The Sky's Gone Out
by Bauhaus

The Sky's Gone Out by Bauhaus
Year: 1982
Overall rank: 4,805th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 109 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1982 (78th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (706th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,805th)

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Bauhaus bestography

The Sky's Gone Out is ranked 4th best out of 16 albums by Bauhaus on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Bauhaus is In The Flat Field which is ranked number 1241 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,385.

Bauhaus album bestography « Higher ranked (3,337th)
Mask
This album (4,805th)
The Sky's Gone Out
Lower ranked (14,331st) »
1979–1983

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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The Sky's Gone Out rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,805th | 1980s rank: 706th | 1982 rank: 78th

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The Sky's Gone Out ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 109 votes)
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02/21/2026 13:20 VeVt  Ratings distribution  11970/100
 
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12/30/2025 01:12 sssvnnn  Ratings distribution  8,26267/100
 
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11/14/2025 09:11 robertoveltri  Ratings distribution  82279/100
 
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11/12/2025 23:40 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100
 
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08/07/2025 23:01 edguyerrison  Ratings distribution  26573/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.8.

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From 10/23/2017 18:41 | #199974
It's almost criminal that this album is rated as low as it is. Way better than 10,000th : (
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3. The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden
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