Feeding the Flame

Feeding the Flame
Studio album by Sad Lovers & Giants
Released	1983
Recorded	Spaceward Studios
Genre	Post-punk, gothic rock
Length	66:14
Label	Midnight Music
Producer	Nick Ralph, Steve Burgess
Sad Lovers & Giants chronology
Epic Garden Music (1982) Feeding the Flame (1983) Total Sound (1986)

Feeding the Flame is the second studio album by English post-punk band Sad Lovers & Giants. It was released in 1983 on the band's record label, Midnight Music.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Garce; all music is composed by Simon Allard and Tristan Garel-Funk, except as noted

Side A

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Big Tracks Little Tracks"	Cliff Silver, David Wood, Nigel Pollard, Allard, Garel-Funk	3:32
2.	"On Another Day"		4:57
3.	"Sleep (Is For Everyone)"		5:08
4.	"Vendetta"		4:37
5.	"Man of Straw"		4:36

Side B

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Strange Orchard"	Wood, Allard	6:09
2.	"Burning Beaches"	Silver, Wood, Pollard, Garel-Funk	4:30
3.	"Your Skin and Mine"	Pollard, Allard, Garel-Funk	5:19
4.	"In Flux"		5:38

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Record Collector

Trouser Press classified the album as "distressing".

Personnel

• Garce – vocals
• Cliff Silver – bass guitar, keyboards
• Tristan Garel-Funk – guitar, percussion, backing vocals
• David Wood – keyboards, saxophone, percussion
• Nigel Pollard – drums, percussion

Technical

• Nick Ralph – production
• Steve Burgess – production
• Joe Bull – engineering
• Trev Wright – sleeve layout (label lettering)
• Jonz – mastering (vinyl cutting)
• Andrée Jenni – album cover photography

External links

• Feeding the Flame at Discogs (list of releases)