The Sky's Gone Out

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 audio from the final track "Exquisite Corpse" 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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Alternative Press	favourable^[2]
Record Collector	^[3]

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."^[1]

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.^[2]

Track listing

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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Third Uncle" (Brian Eno cover)	Eno	5:14
2.	"Silent Hedges"		3:09
3.	"In the Night"		3:05
4.	"Swing the Heartache"		5:51
5.	"Spirit"		5:28
6.	"The Three Shadows, Part I"		4:21
7.	"The Three Shadows, Part II"		3:12
8.	"The Three Shadows, Part III"		1:36
9.	"All We Ever Wanted Was Everything"		3:49
10.	"Exquisite Corpse"		5:39

CD reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Ziggy Stardust" (David Bowie cover)	Bowie	3:13
12.	"Party of the First Part"		5:27
13.	"Spirit (Single Version)"		3:45
14.	"Watch That Grandad Go"		5:40

Personnel

Bauhaus

Peter Murphy – vocals and guitar
Daniel Ash – guitar
David J – bass guitar
Kevin Haskins – drums and congas in "Third Uncle"

References

1 2 Raggett, Ned. "The Sky's Gone Out – Bauhaus | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 February 2013. delete character in |title= at position 34 (help)
1 2 "[The Sky's Gone Out review]". Alternative Press: 104. November 2001. delete character in |title= at position 1 (help)
↑ Rigby, Paul (October 2008). "That Difficult Third Album Syndrome...". Record Collector (Diamond Publishing). Retrieved 25 February 2013.

External links

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

Bauhaus

Peter Murphy Daniel Ash Kevin Haskins David J

Studio albums	In the Flat Field Mask The Sky's Gone Out Burning from the Inside Go Away White

EPs	Kick in the Eye (Searching for Satori E.P.) 4AD

Live albums	Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape Swing the Heartache: The BBC Sessions Rest in Peace: The Final Concert Live in the Studio 1979 Gotham

Compilation albums	The Singles 1981–1983 1979–1983 Crackle

Singles	"Bela Lugosi's Dead" "Dark Entries" "Terror Couple Kill Colonel" "Telegram Sam" "Kick in the Eye" "The Passion of Lovers" "Satori in Paris" "Spirit" "Ziggy Stardust" "Lagartija Nick" "She's in Parties"

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