Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site dciem.UUCP Path: utzoo!dciem!jeff From: jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Bauhaus Query Message-ID: <1181@dciem.UUCP> Date: Mon, 29-Oct-84 15:08:01 EST Article-I.D.: dciem.1181 Posted: Mon Oct 29 15:08:01 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 29-Oct-84 16:32:36 EST References: <2276@pur-ee.UUCP> Organization: D.C.I.E.M., Toronto, Canada Lines: 26 I have four Bauhaus albums. They are, chronologically, "Mask", "Press The Eject And Give Me The Tape", "The Sky's Gone Out" and "Burning From The Inside". I'm not sure where "In The Flatfield" fits chronologically, but I'm pretty certain that it was done before "Press The Eject..", since "Press The Eject..." is a live album and contains a version of the song "In The Flatfield". My order of preference of the four albums is the reverse of the chronological order. "Burning From The Inside" was my favourite album of 1983, but it represented a fairly substantial change from Bauhaus' earlier albums. Much of the rough edges were removed in favour of a more smooth, refined sound, which may have turned off a lot of their old fans, (though they probably didn't care about that since they broke up immediately after the album was recorded) but the album appeals to me because of its large variety of styles and influences (Pink Floyd, Bowie and Magazine to name a few) while still allowing some of Bauhaus' earlier style to seep through. "The Sky's Gone Out" gives some hints of the direction in which they were heading, but is still more like their earlier albums, which were of a louder, more hardcore-ish nature with a very noticeable dark streak. Most of the good songs on "Mask" are done the same way or better on the live album which, in my opinion, is about two-thirds good, but is an essential part of my collection because it contains the classic version of "Bela Lugosi's Dead", a song which is unmistakably Bauhaus but was apparently heavily influenced by early Pink Floyd. -- Jeff Richardson, DCIEM, Toronto (416) 635-2073 {linus,ihnp4,uw-beaver,floyd}!utcsrgv!dciem!jeff {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!dciem!jeff