Album · Bauhaus
The Sky’s Gone Out by Bauhaus
The Sky’s Gone Out is an album by Bauhaus, released in 1982. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 5 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Third Uncle”, on 3 lists with a best position of #46.
The Sky's Gone Out, Bauhaus's third album, came out on Beggars Banquet in 1982 and gave the Northampton four-piece their big mainstream moment, climbing to No. 3 on the UK albums chart. Getting it made was another story: the sessions were a slog, with the band at odds among themselves and with their label.
You can hear the strain turned into fuel. Peter Murphy swoops and snarls over Daniel Ash's serrated guitar, David J's rubbery bass and Kevin Haskins's pounding drums, and the record lurches from the jittery art-rock of "Third Uncle" to the slow, spectral gloom of "Silent Hedges". Critics were cooler on it at the time than on the band's earlier records, but it has been warmly reassessed since. Within a year Bauhaus had split, just before Burning from the Inside came out.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Sky’s Gone Out on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Third Uncle | 3 | #46 | – | 1982–2003 | |
| 2 | Silent Hedges | 2 | #1075 | – | 2002–2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.