Bauhaus In The Flat FieldBauhaus: Kevin Haskins, David Jay, Peter Murphy, Daniel Ash. In 1980, after almost single handedly inventing the "Goth" genre with their debut single, "Bela Lugosi's Dead," Bauhaus recorded IN THE FLAT FIELD for England's influential 4AD label. This CD retains the rather original album's rather daring cover art (a nude male figure) but adds eight tracks from early singles (though not "Bela?," unfortunately) to the 4AD issue's nine. IN THE FLAT FIELD

This brought my vocal to the front more and I can finally hear my little 22-year-old self trying new things and fitting into the music around me just fine

" on "Sweet Dreams

” Medicine at Midnight is produced by Greg Kurstin and Foo Fighters

he's a virtuoso on the keys and a true innovator in sound production as one of the original creators of the Broken Beat sound

Format Detail: 2LP standard Gatefold Jacket

Gregory Alan Isakov has been compared to his influences including Bruce Springsteen

Open horizons shows the clutter of our lives to be transient

the optimism bubbling under the melancholy makes Fading Frontier all the more affecting

tricked-out Latin beats and weird synthesizers in "Body Heat

Re-visiting these sessions after listening to them only once in the last 20 years has been a lovely surprise

From the bold strokes of opening track "Fixture Picture

Whether making straight ahead dance music