Speed of Life"	4:07
2.	"Death of Imagination"	3:49
3.	"A Matter of Conscience"	5:30
4.	"Peace in Our Time"	4:25
5.	"Dolphin"	4:20
6.	"House on Fire"	5:25
7.	"The Price of Grain"	6:06
8.	"Limbo-Land"	3:27
9.	"A Picture of England"	5:24
10.	"This Passionate Breed"	4:42

Personnel

The Sun and the Moon

• Mark Burgess – bass, vocals
• Andy Clegg – guitars
• Andy Whitaker – guitars
• John Lever – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• The Sun and the Moon – production, engineering, album art concept
• CJ – production, engineering
• Barry Diament – mastering
• Paul Cobbold – engineering
• George Marino – editing
• Jamie Maddox – sleeve photography
• Martin Kay – sleeve layout and design
• Mark Burgess – sleeve liner notes
• The Andrews Sisters – additional vocals

References

1. Sun & the Moon at AllMusic. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
2. Robbins, Ira; Rabid, Jack. "TrouserPress.com :: Chameleons (UK)". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved 18 May 2016.

External links

• The Sun and the Moon at Discogs (list of releases)