The Sky's Gone Out

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	19 October 1982
Recorded	1982
Studio	Rockfield, Monmouth Beck, Wellingborough BBC Maida Vale London
Genre	Gothic rock
Length	42:24
Label	Beggars Banquet
Producer	Bauhaus
Bauhaus chronology
Mask (1981) The Sky's Gone Out (1982) Burning from the Inside (1983)

Release

The Sky's Gone Out was released in October 1982 by the record label Beggars Banquet. It featured a cover of Brian Eno's "Third Uncle", a new recording of "Spirit", and experiments with ballads, disco, ska and reggae.[1]

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 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	[2]
Alternative Press	favourable[3]
Record Collector	[4]

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."[2]

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.[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written 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, 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

1. https://thevinylfactory.com/features/10-essential-bauhaus-records/
2. Raggett, Ned. "The Sky's Gone Out – Bauhaus | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
3. "[The Sky's Gone Out review]". Alternative Press: 104. November 2001.
4. 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)