In The Flat Field
by Bauhaus

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In The Flat Field by Bauhaus
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 1,241st   
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 293 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (32nd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (199th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,241st)

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In The Flat Field is ranked as the best album by Bauhaus.

Bauhaus album bestography « Higher ranked
- This album (1,241st)
In The Flat Field Lower ranked (2,914th) »
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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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Double Dare
Average Rating: 80 (69 votes)Comments: View 1
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In The Flat Field
Average Rating: 84 (74 votes)Comments: View 0
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God In An Alcove
Average Rating: 79 (61 votes)Comments: View 0
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Dive
Average Rating: 78 (58 votes)Comments: View 0
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Spy In The Cab
Average Rating: 78 (59 votes)Comments: View 0
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Small Talk Stinks
Average Rating: 73 (56 votes)Comments: View 0
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St. Vitus Dance
Average Rating: 76 (60 votes)Comments: View 1
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Stigmata Martyr
Average Rating: 81 (61 votes)Comments: View 0
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Nerves
Average Rating: 80 (59 votes)Comments: View 1
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In The Flat Field rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,241st | 1980s rank: 199th | 1980 rank: 32nd

In The Flat Field collection

In The Flat Field ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 293 votes)
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 !		11/18/2025 00:45 Exist-en-ciel   6,11170/100
 
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 !		11/12/2025 20:28 NYAndreas   1,43243/100
 
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 !		10/18/2025 03:32 imacgill   2,57379/100
 
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 !		10/13/2025 14:03 Tamthebam   22,95469/100
 
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 !		09/20/2025 19:10 BrunoDMartins   2,21776/100

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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 77.6/100, a mean average of 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.5.

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In The Flat Field comments

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From 05/03/2023 05:27 | #296551
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
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Rating:  
40/100
From 01/03/2023 17:24 | #292481
I really can't stand this sh*t.
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Rating:  
95/100
From 01/25/2022 04:37 | #280046
so haunting
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100/100
From 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.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 12/03/2015 06:10 | #153841
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.
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Rating:  
95/100
From 05/24/2015 00:17 | #142306
Good debut album from Bauhaus. Dark, gloomy, and abrasive. Stigmata Martyr has got to be the best track from this album
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Rating:  
65/100
From 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.
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