In The Flat Field
by Bauhaus
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Bauhaus bestography
In The Flat Field is ranked as the best album by Bauhaus.
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In The Flat Field track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 05/01/2026 11:15 | Pavloss | 394 | 49/100 | |
| 04/13/2026 04:01 | BurndenAce | 1,194 | 76/100 | |
| 04/06/2026 14:13 | Daredevil42 | 2,328 | 73/100 | |
| 03/08/2026 21:08 | Musicbuff123 | 358 | 70/100 | |
| 02/17/2026 16:57 |  Leonard | 6,566 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.4/100, a mean average of 76.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.
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1st Gothic rock was Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath in 1970.
Gothic rock is The Cure.
This album is more Avantgarde Punk or Trash-Rock
I really can't stand this sh*t.
seb7 01/25/2022 04:37 | #280046
so haunting
Brandon8 04/05/2019 02:58 | #234521
Striking debut album from an influential band. The sound is omnious and hypnotic. Best tracks for me are Double Dare, The Title Track and Stigmata Martyr.
Like all Bauhaus albums (imho), the songs are hit or miss. "Stigmata Martyr" is an untouchable gother-than-sin masterpiece, and "In the Flat Field" and "Double Dare" are up there too. But then there are tracks like "Dive" that you just have to suffer through. I admire Bauhaus for their adventurousness, but they're at their best when their funkier ambitions slip into background.
Good debut album from Bauhaus. Dark, gloomy, and abrasive. Stigmata Martyr has got to be the best track from this album
babyBlueSedan 11/24/2014 23:11 | #127915
Was not expecting this. Much more jagged and abrasive than I thought it would be. Very good though, it brings back much of the aggression about punk that post punk had left behind.
Up there with anything joy division ever produced!
Small Talk Stinks is unbearable, however Stigmata Martyr makes up for it though.
Weird bunch of sounds and odd arrangements add together to make something listenable. Like coming from the storm after your car has broken into what you think is a haunted house. While the elements are worse than a scare, you find it is he home of an eccentric and dark band. They are playing the basement. Good stuff. Remember to check out 'Bela Lugosi's Dead' as well. I really liked that song but it isn't on here.
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