Bauhaus "Burning From The Inside (1988 CD Reissue)"

Bauhaus are an English rock band formed in Northampton in 1978. Known for their dark image and gloomy sound, Bauhaus are one of the pioneers of gothic rock, although they mixed many genres, including dub, glam rock, psychedelia, and funk. The group consists of Daniel Ash (guitar, saxophone), Peter Murphy (vocals, occasional instruments), Kevin Haskins (drums) and David J (bass).

Burning from the Inside is the fourth studio album by English gothic rock band Bauhaus, released in 1983 by record label Beggars Banquet.

During the recording of the album, singer Peter Murphy was ill, leaving the rest of the band to undertake much of the writing and recording process without him. As evidence of how much input the rest of the band had on the album, bassist David J and guitarist Daniel Ash sang lead vocals on four of the songs. This, combined with the fact that the band started recording without Murphy, led to internal difficulties, and by the time the album was released, they had already broken up. In 2015, David J announced in a solo performance that the album's title came from an incident in which he and Ash were smoking hash in a car and the car caught fire, burning from the inside.

Ned Raggett, writing for The Quietus in 2013, called the album "a compelling sprawl at its best, a case for fragmentation as beauty".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bauhaus (Daniel Ash, David J, Kevin Haskins and Peter Murphy).

1. "She's in Parties" 5:49
2. "Antonin Artaud" 4:09
3. "Wasp" (instrumental) 0:20
4. "King Volcano" 3:29
5. "Who Killed Mr. Moonlight?" 4:55
6. "Slice of Life" 3:43
7. "Honeymoon Croon" 2:52
8. "Kingdom's Coming" 2:25
9. "Burning from the Inside" 9:21
10. "Hope" 3:17

CD reissue bonus tracks

1. "Lagartija Nick" 3:30
2. "Here's the Dub (Special Effects By 'Loonatik & Drinks')" 3:18
3. "Departure" 4:49
4. "Sanity Assassin" 4:05