The Sky's Gone Out

by Bauhaus

The Sky's Gone Out cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 19 October 1982
  • Label: Beggars Banquet
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 59:53
  • Community rating: 3.76/5 from 10 ratings

Artists on this release: Brian Eno

Album Notes & Community Reviews

On their third studio album, Bauhaus pushed their gothic post-punk sound into increasingly fragmented, theatrical, and experimental territory. 'The Sky's Gone Out' seamlessly transitions from intense, noisy aggression to acoustic neo-psychedelia, guided by Peter Murphy's deeply cryptic, vampiric baritone. It remains an incredibly surreal, highly dramatic, and ominous artistic triumph.

Genres

Descriptors: noisy, guitars, atmospheric, theatrical, bassy, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Third Uncle (5:18)
  2. Silent Hedges (3:12)
  3. In the Night (3:06)
  4. Swing the Heartache (5:54)
  5. Spirit (5:34)
  6. The Three Shadows Part 1 (4:23)
  7. The Three Shadows Part 2 (3:10)
  8. The Three Shadows Part 3 (1:36)
  9. All We Ever Wanted Was Everything (3:52)
  10. Exquisite Corpse (5:38)
  11. Ziggy Stardust (3:13)
  12. Party of the First Part (5:27)
  13. Spirit - Single Version (3:45)
  14. Watch That Grandad Go (5:40)

Credits

  • Bauhaus - primary artist, composed by, producer
  • Daniel Ash - artwork [cover painting]
  • Derek Tompkins - engineer, noises [zzzzzzzzz!]
  • Ted Sharp - engineer
  • Brian Gardner - lacquer cut by [runout ❀]
  • Fin Costello - photography by [inner sleeve]
  • Mike Robinson - engineer
  • Brian Eno - written-by

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