Bauhaus Songs Ranked

Bauhaus is an English rock band, formed in Northampton, England, in 1978. The group consists of Daniel Ash (guitar, saxophone), Peter Murphy (vocals, occasional instruments), Kevin Haskins (drums) and David J (bass). The band was originally named Bauhaus 1919 in reference to the first operating year of the German art school Bauhaus, although they shortened the name within a year of formation. One of the pioneers of gothic rock, Bauhaus were known for their dark image and gloomy sound, although they mixed many genres, including dub, glam rock, psychedelia, and funk. After Bauhaus’ breakup, Murphy formed Dalis Car with Japan’s bassist Mick Karn before beginning a solo career later on, while Ash and Haskins continued as Tones on Tail and, later, reunited with David J to form Love and Rockets. Both enjoyed greater commercial success in the United States than Bauhaus had but disappeared from the charts in their homeland. Bauhaus eventually reunited for a 1998 tour, again from 2005 to 2008, and once again in 2019. Here are all of Bauhaus songs ranked.

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10. Spirit (The Sky’s Gone Out, 1982)

“Side A is pretty much all cool, though the ending of “Spirit” could’ve been shortened by at least a minute. Yes, you guys love your audience…can you stop now? But I got not beef with the rest, especially when “In the Night” starts cooking.”

9. Rosegarden Funeral of Sores (In the Flat Field, 1980)

“Brilliantly off-color and humorous; an often undersold deep cut by the granddaddies of gothic rock. It would be unfair to just label this album (or the band) as ‘Gothic’. Their tongue-in-cheekiness is recommended to all the new gothic bands that have a habit of taking themselves far too seriously.”

8. Lagartija Nick (Burning from the Inside, 1983)

“Though Bauhaus’s sound changed slightly from the 4AD days to the Beggars Banquet period, Bauhaus still deliver on their Gothic, Post-Punk nature with this single. Dating quite far back into their history. Known previously as a song called Bite My Hip, Bauhaus expanded the production to be much more fun and actually New-Wave.”

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7. Ziggy Stardust (The Sky’s Gone Out, 1982)

“Ziggy Stardust is done in their gritty gothic style but that style tends to have a natural glam that makes their cover sound incredibly close to the David Bowie original. But it’s small things that make it Bauhaus. Just listen to the slight distortion in the intro on this version.”

6. Telegram Sam (In the Flat Field, 1980)

“One of the great bands for covers. Bauhaus was my ultimate teenage band, their music brings back the best memories, and it never got any better than Bauhaus”

5. All We Ever Wanted Was Everything (The Sky’s Gone Out, 1982)

“I always thought the second line was “all we ever got was Gold”. It made me think the song was about human greed. No matter how much you have “gold, jelly for breakfast, being the cream” of the crop socially, you still want more “everything”.”

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4. The Passion of Lovers (Mask, 1981)

“A four part “song” made up of each part having a different band member as creator. So for those of you less familiar with the lineup it goes as follows. Bassist, vocalist, drummer, guitarist. This immediately reminds me of those cool songs Ganstarr did on two of their records where you had three rappers in a row on one song with a different beat behind each. So lets break this down. David Jay’s part is the least Bauhaus of the bunch, being an almost sweet sounding little melodic piece.”

3. Dark Entries (In the Flat Field, 1980)

“Most of the time for me Dark Entries was just another (great) song by Bauhaus. However, a couple of days ago I’ve heard it on the radio in the early afternoon, and then I realized not only it’s fantastic song, but also how it is light years ahead of the music which can be heard on the radio these days”

2. She’s In Parties (Old Waldorf 82 (live), 1982)

“This is some very good shit I believe, it is gothic and it has a good mix of Punk rock too. They were never the worlds best band in Punk but they had a pretty original sound. They would have a couple of songs, and so would Peter Murphy as an solo artist.”

1. Bela Lugosi’s Dead (Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape, 1982)

“This song could have been released only yesterday and it would still seem to avant-garde for this era. Bauhaus released what was known as the first gothic song in 1979 with Bela Lugosi’s Dead and it still sounds years ahead of it’s time in thirty odd years later. I personally don’t consider it to be very gothic but what it is is 9 minutes of experimental orasmic brilliance complete with atmospheric guitars and skittering drums.”