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 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
In The Flat Field rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 14/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 59 Music Albums of 1980 | 6/59 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 57/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 80 Music Albums of 1980 | 24/80 | 4 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 91 Music Albums of 1980 | 36/91 | 3 |
| 2026 | stwins | Top 38 Greatest Music Albums | 16/38 | 60 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 41 Music Albums of 1980 | 28/41 | 2 |
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 56/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 67 Music Albums of 1980 | 44/67 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 265 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,408 | |||
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In The Flat Field ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/19/2026 10:17 | Mrump | 550 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/11/2026 22:43 |  serpico | 914 | 85/100 |
| ! | 06/19/2026 09:28 |  DommeDamian | 7,862 | 48/100 |
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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 77.3/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.
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babyBlueSedan TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/24/2014 23:11 | #127915 | TOP COMMENT
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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. (Edited)
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.
Up there with anything joy division ever produced! (Edited)
Good debut album from Bauhaus. Dark, gloomy, and abrasive. Stigmata Martyr has got to be the best track from this album
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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