Burning from the Inside
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{{Infobox album
| name = Burning from the Inside
| type = studio
| artist = Bauhaus
| cover = Burningfromtheinside.jpg
| alt =
| released = 15 July 1983
| recorded =
| venue =
| genre = Post-punk
| length = 40:35
| label = Beggars Banquet, A&M (US only){{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Bauhaus-Burning-From-The-Inside/release/10233663 |accessdate=23 December 2019 | title=Bauhaus - Burning From The Inside (1983, C - Monarch Pressing, Vinyl) %7c Discogs|website=Discogs |year=1983 }}
| producer = Bauhaus
| prev_title = The Sky's Gone Out
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Go Away White
| next_year = 2008
}}
Burning from the Inside is the fourth studio album by English gothic rock band Bauhaus, released on 15 July 1983 by record label Beggars Banquet. It peaked at No. 13 on the UK Albums Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18964/bauhaus/|title=Bauhaus charts}}
The single, "She's In Parties", which spawned from the album, reached No. 26 in the UK Singles Chart.{{Cite web |title=BAUHAUS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18964/bauhaus/ |website=Official Charts}}
Recording and production
During the recording of the album, singer Peter Murphy was ill, leaving the rest of the band to undertake much of the writing and recording process without him. As evidence of how much input the rest of the band had on the album, bassist David J and guitarist Daniel Ash sang lead vocals on four of the songs. This, combined with the fact that the band started recording without Murphy, led to internal difficulties, and by the time the album was released, they had already broken up.{{citation needed|date=February 2012}} In 2015, David J announced in a solo performance that the album's title came from an incident in which he and Ash were smoking hash in a car and the car caught fire, burning from the inside.
Reception
{{album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/burning-from-the-inside-mw0000652112 |title=Burning from the Inside – Bauhaus
}}
Ned Raggett, writing for The Quietus in 2013, called the album "a compelling sprawl at its best, a case for fragmentation as beauty".{{cite web |url=http://thequietus.com/articles/12708-bauhaus-burning-from-the-inside |title=The Quietus
Track listing
{{track listing
| all_writing = Bauhaus (Daniel Ash, David J, Kevin Haskins and Peter Murphy)
| title1 = She's in Parties
| length1 = 5:49
| title2 = Antonin Artaud
| length2 = 4:09
| title3 = Wasp
| note3 = instrumental
| length3 = 0:20
| title4 = King Volcano
| length4 = 3:29
| title5 = Who Killed Mr. Moonlight
| length5 = 4:55
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Side B
| title6 = Slice of Life
| length6 = 3:43
| title7 = Honeymoon Croon
| length7 = 2:52
| title8 = Kingdom's Coming
| length8 = 2:25
| title9 = Burning from the Inside
| length9 = 9:21
| title10 = Hope
| length10 = 3:17
}}
{{track listing
| headline = CD reissue bonus tracks
| title11 = Lagartija Nick
| length11 = 3:30
| title12 = Here's the Dub (Special Effects By 'Loonatik & Drinks')
| length12 = 3:18
| title13 = Departure
| length13 = 4:49
| title14 = Sanity Assassin
| length14 = 4:05
}}
Personnel
; Bauhaus
- Peter Murphy – lead vocals
- Daniel Ash – guitars, backing vocals, saxophone, lead vocals on "Slice of Life"
- David J – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Who Killed Mr. Moonlight"
- Kevin Haskins – drums, keyboards
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|2292}}
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Category:Bauhaus (band) albums