Audio CD review:
Bauhaus - Gotham

Bauhaus - Gotham

Band: Bauhaus Title: Gotham Rating: Release Date: 09 November, 1999 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Double Dare 2: In The Flat Field 3: A God In An Alcove 4: In Fear Of Fear 5: Hollow Hills 6: Kick In The Eye 7: Terror Couple Kill Colonel 8: Silent Hedges 9: Severence 10: Boys 11: She's In Parties 12: The Passion Of Lover's 13: Dark Entries 14: Telegram Sam 15: Ziggy Stardust 16: Bela Legosi's Dead 17: All We Ever Wanted 18: Spirit 19: Severance (Studio Version)

Customer Reviews The show comes to life I was able to attend both shows in San Francisco, once from the floor, and once from the balcony. This album does a great job of capturing the feel of the concert. What a fantastic spectacle! If you have not seen the DVD, you must also get it. Right from the start, everything about this album is stark, gripping, and pure Bauhaus. Time did nothing to damage the power of the greatest goth band to walk the planet - they played brilliantly, and it really comes out in this CD. Sure, there were some minor screw ups, as with all live albums, but all in all it is fantastic. My only comment is that I wish they had included 'Burning From the Inside' on this recording. They played it at one of the SF shows, and I'm not sure if they tried it again after that. It appeared to be a fluke. . . Daniel started playing it while Peter was over talking to David. At first it sounded as if they were just messing around, not really intending to play it, but then the crowd went wild, and so they played out the entire song. Masterful. Anyway, maybe a bootleg will turn up one of these days. A great live album from a killer goth-rock band I like to think that I know a fair bit about the goth scene, and bauhaus has become one of my favorite bands. This was my first forray into the world of bauhaus, and I must say that I've come out extremely impressed. An Excellent Live Document of the Grandfathers of Goth Rock This serves both as a great "Best of. " Collection and a great Live performance from one of the most influential bands of the days of yore. I wouldn't recommend picking this up as an introduction to Bauhaus, but if you're like me, unfortunately too young to have seen them in their hay-day or most likely ever see them again, then this is a great way for you to get the idea of a live Bauhaus show without being able to be there in person. My only complaint is that this Two Disc set, which cost me the same as a FULL two disc set, only has about 19 tracks all together and is basically just a live version of collection 1 and 2. I was hoping for two discs with 15 songs a piece that would serve as a career spanning live document, featuring four or five select songs from each of their albums (See: Death To The Pixies). All I'm asking for is a live version of "Exquisite Corpse", is that really too much to ask? Oh well, such is life. Anyway, this album is definitely worth checking out if you're interested in hearing Bauhaus live. . . And you have the 23+ bucks to throw away on 19 songs. . . . God that burns me. . You can see a complete list of all Bauhaus discography, or go back to the Bauhaus tabs