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| Swing the Heartache: The BBC Sessions | 
 enlarge | Artist: Bauhaus
Label: Beggars UK - Ada
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 188137
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 80103
UPC: 607618010324
EAN: 0607618010324
ASIN: B00000AGBL
Release Date: September 8, 1998
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 Five stars does little justice-but the top rank here is 5... October 3, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is really a remarkable collection of their older songs, re recorded, and re released. Yes, these notes sound just like they did in their first presentations, but somehow, Bauhaus managed to perfect what was perfect already, by sharpening and blending so descretely in their work, that you don't even notice a change. Play it through, and again play it all. It's easy to become addicted to their music, as always.(call me silly, but hey)
 Dissapointing August 16, 2000
1 out of 9 found this review helpful
I was very dissapointed with this release. It was one of the first bauhaus cd's I bought, and thought it was really cool. I then realized most of these songs are on other albums, and the versions on those albums are much better. This is the one bauhaus CD I wouldn't recommend.
 A must-have for any Bauhaus fan December 20, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought "Swing the Heartache" on vinyl back in 1991 (give or take a year). This is a good album that, for me, has stood the test of time. I've just listend to it again after nearly 15 years and it still sounds great and brings back lots of memories. If you're into the '80s style goth/new wave then buy this record. If you're more into the later and various incarations (e.g. Tones On Tail or Love and Rockets) you might not care for it much, but it's worth a spin regardless.
Only for people who know about true music!!! July 11, 2006
This album have a collection of part of the best of Bauhaus, so you will be saving in buying various cd's in order to have the songs that you'll find in this one. And it is a live concert. Bauhaus sounds better in live than in studio. For best performance, play it really loud.
Dare I say..... Essential (way to know Bauhaus)? March 20, 2008
This single disc of BBC recordings is a handy way to have the Bauhaus experience in it's most concentrated form. Bauhaus between 1980 and 1983 were a full-time group, and when they played live they did it very very well. They achieved legendary status with their live act. It's not just the unbridled imagination that constitutes their art, it's also the unfiltered, raw energy of their talent and honest approach to performance. Their performance had a capital 'P', which was willed by the desire to go for skillful provocation and full-on, risk-taking abandon. Such is the evidence found in Swing the Heartache. These 'live and in the studio for a day' sessions were done with an edge and immediacy far greater than the work they did for their record company. Pretty much each version here shreds the ones that reappear on the four proper albums. 'Swing the Heartache' has acoustic-sounding drums and sounds much better and twice as terse as it does on The Sky's Gone Out. Also, on this album you find the largest grouping of cover versions (Bowie, Bolan, Eno, etc.), tempered with the usual handful of their more left-field and far-out originals (an example in this case is the terrifically twisted, narrative-driven 'Departure').
Getting lost in the world of Swing the Heartache, it's possible to think 'Geez, this is bizarre to the average ear, but for the creatively inclined it sure is energizing and inspiring!' The sparks that flew off of the young Bauhaus quartet were as unique as is possible to be. The average musical acts that came after Bauhaus were what spurred the term 'Goth'. Bauhaus were just being themselves. Yet these days they seem so light in attitude that they just smile and give a shrugging response to the word 'Goth' as it's tagged to their identity. 'Bela Lugosi's Dead' (not on this album) is wonderful, original and may be their most 'Goth' and signature piece. But this may well be their most signature album in a hundred years. That's because it summarizes their career-spanning situation: Bauhaus in a room with nothing but themselves, the combustion of talent and the fleeting moment.
Not to be missed by anyone into or curious about Bauhaus. Also, it's got good cover art - which makes an impressive match to the music.
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