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| Go Away White | 
 enlarge | Artist: Bauhaus
Label: Bauhaus Music
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  41 reviews
Sales Rank: 19232
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.8 x 0.3
MPN: 1
UPC: 891377001260
EAN: 0891377001260
ASIN: B0012IXBPA
Release Date: March 4, 2008
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 This cannot possibly be the same band that made "The Passion of Lovers" April 20, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
"Go Away White" is absolutely one of the worst albums I've heard in the past year. Bauhaus, once upon a time, wrote amazing and passionate songs that were full of life and vigor; that time is not only past, it's not even visible on a clear day anymore. This album's ten tracks seem to blur together; it's all a mess of generic post-punkery that would have been unremarkable in 1984 and is no more remarkable now. Had Bauhaus made music like this in the 80's nobody would remember them today; hopefully we can forget about this album and pretend that Bauhaus stopped putting out new material years ago.
Well worth having for any true fan August 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A few "Bauhaus snobs" have given this new album poor reviews, and as a die hard fan of Bauhaus I was a little disappointed too during my first run listen of the first three songs. However, I have since come to love the album dearly, and throw down the gauntlet that if the nay-sayers don't appreciate this new album then I question how much they REALLY appreciated Bauhaus in the first place. Sometimes supposed "fans" don't know why they're fans. Back when Bauhaus was new they probably just knew that their friends used to also think it was cool & it helped them fit in with their chosen adolescent counterculture. However, true fans of the music and the personalities of the band will not be disappointed in this album.
My initial disappointment wasn't because the first three songs were bad, they just weren't quite like the older style Bauhaus that I got hooked on long ago. It was almost like instead of hearing Bauhaus, I was listening to Love & Rockets at their most basic & Peter Murphy just happened to be a guest singer, if that makes any sense. Again, that's not necessarily a bad thing, but the songs were not quite what I had hoped to dive right into after being deprived for so long.
So, I can understand the feelings of the negative reviewers, as probably most of us who love Bauhaus had hoped we'd be able to re-live the good ole days when the band was in their prime & it'd be just exactly like a combination of their 4 incredible studio albums from the late 70s to early 80s. Of course a lot changes in almost 3 decades, and they only had 18 days to do this one, so all things considered it is impressive that the quality of this album is as good as it is, and it is indeed Bauhaus.
And for you nostalgic fans, the good news is that despite the few songs that I would consider decent but bland, there are still plenty of elements in the album and several songs in particular that are very reminiscent of the classic style Bauhaus created "back in the day". The album has grown on me quite a bit, and I imagine even the reviewers with their ultra high standards have come to enjoy it more if they've truly given it a chance.
I believe that the album doesn't really take off until song #4, International Bullet Proof Talent. Its a catchy song and for whatever reason I dig it! Follow that up with #5 Endless Summer of the Damned, which made me feel like I was listening to A God in Alcove for the first time all over again. The Dog's a Vapour is also genius, too, with their patented low-key mystic style at first and then it breaks into a drum beat & guitar riff as lustfully pornographic as some of their classics (think In the Flat Field or Double Dare). Songs 6,7 & 8 are also good in their own right and offer more of the many splendored flavors of Bauhaus.
My biggest complaint is that they didn't write more songs & at least give us 15 or so. Song #10, Zikir, is kind of just a filler. Its pleasant to listen to, but if you're going to count that as a song then at least give us more to enjoy than just 9 1/2 songs! I guess that's all they could pull off in 18 days, which is also the other thing that is subtly missing. There's a difference in a band who has been jamming, touring, and hanging together for months & years at a time, and one who has split & had a reunion after so long. Don't get me wrong, the spirit of this album is great (like a family reunion, or hooking up with your ex- just for fun!) but they could never match the seasoning of comradery that their earlier works have when they've been separated for so long & only have 18 days to crank it out. So if that's what you were looking for, Bauhaus snobs, then my advice is to get a little proper perspective or quit being such posers.
Go Away White earns a solid 4 stars in my book & I'm delighted to see that my religious glance at the Bauhaus card when I go to the music store has finally paid off!
 It's as though Peter never got sick... March 6, 2008
To me, this is how Bauhaus would sound if Peter hadn't gotten sick and had completed Burning from the Inside. No Love and Rockets as we know it, no Tones on Tail, no Peter Murphy solo projects...or at least not as early as they had arrived. The boys seem to have picked up where they left off, but with 25 years worth of maturity and experience under their collective belt.
While they seem to drift a bit to somewhat familiar waters with a late 90's Love and Rockets feel to "Too Much 21st Century", every song after that gave me that same quiver in my stomach I got when I first picked up "In The Flat Field" as a college kid in the '80's. Each song is mystery to be discovered and unwound with each successive listen. Trace elements of the scars of their 25 years journey become evident to the truest of Bauhaus fans and that's ok because they've never strayed far from their roots in any of their incarnations. So here we have it. The final album. It IS Bauhaus and it's Bauhaus as they have always been and will always be.
The Greatness March 11, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
As a life long fan of Bauhaus, I think that this was a perfect send off.
It was fresh but still maintained that sound that drew me to them in the first place. I don't think every song is a winner, but most of them are. This album has enough great songs to hook even the newest listener to their music. If this was our last chance to hear them together, lets hope they all continue their solo efforts. The light of the world will dim when they stop shining their brillance upon us.
Since you're back, how about making another album! March 23, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
I finally purchased this album and I liked what I heard. But sadly, I didn't hear Bauhaus. This should have just been a Peter Murphy album.
Let's face it, after 20 some odd years of never reforming Bauhaus, Fans can basically say that we don't know you anymore. You simply waited to long to get back together, then you drop this new album into our hands and say this is the last Bauhaus album, Wow!
I'm more than thrilled that you are all friends again. But like I said earlier, I just heard Peter! There is nothing personal about this album and the journey that all the members shared that lead up to this Reunion.
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