Crackle (album)

Crackle
Greatest hits album by Bauhaus
Released 1998
Genre Post-punk, gothic rock
Label Beggars Banquet
Bauhaus compilation album chronology

The Singles 1981–1983
(1983)		 Crackle
(1998)

Crackle (also known as Crackle: The Best of Bauhaus) is a greatest hits album by English post-punk band Bauhaus. The album was released in 1998 by record label Beggars Banquet, during the band's Resurrection Tour. It includes remastered versions of some of their single hits and most popular songs.

Content

Crackle is a considerably shorter compilation of Bauhaus' work than their previous 'best of' album 1979-1983.

A booklet accompanying the CD contains photographs, excerpts from the lyrics, credits, discography and a poem.

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [1]
Pitchfork 8.8/10[2]

Crackle was released in 1998 by record label Beggars Banquet, during the band's Resurrection Tour.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described it as "an excellent single-disc overview" of the group's work.[1]

Track listing

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

No. Title Length
1. "Double Dare" (from In the Flat Field) 4:53
2. "In the Flat Field" (from In the Flat Field) 5:02
3. "The Passion of Lovers" (from Mask) 3:53
4. "Bela Lugosi's Dead" (non-album single) 9:36
5. "Sanity Assassin" (non-album single) 4:11
6. "She's in Parties (Edit)" (from Burning from the Inside) 3:56
7. "Silent Hedges" (from The Sky's Gone Out) 3:11
8. "Hollow Hills" (from Mask) 4:48
9. "Mask" (from Mask) 4:37
10. "Kick in the Eye (Alternate Version)"   3:37
11. "Ziggy Stardust" (non-album single) 3:14
12. "Dark Entries" (non-album single) 3:53
13. "Terror Couple Kill Colonel" (non-album single) 4:24
14. "Spirit (Alternate Version)"   3:46
15. "Burning from the Inside" (from Burning from the Inside) 9:23
16. "Crowds"   3:14

Personnel

Bauhaus
Technical

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Crackle – The Best Of – Bauhaus | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Hansen, Skaht. "Bauhaus: Crackle: The Best Of...: Pitchfork Record Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 8 March 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2015.