In the Flat Field

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

In the Flat Field · This debut album by Bauhaus was released on 7 November 1980 on 4AD, the first full-length album on that label. The band had already released three singles, including Bela Lugosi's Dead, and recorded the record themselves at Southern Studios in London. The sound arose under the influence of post-punk bands such as Siouxsie and the Banshees and of David Bowie. The lyrics deal with martyrdom, paranoia, madness and obsession. Dark Entries tells the story of Dorian Gray from the novel by Oscar Wilde.

The British music press fiercely rejected the record on release. Even so, it topped the independent albums chart. Appreciation later grew strongly. One reviewer wrote that the album has almost single-handedly defined the image of gothic rock. Today it is regarded as one of the first and most influential albums of the genre.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Dark Entries3:52Apple Music ↗
2. 2Double Dare4:55Apple Music ↗
3. 3In the Flat Field5:00Apple Music ↗
4. 4A God in an Alcove4:08Apple Music ↗
5. 5Dive2:13Apple Music ↗
6. 6The Spy in the Cab4:32Apple Music ↗
7. 7Small Talk Stinks3:35Apple Music ↗
8. 8St. Vitus Dance3:31Apple Music ↗
9. 9Stigmata Martyr3:42Apple Music ↗
10. 10Nerves7:07Apple Music ↗
11. 11Telegram Sam2:11Apple Music ↗
12. 12Rosegarden Funeral of Sores5:34Apple Music ↗
13. 13Terror Couple Kill Colonel4:26Apple Music ↗
14. 14Scopes1:35Apple Music ↗
15. 15Untitled1:27Apple Music ↗
16. 16God in an Alcove (Flexidisc Version) [AD 3]4:10Apple Music ↗
17. 17Crowds3:15Apple Music ↗
18. 18Terror Couple Kill Colonel (Version)4:32Apple Music ↗

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