‘In The Flat Field’ (Re-mastered in 2008): Few debut albums ever arrived so nearly perfectlyformed. That ‘In The Flat Field’ practically single-handedly invented what remains for many asthe stereotype of goth music - wracked, at times spindly vocals about despair and desolation ofmany kinds, sung over mysterious and moody music - demonstrates the sui generis power ofboth the band and its work. This said, perhaps the best thing about the album isn’t what it’ssupposed to sound like, but what it actually does - an awesomely powerful, glam-inspired rockband firing on all fours, capable of restraint and complete overdrive, fronted by a charismatic,storming frontman. ‘In The Flat Field’ started off Bauhaus’ album career with a near-perfectbang.· ‘Mask’ (Re-mastered in 2008): Managing the sometimes hard-to-negotiate trick of expandingtheir sound while retaining all the qualities which got them attention to begin with, on ‘Mask’the members of Bauhaus consciously stretched themselves into newer areas of music andperformance, resulting in an album that was arguably even better than the band’s almostflawless debut. More familiar sides of the band were apparent from the get-go - openingnumber ‘Hair Of The Dog’, one of the band’s best songs, starts with a double-tracked squallingguitar solo before turning into a stomping, surging flow. The energy wasn’t all just explosiveangst and despair, though. The one-two punches of ‘Kick In The Eye’ and ‘In Fear Of Fear’ haveas much hip-shaking groove and upbeat swing to them as portentous gloom. Elsewhere,numerous flashes of the band’s quirky sense of humour - something often missed by bothfanatical followers and negative critics alike - make an appearance. Add to that three of themost dramatic things the band ever recorded - the charging, keyboard-accompanied ‘ThePassion Of Lovers’, the.......
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5 albumów grupy w jednym boxie (każda płyta w kartoniku):
1. In The Flat Field
2. Mask
3. The Skys Gone Out
4. Burning From The Inside
5. Singles

In The Flat Field and Mask (and the relevant singles) use the masters created for the Omnibus Editions.
The Skys Gone Out and Burning From The Inside (plus associated singles) have been re-mastered by Tony Cousins at Metropolis Studios and sound fresher than a daisy and more deadly than nightshade. This is the ONLY digital remastering from the original studio analogue tapes since 1988 (excepting a few tracks on Crackle (1998) which have also been re-mastered).


‘In The Flat Field’ (Re-mastered in 2008): Few debut albums ever arrived so nearly perfectlyformed. That ‘In The Flat Field’ practically single-handedly invented what remains for many asthe stereotype of goth music - wracked, at times spindly vocals about despair and desolation ofmany kinds, sung over mysterious and moody music - demonstrates the sui generis power ofboth the band and its work. This said, perhaps the best thing about the album isn’t what it’ssupposed to sound like, but what it actually does - an awesomely powerful, glam-inspired rockband firing on all fours, capable of restraint and complete overdrive, fronted by a charismatic,storming frontman. ‘In The Flat Field’ started off Bauhaus’ album career with a near-perfectbang.· ‘Mask’ (Re-mastered in 2008): Managing the sometimes hard-to-negotiate trick of expandingtheir sound while retaining all the qualities which got them attention to begin with, on ‘Mask’the members of Bauhaus consciously stretched themselves into newer areas of music andperformance, resulting in an album that was arguably even better than the band’s almostflawless debut. More familiar sides of the band were apparent from the get-go - openingnumber ‘Hair Of The .......
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