The Sky's Gone Out
by Bauhaus

The Sky's Gone Out by Bauhaus
Year: 1982
Release date: 1982-10-22
Overall rank: 4,859th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 110 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1982 (75th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (704th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,859th)

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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 1248 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,391.

Bauhaus album bestography « Higher ranked (3,404th)
Mask
This album (4,859th)
The Sky's Gone Out
Lower ranked (14,263rd) »
1979–1983

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The Sky's Gone Out rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,859th | 1980s rank: 704th | 1982 rank: 75th
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2026stangetzawayTop 40 Music Albums of 198212/404
2026 RhynerTop 20 Music Albums of 198210/203
2026juanr1096Top 54 Music Albums of 198230/542
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 198240/1003
2026 jeremy9Top 45 Music Albums of 198232/452
2026LittleM1971Top 86 Music Albums of 198243/863
2026 dihansseTop 64 Music Albums of 198229/643
2026stangetzawayTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s96/1001
2026 Patman360Top 98 Music Albums of 198277/981
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 198266/1002
2026 ExTeaSeaTop 80 Music Albums of 198245/802
2026 RhynerTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s85/1003
2026 MadhattanJackTop 100 Music Albums of 198254/1002
2026JohnnyoGreatest Goth albums (101 - 200) by Ultimate Record Collection25/90 -
2026 HeliosTop 90 Music Albums of 198224/904
2026Steppenwolf666Top 97 Music Albums of 198237/973
2026OFarrioTop 19 Music Albums of 19824/194
2026matterhornriderTop 64 Music Albums of 198256/641
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 198239/1003
2026 ssteveTop 25 Music Albums of 19824/254
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 90
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 290
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 110 votes)
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75/100
 
03/16/2026 23:08 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,38170/100
 
90/100
 
02/21/2026 13:20 VeVt  Ratings distribution  10361/100
 
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12/30/2025 01:12 sssvnnn  Ratings distribution  8,39867/100
 
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11/14/2025 09:11 robertoveltri  Ratings distribution  85879/100
 
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11/12/2025 23:40 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100

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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 12.7.

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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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From 10/02/2014 20:21 | #123197
Best album by Bauhaus. Very underrated.
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