In the Flat Field

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In the Flat Field
In the Flat Field cover
Studio album by Bauhaus
Released October 1980
Genre Gothic Rock
Label 4AD/Beggar's Banquet Records
Professional reviews
Bauhaus chronology
In the Flat Field
(1980)		 Mask
(1981)


In the Flat Field is the debut album by British gothic rock band Bauhaus, released in 1980 on 4AD. As such, it is one of the first goth albums ever released.

The band produced it themselves, and while the album is a definitive document of gothic rock as a style, it does not strictly adhere to it on the recording. For example, the song "Dive" features guitarist Daniel Ash playing saxophone over a driving funk bassline. Most songs are driven by David's dark basslines, with Ash providing his distinct schreeching guitar style on top, showing that he had his own sound right from the start.

Upon its release, it received mostly poor reviews by the British music press, but has since then been included on various lists of the best gothic albums of all time.

In 1998, 4AD reissued the album with eight bonus tracks including the singles "Dark Entries," "Terror Couple Kill Colonel," and their cover of T. Rex's "Telegram Sam."

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Original Release

  1. "Double Dare" – 4:54
  2. "In the Flat Field" – 5:00
  3. "God in an Alcove" – 4:08
  4. "Dive" – 2:13
  5. "Spy in the Cab" – 4:31
  6. "Small Talk Stinks" – 3:35
  7. "St. Vitus Dance" – 3:31
  8. "Stigmata Martyr" – 3:46
  9. "Nerves" – 7:06

[edit] 1998 Reissue

  1. "Dark Entries" – 3:52
  2. "Double Dare" – 4:54
  3. "In the Flat Field" – 5:00
  4. "God in an Alcove" – 4:08
  5. "Dive" – 2:13
  6. "Spy in the Cab" – 4:31
  7. "Small Talk Stinks" – 3:35
  8. "St. Vitus Dance" – 3:31
  9. "Stigmata Martyr" – 3:46
  10. "Nerves" – 7:06
  11. "Telegram Sam" – 2:11 (Originally by T. Rex)
  12. "Rosegarden Funeral of Sores" – 5:34 (Originally by John Cale)
  13. "Terror Couple Kill Colonel" – 4:21
  14. "Scopes" – 1:34
  15. "Untitled" – 1:27
  16. "God in an Alcove" – 4:09
  17. "Crowds" – 3:15
  18. "Terror Couple Kill Colonel (remix)" – 4:32
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