Mask

Very repetitive...not a fan.

Kinda fun. Sounds like drugs. 3/5

Nasty stuff - brilliant! Favourite tracks: The Passion of Lovers, Hollow Hills, Mask

just looking over this bands discog this seems to be a Bit of a weird choice but i rly rly like it!!! its got this genuinely playful feel to its noisemaking and dancey rhythmic ideas, but there's still a lot of bite to the darkness even just thru the sound alone. i struggle to have a strong preference between the more atmospheric tracks and the dancey ones! im not sure about Some of how theyre sequenced but overall i think they lace into eachother rly nicely. very enveloping and fun to listen to imo! i should hear more bauhaus!!

I’m not sure this hangs together from start to finish. But the music is competent and distinctive, if not entirely my thing.

too samey for how long it was. couldnt differentiate too much between songs. and then at the end i could and it sucked. still better than most

meh..

I would say I was not interested in this really. I appreciate it probably means something to someone but not me. I didn't hate it.

Hasn’t really held my attention that much. I’ve ended up listening over a couple sessions which i think isn’t super fair to the album but also might be a bit of a reflection.

Some very interesting sounds, a few songs I quite liked, moments where I thought I was listening to the cure, but it didn’t quite cohere 1. David Jay 2. Peter Murphy 3. Kevin Askins 4. Daniel Hall - an intriguing 8 minutes

These guys were popular with the kids at the art college next to where I used to live. They shared the same sort of 'what we're doing is very unique, witty, and awfully important' attitude between them. I mean, they're fine, it's okay. Not much more than that though.

Bauhaus – Mask (1981) On Day 91, this LP was a complete miss for me. I usually listen while doing other things, and if a project is interesting, it catches my ear—but this one never did. The entire time, I was left wondering what I was even listening to, as I couldn't find a single idea or hook to grab onto. The production and vocals failed to be immersive or memorable, making it a project that simply isn't for me. A definitive 1/5.

7 / 10 - gothic und oftmals recht punky - klanglich sehr interessant und extrem abwechslungsreich Favs: - The Passion Of Lovers - Muscle In Plastic

An album of two halves for me. Some tracks I love, others I was just confused by. Parts of it feel like proto Pixies which I can get fully behind, the other half was probably too experimental in a way that wasn’t massively cohesive for me. Felt like those tracks came from the school of flinging things at the wall and seeing what sticks. I’d probably give it a 3.5 if I could but will have to settle on a 3.

Pretty dope gothic record. Kind of like a more evolved Joy Division. Gonna be in rotation around spooky season.

3/19/26. First time listening to Bauhaus and this was a good introduction, didn't know what to expect. Loved the darker sound and melodies worked into each song.

Not really my kind of thing, but interesting nonetheless

There's certainly interesting stuff in here, but don't find it that enjoyable

2/5 O álbum tenta capturar uma atmosfera, mas não consegue, tendo algumas poucas faixas interessantes (The passion of lovers, David Jay). A produção é terrível.

Pretty good and feels ahead of its time.

Day 215 A band I hadn’t listened to before, very interesting album, not really like anything else I’ve heard on the list. Highlights Hollow Hills Kick in the Eye

Bullcrap

As one half of Gothic Rock heroes, Houmous & Chutney, I really appreciate what they’ve tried to achieve here. 3.9 2/15 The Passion Of Lovers

Excellent album! Love the sound and influences. A different style of goth rock than me beloved Cure

Levyn alku tosi hyvä, loppu vähän jännä 😅 Mut kivaa synkkää Bauhausia. Tällasta syksy/iltamusaa.

I won't say it's a masterpiece, and you definitely need to be in a specific mood to enjoy this album, but if that's the case the album has some good tracks with surprising melodies. Favorite Tracks : Of Lillies and Remains, Hollow Hills, Kick in the Eye, In Fear of Fear

Surprisingly varied post punk, I will definitely revisit as I thought there was a lot of good songs here. 4 stars.

I better have some indie credits by the end of this shit. two

Some parts I enjoyed, cool bass playing, but meh otherwise

Love the cover art. Don’t love the album though

Like Joy Division, if Joy Division weren’t as good as Joy Division. The sound is definitely an attempt to emulate them, sometimes giving a decent imitation. Songs like Kick in the Eye give it a bit more range, but overall this is quite derivative and uninteresting.

I was interested to hear this, as the only Bauhaus song I was already familiar with was ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’, which I do like to an extent. My summary of this album: a worse version of Joy Division. It isn’t an awful album overall, but it’s definitely not for me. ‘Of Lilies and Remains’ really IS awful, though, and ‘In Fear of Fear’ and ‘Hollow Hills’ aren’t much better. Conversely, ‘Kick in the Eye’ with its almost funk/disco groove is probably the best track (it reminds me quite of Bowie’s ‘Let’s Dance’). Generally fine, but not really very memorable.

I can appreciate that these are apparently groundbreaking in the Goth Rock genre, however, there is definitely a reason that they aren't as well remembered as many other similar bands. Not a bad album, but really not that good.

There was nothing that I enjoyed about this album. There were two songs that had moments that I thought were cool. I like the idea of goth-wave, but new-wave is a very hit and miss genre for me. It depends on the vocals and the melodies, and I liked neither of those things. Also, the additional songs that were included on the CD reissue were much weaker than the rest of the album IMO.

Out of respect for Christina Pazsitzky I tried to give these guys a fair listen but this sucked.

I did not care for this.

Started off dreary but then lifted its mood to a noncommittal melancholy. Didn’t hate it, but a day after listening to it I can’t recall a single track specifically.

As Goth, it did a good job of not filling the listener with much emotion.

Top Songs: The Passion of Lovers Kick in the Eye

Really didn’t care for this. Vocals were not great. Music was ok. Reminds me of the Cure a bit but darker. Decent variety between the songs. (2)

The bass playing is good.

me for the past nine months: gee i wonder what the album will be on the day my baby is born cursed mickey mouse:

Dark & menancing. And also quite enjoyable.

Bauhaus wrote a handful of absolute bangers, but generally were a bit boring and certainly nowhere near, say, The Cure. Completely superseded by the bands they influenced.

Short and sour.

люблю баухаус эрик привет

standouts: dancing, hollow hills, kick in the eye, honorable mentions: the passion of lovers, of lilies and remains, in fear of fear favorite: hollow hills

Surprisingly good. There were a few songs that I liked less but overall a good punk rock album

Moments were grating, but in a way I weirdly didn't mind.

01) Hair of the Dog - 6,0 02) The Passion of Lovers - 6,0 03) Of Lillies and Remains - 5,5 04) Dancing - 5,0 05) Hollow Hills - 5,0 06) Kick in the Eye - 5,5 07) In Fear of Fear - 5,5 08) Muscle in Plastic - 5,0 09) The Man with the X-Ray Eyes - 5,5 10) Mask - 5,0 TOTAL: 5,40 (54/100) Current ranking: 741/839

if this were a video essay about the architectural style this would be an easy five but nooooo it's music. i didn't really know what to expect going in (ana thought i'd hate it), but it's not bad. "the passion of lovers" is really interesting. the way that track opened with the bass made me raise my eyebrow for the rest of the album. "in fear of fear" might be the best to me on here because that bass is *very* nice to listen to. it's all pretty back and forth between songs that have some groove and songs that just Don't. i kinda love how much this sounds like shit too tbh. the vocals are terrible and they know it so they throw it in the back of the mix and cake the whole thing in enough reverb that it sounds like he's singing through a can and it somehow kinda works? bizarre. ZERO clue why there's a random reggae track though.

Nothing here is on the level of Bela Lugosi's dead, but I guess that should be expected because that song is incredible. I already knew I enjoyed Bauhaus (both band and architectural style) so this more or less just reinforced that then suprised me. Of Lilies and Remains reminded me oddly of Blur's Parklife in its spoken word style. The entire thing is very deeply Bowie inspired which is interesting because there's sort of a reciprocal nature of inspiration here with Bowie's final album, Blackstar. It's interesting how the album flickers between harsher songs like Hair of the Dog, and more pop-friendly songs. Also this album taught me how to make fish cakes. I do think unfortunately the songs from Bauhaus I've already heard are significantly better then the songs I hadn't, which made me almost want to give this a 3, but I think it just breaks through to a 4. I get the feeling katie will hate this album.

Light 4. Like a more goth Bowie. Not something I’m going to listen to every day. But perfect music for a certain vibe.

Bowie-esque, but weird does not always mean listenable.

Makes me wanna be goth

i got nothing. just not my type of music.

Spooky, gothy, and dark post-punk. Such a cool vibe and extremely influential.

I've always been a bit more into the proto / early goth rock more than the stuff that comes later. I think it's that blending of gothic sensibilities with the sound of post-punk that really intrigues me. There's still an abrasiveness and intrigue that maybe gets a bit smoothed off as the genre evolves.

Not really anything wrong with this but it's a little less interesting to me than I'd hoped.

Funkier than I expected, by reputation. I see how they are widely influential across genres. I think I enjoy listening to some of their acolytes more.

Nice combination of all early 80s stuff. Weirdly nice but nothing more to say.

Not my favourite style of music, but interesting none the less. I can definitely hear Joy Divison's influece, but I can also hear echoes of what came later. It sort of blended into the background and didn't really grab my attention.

A bloke I knew at school was really in to Bauhaus. This was such a long time ago that it would have required him taping an album for me, and I never asked. That's a shame, although I don't know how much mid-80s me with long hair and a liking for NWOBHM stuff would have felt about this. I think he went on to art school. That's probably understandable. I played this twice in a row, and I wasn't driving so it wa very much an active choice to do so. I can hear some of the inspiration for the B52's Rock Lobster here, and maybe an echo of Half Man Half Biscuit as well. This is one I'll probably listen to again. It's not life changing, but I kind of wish I had asked Marcus to tape this for me. Maybe it would have been if I'd listened to it aged 14...

This one surprised me in a good way. I was really won over by the end. The Joy Division influence was felt and loved.

No

An interesting, dark album. I was constantly surprised by how the songs evolved. This isn't my favorite thing, but it is unique. Favorite track: "Mask"

Berlin Bowie-esce, a bit dark

This should be in my wheel house - early 80's new wave/ gothy rock but for some reason its just not landing for me. A bit too sparse and empty and not enough tunes? Too much fishcake content? I doubt I will return.

Mask I was looking forward to this as I’ve enjoyed most of the late 70s and early 80s gothicy post-punky albums we’ve had - it's very often a little sweet spot of interesting ideas and nice bass. However, aside from a couple of songs, I did find this a little underwhelming, it has all the elements I should like - drums, bass, scratchy guitars and portentous singing, but apart from Hair of the Dog, Dancing, In Fear of Fear and the truly excellent and stand out Kick in the Eye it never quite seems to gel for me, and it feels like he leans too much into Bowie-isms and it lacks the grooves or rhythmic interest of a Killing Joke or Suicide, or the melodic quality of The Cure or Bowie himself. Still I did like it enough to think I will come back to it in future, so I’ll go 3. 👺👺👺 Playlist submission: Kick in the Eye

Moments of outstanding, atmospheric goth-quality wrapped in mimicry, tipping into Bowie parody, awash with Station to Station disco rhythm, and sprinkled with disjointed menace, packaged in a hammed-up theatricality that may be divisive, but that I enjoyed. And that's really the simplest way to put it. A real borderline 3/4. I'm going to give it the benefit of the doubt as in comparison to many other three-star albums this is trying something a little different.

This is the sound of early 80's alternative British youth culture. It represents a movement, and is culturally important to the development of the Gen X art school student's need to be divergent in the face of normality. It's on my shelves... Heard before ✅️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ✅️ ★★★★☆ (7/10) Total reviewed : 236 Already owned : 54 Purchased : 12 To buy list : 3 Nope : 167

po eu adoro bauhaus deus abençoe os góticos!! acho incrível tb como os cara chutaram toneladas de reverb no álbum todo por algum motivo (amamos reverb)

PEDRADAÇA!!! pra dançar olhando pro chão e os caraio. fortíssimo esse, nunca prestei mto atenção em bauhaus mas escutarei o resto. bão demais!!!

Meh

Fine, but boring

1 star - album is 15 songs too long

Goth music

Overall Rating - 2.47/5 (4.93/10). (15 Tracks) Had no idea what to expect. It was weird. Not going to listen to it again, but I don't regret being exposed to Bauhaus's music.

Do you like bass-forward artsy goth rock? If so, you might like this. Bauhaus was THE original goth rock band and kudos go to them for making some very original music. I will say that in terms of listenability, I like the parts (Peter Murphy solo and Love and Rockets) better than the whole… especially Peter Murphy’s solo work. Again, groundbreaking and original. Torn between a 3(how much I personally like it) and a 4( true influential album).

I might have had a friend in college who was into Bauhaus. I wasn't, but it's kinda cool now.

It's good music but not to my liking.

Meh. One or two interesting tracks, but it got too self indulgent. Middle of the road stuff here.

Loved this

Certainly interesting. Never heard of the artist before. This kind of gothic rock doesn't really appeal to me.

Spet sm spala k sm poslusala in se mi je zdel da ful skoncentrirano poslusam ampak k sm se zbudila se nism tok dobr spomnla. Ampak bauhaus je ful nice

Terrible, not my vibe or style at all

Setter pris på eksperimentering og sikkert folk som digger dette. Men nei. Absolutt ikke for meg. Svak 2, i grenseland til 1.

This is how you make fishcakes.

Et litt tungt og kjedelig sound. Drepte ikke øra, men ingen grunn til gjenhør etter 2 runder lytt

I’ve never thought this kind of thing was for me and I’ve confirmed that I was correct.

Weird gothic fun house vides here. I had mixed feelings. There were a few songs I liked, a few I didn't care for, and the majority was just okay.

German thrash metal. Standard stuff.

I'm just not into groups like this or the Cure. The heavy synth lines and dark emo-ey lyrics, while distinctive, just don't do it for me. It's weird.

What a cool album. Really enjoyed the sound and vibe of this one. Not heard of it before either!

Bowie fronts Joy Division. Not an instant 4-5 star but can see myself growing to really like this one. Will come back to it.

too experimental for me

Not good

Some decent moments, but as a cohesive project this had too many down moments for me to give it more than two stars.

Wonderfully jagged, early goth rock is a nice way to start my day. The tracks are more succinct than Bela Lugosi's Dead (which itself is a great song). I've bought this album a few years ago, and it's only grown on me.

Struggled to get through this

Not for me but better than I thought

No standouts

Not really my cup of tea, I suppose it's goth rock? The Man with X-Ray Eyes, really sounds like the cure, especially the forest. Mask was quite enjoyable, at least the did something a bit different with that track.

Butt hole and pee pee

Adding this to the "I think it's good but still can't fully get around it" pile. What was all the fish cake stuff? RYM: N Saved a song: N

Appropriately gothic. Supposedly these guys have a cult following. Unfortunately I’m not part of it.

Seriously, how did Bauhaus slip right past me in the '80s? What was I even doing? This album hit hard, I enjoyed it the first time, but the second listen sealed the deal. It gives off strong early Cure and Echo & the Bunnymen vibes. I'm hooked and ready to explore the rest of their catalog.

4 (Genre defining – Goth Rock) (34:19, 10 tracks, second album, 1981) Goth Rock (post punk) Basically Bauhaus ‘invented’ Goth in 1978, for this reason only I bump it to 4 but it’s a great album. Personally, I prefer Peter Murphy’s solo stuff (more pop friendly) better as I was never a dark robe type. Factoids – • English – OF COURSE – this was Peter Murphy’s first band • Kevin Haskins (drummer) and his older brother David J later played with Love and Rockets. Album cover – not terrible, appealing, generic like their sound Band name – Bauhaus 1919 (first year of the German Art School, later shortened) Favorite Song – Hair of the Dog – just driving base – often confused with Dancing (It’s better than Dancing) 1. "Hair of the Dog" 2:43 2. "The Passion of Lovers" 3:53 3. "Of Lillies and Remains" 3:18 4. "Dancing" 2:29 5. "Hollow Hills" 4:47 6. "Kick in the Eye" 3:39 7. "In Fear of Fear" 2:58 8. "Muscle in Plastic" 2:51 9. "The Man with the X-Ray Eyes" 3:05 10. "Mask" 4:36

I didn’t like this. I could hear a lot of familiar sounds and a few songs I was into. But for the most part this was not for me. I know what i want to sound like, but It never gets there and I don’t think it’s their fault. But I didn’t enjoy it.

Gothic theater, fractured nerves, and art school darkness. Rating: 4.4/5 Short Review: This album feels like living inside a shadow. Dramatic, tense, and deliberately strange, it leans more into mood and experimentation than easy hooks. Favorite Track: The Passion of Lovers. Brooding, romantic, and beautifully dramatic.

I've been enjoying music that sounds like this a lot lately, so this was a well-timed album. Very good! Will likely come back to it.

You know what, actually hell yeah, fun enough listen, not like the other german headache

The only time I got a chance to see Bauhaus live, I was too young to really appreciate it. Still happy I got that chance! Great band, great album.

David J is such a great bassist, evidenced all over this fuckin' thing. For many of the songs here and Bauhaus generally, David J's good-ass driven basslines hold the songs together, locked in and often melodic. Since I'm already on David J's balls, let me also add that I've always fuckin' loved the artwork on this album, brought to you by David J. Fuckin' love this album. Too many songs to mention (like, all of them) but special shout out to "Mask" - good as fuuuuck.

Reminded me of a depressed B52s. Not my kind of music.

Mag die Stimme von ihm nicht so gerne, der Musikstil an sich ist in Ordnung

This album feels more evolved and expansive than their debut, which was more rooted in cold, minimal goth. This one leans more into a traditional post punk sound while still keeping that dark Bauhaus edge. For anyone who’s new to post punk and goth, this would be a great next step if you’re coming from bands like Joy Division. It feels like a natural progression into darker and more theatrical territory.

Great album

Not my cup of tea

Really great example of dark wave. Does get a little repetitive but overall a big step up from their debut and a must listen for anyone who likes darker post-punk

Non male dai

Listened while playing Ball x Pit and cooking dinner. I don't want to call this Joy Division at home, because I did enjoy this album on its own merits, but it sounds a lot like Joy Division. Loved the darkly melodic bass lines and driving drums, as well as the moody vocal delivery. Call me a fan of gothic rock!

Favorite songs: The Passion of Lovers, Hollow Hills, Kick In the Eye 2, The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

Why does "experimental" always mean "crap"?

6/10

I really enjoy this! It’s a little different from most other stuff I’ve heard, and I find it really interesting. Definitely a weird album to start my day with, but not bad weird! I’d probably listen to a lot of these songs again of my own volition. Solid 4 from me. Favorite: Of Lilies and Remains

I’ll always be curious about a super niche band with a cult following where a large number of the cult-members go on to form their own bands, citing the OG as an influence. While goth metal has never formed a cornerstone of my listening, I’ve dabbled. Yes, I have dabbled. Unfortunately my demeanour was always too clownish to enable my full acceptance, as the best photobomb I ever executed proves.

I quite liked this stupid little gothy album. I wanted to pat it on the head and give it a biscuit.

Pretty decent, but not my jam. Seems like the kind of thing you had to start liking in your teens or twenties.

Niche, but not in a good way.

I forgot to write my review during the day yesterday and this morning I have woken up and completely cannot recall it at all. No impact.

Just kind of weird. 2/5

Get pegged by ur 6‘2“ goth baddie to this, short kings

Felt like a concept album where goth band tries everything else, it wasn't bad just a little strange

This was so sick I really enjoyed this, was there anymore freaky no wave gothic rock coming out of the UK?

No. 346/1001 Hair of the Dog 2/5 The Passion of Lovers 2/5 Of Lillies And Remains 2/5 Dancing 2/5 Hollow Hills 3/5 Kick in the Eye 3/5 In Fear of Fear 2/5 Muscle in Plastic 2/5 The Man With X-Ray Eyes 3/5 Mask 2/5 In Fear of Dub 2/5 Earwax 2/5 Harry 2/5 1. David Jay 2/5 Satori 2/5 Average: 2,2 Not really my taste.

This album wasn’t for me at all - the echoey vocals and the lyrics which are overwrought and pretentious. I liked the guitar on some tracks but could have done without the sax. I was hoping I’d like this album but mostly it annoyed me.

I can appreciate the importance of and inclusion of this album on the list but it’s not one that I’ll ever listen to again. I can hear how this was an influential band/album but it was kinda boring to me. I also did not like the singers voice.

Really good

Það er kannski eitthvað þarna í hófi, en ég nenni ekki að bíða eftir því. Rosalega mónótón og lítið spennandi þótt þetta fari ekki í taugarnar á mér. Platan fær tvist og ég fæ að halda áfram með verkefnið.

altern. rock, 1981 -> 2

Glad to get chance to discover more from Bauhaus besides Bela Lugosi is dead. This is quite decent, will rate at least 3.5 on Rym. Couple songs already went to post punk playlist and will REVISIT. I think I will give 3 stars after few listens, but this one might even reach 4 in the future, very enjoyable and good post-punk/gothic rock album.

So eh 1.5

80's goth rock is so silly but also pretty fun. I never would have gone out of my way to listen to this if it hadnt been for this list so once again it worked some magic. The Passion of Lovers is probably the standout here, I'm not sure if I really like it all that much, but it nails the feeling of the album for me. A little spooky, depressing, loud and stilted lyrics.This is definitely worth a listen if not only for a good hallmark of the genre. I mean Of Lilies and Remains has "endless flow of ectoplasmic white goo from ears and mouth" right there in the lyrics, freaky as fuck! Its goofy, its spooky, its fun. Is it great? nah, but maybe its the type of goth rock white goo you're looking for.

You’re going to make us listen to a Bauhaus album and it’s not even going to be the Bela Sessions?!?!? Criminal. This album started off really strong and I was loving it but the longer it went the less I liked it until it just sort of ended. What a shame. The Bela Sessions is a tight 20 and that’s great! Almost an hour is too much Bauhaus

bad

3.8/5 This album is so weird lol i love it

Very good, early Goth album. The songs are expectedly eerie, and still sound spooky to this day, not something you can say of a lot of bands from the time. The editors of the book could have gone with their debut, In the Flat Field, instead for an even more pitch-black sound world, although neither album includes the band's best song, "Bela Lugosi's Dead". Key tracks: Hair of the Dog The Passion of Lovers Of Lillies and Remains

gothic toen dat nog geen scheldwoord was... "burning from the inside" is beter, maar ook deze is zeer goed

Couldn't wait for this to end. What's worse than hi-hat-drenched and sax-tinged 80s production? That's right, mildly gothic hi-hat-drenched and sax-tinged 80s production. At least I'm not remotely tempted to waste another hour on a second listen, I already know it is definitely not for me.

Certainly makes you feel cooler listening to this. Like you know there is a tiny group of dudes who hold this in high esteem and they are dwindling by the year and eager to add to their ranks and paint their nails black. I’m proud of those guys for holding true to what they believe in. Takes courage.

Classic!

I really like the backing but it's hard to get behind the vocalist

I sure hope this spoke to somebody out there cuz it didn’t speak to me.

I mean its an punk album so for every good song they makde, they feel like they need to make two more song that doesnt even makes sense. 2.55

Their second album. New Wave / Post Punk / Rock. A very Joy Division esque opening track. Hair Of The Dog. Of Lilies And Remains and Dancing are good tracks. Industrial production and plenty of reverb. All in all it's a pretty good album. Cure Division !?

I don't know how... But I'm certain my dad shagged to this album, that weirdo. This is great and fun and so 80s. Hollow hills is exceptionally 90s for 1980. Could've been a cover on nevermind, as is, and would fit right in.

This one just isn't my kind of music. It felt discombobulated.

File this under music I wouldn't have listened to growing up but enjoy now. I'm surprised there is only 1 Bauhaus album on this list. And no Love and Rockets either. But anyway, I think this album is really good and I'll take it as a reminder to listen to more Gothic rock.

Gothy 80's goodness but nothing special for me in this moment

Classic goth, but I always liked Bauhaus in smaller chunks

Pretty solid

Det hørtes ut omtrent som venta, bare kanskje litt mindre outrert enn æ hadde frykta, uten at det helt traff mæ, men det e ikke egentlig en overraskelse. Helt ok bakgrunnsmusikk, ikke nokka æ kommer til å fordype mæ i.

Gothtastic or gothoriffic, depending on your personal proclivities

This album goes all over the place, but there are some definite highlights and lowlights. Lowlights: Of Lilies and Remains - Random speak sing thing. not my jam Ear Wax - Why? 1. David Jay 2. Peter Murphy 3. Kevin Haskins 4. Daniel Ash - more random incoherent rambling Satori - not bad, just boring music. Highlights: Kick in the Eye Hair of the Dog In Fear of Dub Harry 2.9 out of 5

I knew nothing about this band or album, but I really enjoyed this album - it's a banger! Didn't even realise this was goth-rock. I'm off to buy some black clothes and eyeliner

No

Some of this I liked quite a lot; I especially liked "Kick In The Eye." Other bits felt like a slightly less good Joy Division. A pretty solid three.

Moments of real charm but somewhat monotonous.

I liked it but not an album I’d play a lot.

This gets a big nope from me. What the hell was that 2 ⭐️

I liked the last bongo song but the rest wasn't my fav

This was cool. Obviously very OTT and campy, but in a fun way.

i was finding the vibe to some songs but then they kept getting weird

I don’t know, I thought I’d like it more. Moody and sometimes catchy. An attempt at fusing post-rock, goth rock, and pop music that sometimes succeeds and sometimes falls short. Competent but doesn’t excite me.

spooky

Could barely listen!

It’s just so strange and uncomfortable, would never bring myself to casually listen to this

Dark; moody and gothic vibes

počelo je slabo pa mi se počelo dopadati da bi mi pretkraj postalo bezvezno. šteta. ima dosta dobrih momenata. najbolja stvar: "of lillies and remains"

Only made it a few songs in before reverting back to yesterday's album (Tusk). Not for me.

Twin peaks from hell combined with a little bit of Bowie.

It’s cool i guess. Feels like joy division with less oomph, more grit. Don’t really care for this album much though.

Mask was certainly an interesting album. After seeing this album have "Experimental" in it's genre tags on Wikipedia, this was an album where i thought anything goes. What i ended up getting though feels like a budget Killing Joke. There are a fair few things that this album and Killing Joke's self-titled album share and those include the electronic elements, the general sound of the bass and the fact that both bands are British (Okay, that third one might be pushing it but who cares?). While i don't like this album nearly as much as that one, i can still see a fair bit of good in this one and it was still a pretty good listen. Best Song: Kick in the Eye Worst Song: Hollow Hills

No se hasta que punto me ha gustado alguna cancion, pero en general es un no, no estoy preparada. Me he imaginado que tenia que bailarlo y ha sido muy raro e incomodo

Bauhaus were early in the Goth scene and creation of the sound and esthetic. Shows on this album where it is very raw and spooky. Liked a lot of the bass and shearing guitars. But I find myself wishing it was more similar to The Cure, and left cold by comparison. 3⭐️

Excellent

Goth classic

The songs may be ok but this production makes it hard to listen to. Thin and separated and all treble.

Bleh

Goth Rock is one of those things you either Stan or hate to your core. This one falls on the latter side of that for me.

4/10

Mask is a decent display of what Bauhaus has to offer. The sharp, dissonant guitar playing and the persistent drumming create a supremely dark atmosphere. Still, I wish many of the songs would’ve taken it further. I loved the title track and its weirdness along with a couple of other moments. Not their best work, but it’s a solid batch of songs.

They’ve never really been my thing but I’d been meaning to give this a try for a while. I wasn’t expecting any surprises, but I did get some. Keyboards. It gets funky from time to time. It sounded like Japan (the band) sometimes! I’m not a convert but I will give this another try soon.

Who hurt them? And why did they then have to go and hurt me? This sucks. I really don't like anything about this. Well, I shouldn't say anything. The end of Mask is kind of cool, and that's enough to be my favorite song on this album. But this is a hard skip. Favorite Song(s): Mask

Another one to add to the “From Boss to Goth” playlist.

Welcome to Goth Talk - I'm your host, Cersei Nightshade. 4/5

This was quirky as anything so far. Some bits enjoyable, some bits weird as hell. But sort of liked that madness?

Not a fan.

Gothic with some clear Bowie influence, enjoyed it overall

Probably the worst album yet. Can’t believe people actually listen to this on purpose.

Wasn't into this at first but I found myself enjoying the weirder, more experimental back half of the album.

Is this how it feels like if hitting the snooze button on the alarm clock would be a music genre?

I probably shouldn't have listened to this at 11am, not exactly the witching hour. No sir, not too spooky an hour at all. This album is unsurprisingly a vibe, and even though I wasn't quite in the mood for that vibe when I listened to it I'll definitely come back to it when I fancy it. I was surprised that it got kinda dubby near the end, but that wasn't unpleasant either (and looking it up, the last 5 tracks are all bonus tracks they added on for shits and giggles, which makes a lot more sense)

Great mood to gothic dance to, i.e. shuffle like a zombie in a dark closet. Favorite track: The Passion of Lovers

Now this is the good shit. Varied, weird, enjoyed every track. Can hear the influence on several artists I enjoy now. Weird cover though!

I expected to enjoy this a lot more as I'm usually a big fan of post-punk, but this album just seemed like a collection of boring dirges that rarely went anywhere interesting. I probably would have enjoyed it more if I had more time to give it my full attention. Favourite tracks: Mask, Kick in the Eye

Honestly didn't enjoy it

I mean the album was OK but really not a fan of the whole second half with the experimental yelling vibes. There was a few decent tracks and good riffs, but did not enjoy it a lot.

Terrible album

Not what I expected and it was certainly an interesting listen.

A little more goth and avant garde than I prefer, but I certainly respect the talent with which they did it. Some songs were more accessible than others. One was downright impenetrable. But still, their talent was on display and is worth noting.

Very climatic. I didn't expect it'd be so climatic

Mask is Bauhaus fully coming into their own, sharpening everything that made them distinctive and pushing it further into darker, stranger territory. It is gothic without being cartoonish, experimental without losing tension, and far more varied than people often give it credit for. The album moves between menace, melancholy, and moments of unexpected restraint, all while maintaining a very clear identity. It sounds confident, deliberate, and slightly dangerous. Tracks like “The Passion of Lovers” and “Kick in the Eye” balance atmosphere with momentum, while pieces such as “Of Lilies and Remains” show how effective the band can be when they pull things back. Daniel Ash’s guitar work is sharp and inventive, and the rhythm section keeps everything taut without ever flattening the mood. Peter Murphy’s vocals are theatrical, but never empty, always serving the song rather than overwhelming it. What makes Mask a five out of five is its consistency and intent. There is no sense of filler or uncertainty here. Every track feels placed with purpose, contributing to the album’s shape and mood. It is an album that rewards full listens, where the sequencing matters and the atmosphere deepens the longer you stay with it. One of the strongest statements of early goth, and a record that still feels vital rather than preserved.

Perfection.

So much more palatable compared to the last two days. Truly gothic and not afraid to just air an idea out and experiment a bit. What weakens this album a bit is that there's not much to latch on to. Sometimes I felt a bit like things got a bit too hazy. Some meandering was done. Not anything offensive, but occasionally hard to stick with. Track 14 (the one that's just their names) was quite cool though, with the speeding up of the tape track, and lyrics that seemed to just be stream-of-consciousness. Fish cakes!! My pick is "Man with X-Rray Eyes" as it's quite catchy. Soft 3/5

kind of like a mix of the Stones, Neil Young, and Iggy. i liked it!!

Two words: Fish. cakes.

As a rule, I generally hate the band Bauhaus, but forced myself to listen to this album with an open mind. Once my bad mood subsided, I recognized the influence this band has had on many of my favorite artists, as well as the unique, ahead-of-its-time production quality. I’d still punch the lead singer in the face if given the chance, but this wasn’t as egregiously terrible as I was expecting. Just a tad, lol.

I will give it a 3, it was different and but not so weird that it was unenjoyable.

The bass is my favorite thing about these songs. Songwriting is pretty wild, chaotic, creative. I feel like it's a pretty solid album up until Ear Wax which is just some bullshit trippy stuff that people did back then. Harry is an interesting "diddy"? David Jay Peter Murphy.. whatever is more bullshit. Satori is a great beat but doesn't really go anywhere. A drum circle with ambient noise. My point is that they could have ended the album with In Fear of Dub and it would have been better in my opinion.

I love this. Goth is definitely the very interesting dark side of synth pop. I’ve slept on 1981 being a great year in music, and this project has pried my eyes wide open. Between Soft Cell, The Cure, Heaven 17, and now Bauhaus, my perception of what pop music was at that time has been shattered. The radio hits at that time are Campbell’s Soup slop compared to these homemade, high quality delicious meals.

This was a pretty interesting album. Lots of 80s new wave vibes with some edge to it. I liked it.

Quite liked it. Got a lot of weirder edges that were very fun. Think I could get really into this with a few more listens but to start 4 stars.

What the hell was that? Top 1,001 albums I need to listen to before I die - really? This one is on the list?! It's not the worst album we've seen here... but it's pretty damn bad. I'll say 1.5 and I will round up to 2...

This wasn't that bad... they switched up their style a bit throughout the album. Lead singer kind of sounded like the guy from B52s and I kept wanting to hear him say "So hurry up and bring your JUKEBOX MONEY!".

Goth rock can be hit or miss for me - there was some good parts here and some not so good parts. Not great, not terrible.

Well that sucked

yes, i would like to listen to dentist noises today, Spotify

Whatever, I can see how this band influenced many future artists, but this is not my style.

Compelling at first but gets tedious fast. I’ve always struggled with this production style I have to admit.

Shit

гулял под него. неплохо

Never made it to “Ear Wax.”

Ya

I’ve warmed to goth music more recently in my life so whilst this wasn’t an unpleasant listen, it didn’t really grab me above some of other bands in the genre that I’ve been introduced to in the past couple of years. I’m not sure of the lineage here but it also seemed to have elements of post-punk too which makes sense given the year of release. Overall it was decent but if I was looking for a fix in this genre, I think I’d be more likely to look elsewhere.

I really enjoyed the front half not so much the second. A decent listen overall.

Struggled to get on with this. Bit sparse for my liking (I'm quite behind. Looking forward to the Cure based on reviews so far)

Solid post punk but nothing that screams super unique. All songs pretty much ran into one another, sounded like one long post punk song?

This was a cool album, I enjoyed the vibes

Weird but I was into it. Apple Music describes the band as “death-rock,” whatever that means. Lots of interesting elements, despite the moments of ska. Good bass playing throughout.

BAUHAUS. Once again, not sure how it made the list. I thought it was ok, nothing stuck out as being particularly great.

I can't say this exactly floored me with its greatness, but I still enjoyed it more than most other albums on this list. While I do have Peter Murphy's "Cuts You Up" in my library, I hadn't heard of Bauhaus before; so, I'll definitely be adding them to the (sadly small) list of interesting new groups uncovered by this challenge -and that's worth a bonus star.

I get what they were going for. Others have done it better before and after though. The highs on this album were few and far between. Making this a chore to get through.

Bauhaus are Joy Division for pop poseurs. This album is fine but does very much sound like a less committed Joy Division.

At some points I loved this and at others I hated it...often in the same song.

Überhaupt nicht meine Baustelle.

Ab und zu gute Ansätze, aber wenn es mehrheitlich vor sich hinplätschert und Auffälligkeiten vor allem negativ sind, dann ist es insgesamt nicht gut.

Kannte ich noch nicht, aber fands heftigst geil. Auch krass, dass das einfach 1980 erschienen ist und heutige Post-Punk-Platten teilweise 1:1 genauso klingen. Da weiß man, an welchen Vorbildern sich bedient wurde.

Hat mich direkt gecatcht und fands ziemlich unterhaltsam. Wurde auf die ganze Länge etwas uninteressanter, aber hat mir definitiv gefallen.

Schwierig. Ich liebe Goth-Rock und insofern gibt's schon mal nen Bonusstern für die Vorreiterrolle und Grundsteinlegung. Insgesamt war es mir aber, zumindest beim ersten Durchlauf, nicht besonders zugänglich, das liegt auch daran, dass hier meiner Meinung dann doch ein wenig zu viel experimentiert wurde. Beispielsweise bin ich nicht besonders überzeugt von den Funk-Elementen an einigen Stellen.

Sehr tolle Atmosphäre

Silly comedy music. Clearly these guys watched The Rocky Horror Picture Show and decided to form a band, despite a lack of talent and ideas.

2.5

One thing I never understand about Bauhaus (and some other releases that came from around the same time period): Why do they keep on adding 20 something minutes of additional stuff to the original album? This album is originally around 30 minutes, but the version on CD and streaming services is like an hour long. Anyway, I listen to the ten songs on the initial release of the album and they're quite good, not sure if I would listen to the rest though.

A really frustrating album. Only when you get so bored you want to turn it off do they do something interesting 3.4

No. 17 Creepily good. The album cover is really awesome

5/10

Weird heavy bass lines but not terrible.

I kind of vibe with this stuff

8/10

3.5

Never heard of these guys before today. It's kind of opera rock something the goth kids at my school would have listened to. It's not bad some of the music is really good. Nothing really struck home for me though. Maybe if I had hung out with the goth kids at my school and given this a chance things would be different.

Not a fan of these cats.

Not the best Bauhaus album but pretty good

honestly better than i was expecting it to be after judging the album art and hearing the first 30 seconds of the album. it wasn’t exceptional or anything but it was fine enough

Not a big Bauhaus fan...

Mask really threw me off. It’s strange, unpredictable, and kind of hard to hold onto — Of Lilies and Remains is fascinatingly weird, but I’m not sure it’s something I’d come back to often. Still, I don’t dislike the Passion of Lovers.

Didn’t know anything about these guys and based on some of the lyrics I was thinking early goth German band around the fall of the Berlin Wall. Guess I was wrong! Overall this didn’t do much for me but I did enjoy some of the instrumentation. The mix sounded kinda crappy though and didn’t like the singers voice. Wouldn’t go back to.

Really enjoyed it

The one you want to hear is The Sky's Gone Out

A note before I begin: for me In The Flat Field was a magnificent album and after listening to Mask, Bauhaus’ second LP after having heard In The Flat Field, Mask will never hold up as equal because the first album colors your opinion of what comes after. Mask was more experimental in its expansive use of keyboards but also attempting to be more popular. Do I think they achieved that successful balance? The answer is clearly yes. Whereas In The Flat Field has darker classics, namely Bela Lugosi’s Dead and the definitive cover of T.Rex’s Telegram Sam, Mask lightens the darkness just enough to accommodate dancing. Kick in the Eye, Dancing and Passion of Lovers add some goth dance moves to the previously colder palate and the atmosphere on this record evokes the mix of The Cure, Joy Division and Siouxsie & The Banshees and lead to a scene in London of bands that would come out of The Bat Cave Club in London in early 1982 including Specimen, Sex Gang Children and Alien Sex Fiend. There are some interesting tracks on this record in particular Of Lilies and Renains with its almost spoken world vocals and the motorik drums of Kevin Haskins. Sonically this was Bauhaus at their best with David J (Kevin’s brother) playing bass, forming a perfect rhythm section to complement Peter Murphy’s vocals and Daniel Ash’s inventive guitar. Interesting to me at the time was the interplay between Peter Murphy and David J as vocalists- they had a weird harmony that created tension and made already dark lyrics seem darker. The screams added to the tension. The album does have some hits. For me the standout tracks are Kick In The Eye, Mask and The Passion of Lovers. Mask is a solid album but Bauhaus had better songs e.g. Terror Couple Killed Colonel, Dark Entries, Third Uncle and Telegram Sam. Mask is a fully realized record and certainly worthy of inclusion on this list as it showcases the possibilities when a band attempts successfully to broaden their sound while still remaining credible and interesting. This record still sounds fresh today. Time is always a goth’s friend.

Fairly enjoyable, goth rock in the mould of Joy Division and The Cure. I liked the moody atmosphere and it's certainly a distinctive sound Probably not super memorable, there are some decent tracks but also some plodders which make me unlikely to re-play

their debut is better but this is a fun album, less moody and gothic and more danceable

Eclectic and quite Bowieesqe

Not too bad.

Bauhaus, I thought, would at least be more interesting than this. As it goes, it was relatively enjoyable, but nowhere near as gothy or dark as I was expecting really. They'll remain a bit of a t-shirt band to me I guess.

It may have been recorded out of a tin can, but this is great. So layered and moody, I was expecting a little more poppiness out of a band named after an art movement but I'm not displeased with what I got!

It was ok.

No thank you. Could not get my head round this

Fantastic! Goth, industrial new-wavy-kind of sounds? Yes!

Couldn't make it through the whole thing. Muddy and dull.

Crash bang moan groan

Imma be real with you, I was really busy and stressed at work yesterday so even though I listened to this album I don't remember it at all. Maybe that means there weren't many standouts? It was alright I guess? Not familiar with Bauhaus but was expecting to like this more.

Interesting album Standout songs: Dancing Hollow Hills In Fear of Fear

So, here we got the start of Emo with a twist of David Bowie, cant stand the singer, but the music is great. 4/5

Таке

So many ways I want to describe this... it just has this dark mood, peeling back a curtain in a long abandoned theater. Even though we all know there's no such things as Ghosts, there's definitely... something... in the shadows. Exploring the vastness of its silence only reminds us of what used to be here, mysteries of the past unwilling to reveal themselves and would prefer we weren't poking around in the first place. Bauhaus makes some really interesting rock music. Insect-like, or a cluster of bats slightly sickened by modern human existence. Possibly the remnants of a psychological experiment gone wrong. Exquisite.

I partially enjoyed the first half of the album (especially The passion of lovers and Dancing), then they lost their focus. Apparently the sounds and the themes of some of these goth and post punk songs inspired the coming artists

I don't get why it belongs in this list. It is a complete mess and it feels like I'm listening to the music backwards, in rewind

Mask feels like expecting a Gourmet meal made by Gordon Ramsay, but instead getting a soggy idiot sandwich that tastes like cardboard. The album is bland, badly produced and if you listen carefully, you can even hear the instruments begging for a raise. I'm sorry, but this has no place in this list.

I struggle a bit to get behind them. Not that it's bad, just not quite for me. The idea of their weirdness is appealing, not so much the execution.

When I was 16, 17, 18 - Bauhaus might have been my favourite band. Pete Murphy was beautiful and the songs spoke to my teenage goth self. I love the nostalgia of this - I still loved them and went to their reunion in the late 90s. Not quite a 5 but still good.

Well, I am glad I listened to this as I think I may have been confusing Bauhaus with the likes of Sister of Mercy. This was new-age punky, not so goth, and so at least I learned that. But, I didn't really like it. A 2 is harsh, but a 3 feels disingenuous.

Some interesting tunes on here. I like how the guitar often seems to be playing its own song. I'm a bit distracted at how much this sounds like Bowie, but it's still pretty solid.

альбом был обречён в момент когда я прочитала про готик рок. местами не так интенсивно но в среднем нет, спасибо

not for me

Bauhaus is obviously a group of talented musicians, and despite the dark vibes running through this album, I get the sense that they had a lot of fun recording it. Flashes of brilliance ignite throughout the tracks, but unfortunately, I just don't like their output. It's been some time since I've rated any album lower than a three, but as I'd be happy not to listen to it again at any point in the future, two is all I'm going to give.

Great album!

Oh fuck off.