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

The Sky's Gone Out
Studio album by Bauhaus
Released	22 October 1982[1]
Recorded	1982
Studio	Rockfield, Monmouth Beck, Wellingborough BBC Maida Vale London
Genre	Post-punk[2] gothic rock art rock[3] experimental[4] neofolk[5] post-industrial[6]
Length	42:24
Label	Beggars Banquet
Producer	Bauhaus
Bauhaus chronology
Mask (1981) The Sky's Gone Out (1982) Burning from the Inside (1983)

Music

NME said about the music: "[singer] Peter Murphy comes across like David Bowie imitating Jacques Brel declaiming a pastiche of Lautréamont backed by the early [Siouxsie and the] Banshees.[7]

Release

The Sky's Gone Out was released in October 1982 by the record label Beggars Banquet. It featured a cover version of Brian Eno's "Third Uncle", a new recording of "Spirit", and experiments with ballads, disco, ska and reggae.[8]

The initial limited edition included the live album Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape as a bonus. The compact disc reissue 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). 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 USA and UK editions but was presented as a white field with the album title and band logo in the upper right corner.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]
Alternative Press	favourable[10]
Record Collector	[11]

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."[9]

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.[10]

Track listing

Personnel

Bauhaus

• Peter Murphy – vocals, additional guitar
• Daniel Ash – guitars, vocal on Exquisite Corpse, album cover painting
• David J – bass guitar, vocal on Exquisite Corpse
• Kevin Haskins – drums, congas on "Third Uncle"

References

External links

• The Sky's Gone Out at Discogs (list of releases)

На других языках

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The Sky’s Gone Out — третий студийный альбом английской готик-рок-группы Bauhaus, вышедший на лейбле Beggars Banquet Records в октябре 1982 года. Был записан летом 1982 года в Монмуте, за исключением 1-й и 4-й песен, записанных соответственно в Лондоне и Веллингборо.

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