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Released
  
October 19, 1982

Length
  
42:24

Artist
  
Bauhaus

Label
  
Beggars Banquet

Recorded
  
1982

Producer
  
Bauhaus

Release date
  
19 October 1982

Genres
  
Gothic rock, Post-punk

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Studio
  
Rockfield Studios, Monmouth Beck Studios, Wellingborough BBC Maida Vale Studio 4, London, England

The Sky's Gone Out (1982)
  
Burning from the Inside (1983)

Similar
  
Bauhaus albums, Gothic rock albums

Bauhaus third uncle 1982


The Sky's Gone Out is the third studio album by English gothic rock band Bauhaus, released in 1982 by record label Beggars Banquet.

Contents

Bauhaus third uncle


Release

The Sky's Gone Out was released in October 1982 by record label Beggars Banquet.

The initial limited edition of the LP included the live album Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape as a bonus. The compact disc reissue of the album dropped the run-out speech from the final track "Exquisite Corpse" (which, like the snoring on the song itself, was done by the band's sound engineer Derek Tompkins) and the vinyl edition contains a short recording of drummer Kevin Haskins reading from the play Baal. The Canadian edition of this album also contained a free 12" vinyl single featuring "Ziggy Stardust", "Kick in the Eye" and "Lagartija Nick". This version did not have the distinctive artwork from the US and UK editions, but was instead an enlargement of the cover art from the "Terror Couple Kill Colonel" single.

Reception

In his retrospective review of the album, Ned Raggett of AllMusic wrote, "On balance it's quite a fine album, but unlike Mask it misses the infusion of a more positive energy, and simply doesn't gel as perfectly, more notable for individual songs than as a whole."

Legacy

In their feature on the album in 2001 Alternative Press described The Sky's Gone Out as one of the Top 10 essential goth albums.

Track listing

All tracks written by Bauhaus (Daniel Ash, David J, Kevin Haskins and Peter Murphy), except as noted.

Personnel

Bauhaus
  • Peter Murphy – vocals, additional guitar
  • Daniel Ash – guitars
  • David J – bass guitar
  • Kevin Haskins – drums, congas in "Third Uncle"
  • Songs

    1Third Uncle5:18
    2Silent Hedges3:12
    3In the Night3:07

    References

    The Sky's Gone Out Wikipedia