The Sky's Gone Out
The Sky's Gone Out is the third studio album by English gothic rock band Bauhaus, released in 1982 by record label Beggars Banquet.
Release
The Sky's Gone Out was released in October 1982 by record label Beggars Banquet.
The initial limited edition of the LP included the live album Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape as a bonus. The compact disc reissue of the album dropped the run-out audio from the final track "Exquisite Corpse" and the vinyl edition contains a short recording of drummer Kevin Haskins reading from the play Baal. The Canadian edition of this album also contained a free 12" vinyl single featuring "Ziggy Stardust", "Kick in the Eye" and "Lagartija Nick". This version did not have the distinctive artwork from the US and UK editions, but was instead an enlargement of the cover art from the "Terror Couple Kill Colonel" single.
Reception
In his retrospective review of the album, Ned Raggett of AllMusic wrote, "On balance it's quite a fine album, but unlike Mask it misses the infusion of a more positive energy, and simply doesn't gel as perfectly, more notable for individual songs than as a whole."
Podcasts:
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The Sky!
by: Junior VarsitySo tired and half insane
I'm fed a steady diet of novacaine
But it's not enough to numb the pain
But when the sky, the sky comes falling down
And our burned up bodies reach into the ground
There's voices from all around
But we don't make a sound
So if this is the end
I hope it goes as planned
Good God damn, those boys are blue
You know it's good for them
It better be good for you
And what did they really expect us to do
Just keep quiet and don't be afraid
Just stay hungry for that minimum wage
We got a war to fight
And mouths to feed
So don't you complain to me
So if this is the end
I hope it goes as planned
You can't hide your bloody hands from me
Once I had this dream where
Everything's as good as it seems and
Love was really all that we needed
All that we needed
All that we needed
I wish I never wpke up
So if this is the end
I hope it goes as planned
Can't hide your bloody hands
(Can't hide your bloody hands from me)
So if this is the end
I hope it goes as planned