The discography of Bauhaus, a British gothic rock band, consists of five studio albums, four live albums, three compilation albums, four extended plays (EPs), eleven singles and three video albums. The band was formed in Northampton in 1978 by Daniel Ash (guitar), David J (bass), Kevin Haskins (drums) and Peter Murphy (vocals).
Released in August 1979 on Small Wonder Records, Bauhaus's debut single—the nine-minute-long "Bela Lugosi's Dead"—failed to make the UK Singles Chart. The band signed with 4AD in 1980 and released three more singles, all of which failed to chart. They also released their debut album, In the Flat Field, in 1980 and this became the band's first release to chart when it reached No. 72 on the UK Albums Chart. After changing labels again in 1981 to Beggars Banquet Records, the band made the UK Singles Chart for the first time with "Kick in the Eye", which reached No. 59.
Their follow-up single, "The Passion of Lovers", reached No. 56. After the band's second album, Mask (1981), reached No. 30 on the UK Albums Chart, the next two singles failed to reach the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. October 1982 saw the band's highest showing in the UK Singles Chart when they released a cover version of David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust", which reached No. 15—as well as reaching No. 13 on the Irish Singles Chart. Also released in October 1982, The Sky's Gone Out reached No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart. The band released two more singles and an album in 1983, all of which failed to capitalise on the success of their releases in late 1982, before disbanding.
After disbanding, all four members of Bauhaus undertook various solo projects before Ash, David J and Kevin Haskins reformed as Love and Rockets in 1985. Bauhaus reformed for the Resurrection Tour in 1998 and for a one-off concert in April 2005. Another reunion tour followed towards the end of 2005, before work started on a new album Go Away White, released in March 2008. The album charted poorly, only reaching No. 120 on the UK Albums Chart, but gave the band their first entry for a studio album on the US Billboard 200 when it reached No. 105. Following the release of the album, Bauhaus disbanded again.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications UK UKIndie FRA NZ US In the Flat FieldReleased: 7 November 1980 Label: 4AD Formats: LP, MC 721 —— — MaskReleased: 16 October 1981 Label: Beggars Banquet Formats: LP, MC 30— —— — BPI: Silver Note: User needs to enter "Bauhaus" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history. The Sky's Gone OutReleased: 22 October 1982 Label: Beggars Banquet Formats: LP, MC 4— —26 — BPI: Silver Burning from the InsideReleased: 15 July 1983 Label: Beggars Banquet Formats: LP, MC 13— —— — Go Away WhiteReleased: 3 March 2008 Label: Bauhaus Music, Cooking Vinyl Formats: LP, CD, digital download 12013 183— 105"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Live albums + List of live albums, with selected details Title Details Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape Released: 10 December 1982 Label: Beggars Banquet Formats: LP, CD First released as a bonus disc with initial copies of The Sky's Gone Out Rest in Peace: The Final ConcertReleased: August 1992 Label: Nemo Format: 2×CD Live in the Studio 1979Released: 1997 Label: Nemo Format: CD Distributed with the book Beneath the Mask. GothamReleased: November 1999 Label: Metropolis Format: 2×CD This Is for When...Released: November 2009 Label: Vinyl 180 Format: 2×LP On CD as part of the Omnibus edition of Mask but released separately on vinylVinyl 180: Bauhaus
Compilation albums + List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications UK US Bauhaus 1979–1983Released: November 1985 Label: Beggars Banquet Formats: 2×LP, MC, CD Released as two separate CDs: 1979–1983 Volume 1 and 1979–1983 Volume 2. 36 — BPI: Silver Swing the Heartache: The BBC SessionsReleased: 10 July 1989 Label: Beggars Banquet Formats: 2×LP, MC, CD — 169 CrackleReleased: 7 July 1998 Label: Beggars Banquet Format: CD — — SinglesReleased: 22 November 2013 Label: Beggars Banquet Format: CD, vinyl, digital download — —"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Video albums + List of video albums, with selected details Title Details Shadow of LightReleased: 1984 Labels: Beggars Banquet, Hendring Formats: VHS, Betamax, Laserdisc, DVD ArchiveReleased: 1984 Label: Beggars Banquet Formats: VHS, Laserdisc, DVD GothamReleased: 1999 Label: Metropolis Formats: VHS, DVD
A DVD release contains Shadow of Light and Archive.
EPs + List of EPs, with selected details Title Details UK UKIndie NZ Kick in the Eye (Searching for Satori E.P.)Released: February 1982 Label: Beggars Banquet Formats: 7", 12" 45 — — Bauhaus E.P.Released: February 1983 Label: A&M Format: 7" — — — 4ADReleased: September 1983 Label: 4AD Format: 12" 81 5 30 The Singles 1981–1983Released: October 1983 Label: Beggars Banquet Format: 12" 52 — — The Bela SessionReleased: 23 November 2018 Label: Leaving Records Format: CD, DL, 12" — — —"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Album UK UKIndie IRE Note: User needs to enter "Bauhaus" as the artist search term. NZ USDance "Bela Lugosi's Dead" 1979 —8 —— — non-album singles "Dark Entries" 1980 —17 —— — "Terror Couple Kill Colonel" —5 —— — "Telegram Sam" —3 —12 — "Kick in the Eye" 1981 59— —— 29 Mask "The Passion of Lovers" 56— —— — "Spirit"1982 42— —— — The Sky's Gone Out "Ziggy Stardust" 15— 1320 — non-album singles "Lagartija Nick" 1983 44— —— — "She's in Parties" 26— 2847 — Burning from the Inside "Drink the New Wine" 2022—— ——— non-album single"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Other singles Title Year Notes Album "Satori in Paris" 1982 Inserted into LP copies of ''Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape''. non-album singles "A God in an Alcove" Released as part of a ''Flexipop'' magazine promo. "The Sanity Assassin"1983 Released as a free fan club single.
Music videos + List of music videos Title Year Director "Telegram Sam" 1980 Mick Calvert "Mask" 1981 Christopher Collins "Spirit" 1982 "Ziggy Stardust" Mick Calvert "She's in Parties" 1983 Howard Guard
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