Crackle (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Crackle
| type = greatest
| artist = Bauhaus
| cover = Crackle – The Best of Bauhaus cover art.jpg
| alt =
| released = 7 July 1998
| recorded = 1979–1983
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Post-punk, gothic rock
| length = {{Duration|m=75|s=26}}
| label = Beggars Banquet
| producer = Bauhaus
| chronology = Bauhaus compilation album
| prev_title = Swing the Heartache: The BBC Sessions
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
Crackle (also known as Crackle: Best of Bauhaus) is a greatest hits album by English goth-rock band Bauhaus. The album was released in 1998 by record label Beggars Banquet, during the band's Resurrection Tour. It includes remastered versions of some of their single hits and most popular songs.
Content
Crackle is a considerably shorter compilation of Bauhaus's work than their previous 'best of' album 1979-1983. A booklet accompanying the CD contains photographs, excerpts from the lyrics, credits, discography and a poem.
Release and reception
{{album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/crackle-the-best-of-mw0000599821 |title=Crackle – The Best Of – Bauhaus
| rev2 = Pitchfork
| rev2score = 8.8/10{{cite web |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15332-crackle-the-best-of |title=Bauhaus: Crackle: The Best Of...: Pitchfork Record Review |last=Hansen |first=Skaht |website=Pitchfork |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308190423/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15332-crackle-the-best-of |archivedate=8 March 2008 |accessdate=9 March 2015}}
}}
Crackle was released in 1998 by record label Beggars Banquet, during the band's Resurrection Tour.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described it as "an excellent single-disc overview" of the group's work.
Track listing
{{track listing
| all_writing = Bauhaus (Daniel Ash, Kevin Haskins, David J and Peter Murphy), except "Ziggy Stardust" written by David Bowie
| title1 = Double Dare
| note1 = from In the Flat Field
| length1 = 4:53
| title2 = In the Flat Field
| note2 = from In the Flat Field
| length2 = 5:02
| title3 = The Passion of Lovers
| note3 = from Mask
| length3 = 3:53
| title4 = Bela Lugosi's Dead
| note4 = non-album single
| length4 = 9:36
| title5 = Sanity Assassin
| note5 = non-album single
| length5 = 4:11
| title6 = She's in Parties
| note6 = edit, from Burning from the Inside
| length6 = 3:45
| title7 = Silent Hedges
| note7 = from The Sky's Gone Out
| length7 = 3:11
| title8 = Hollow Hills
| note8 = from Mask
| length8 = 4:47
| title9 = Mask
| note9 = from Mask
| length9 = 4:37
| title10 = Kick in the Eye
| note10 = alternate version; original version from Mask
| length10 = 3:37
| title11 = Ziggy Stardust
| note11 = non-album single
| length11 = 3:14
| title12 = Dark Entries
| note12 = non-album single
| length12 = 3:52
| title13 = Terror Couple Kill Colonel
| note13 = non-album single
| length13 = 4:24
| title14 = Spirit
| note14 = alternate version / edit, from The Sky's Gone Out
| length14 = 3:47
| title15 = Burning from the Inside
| note15 = from Burning from the Inside
| length15 = 9:23
| title16 = Crowds
| note16 = B-side to "Telegram Sam" single
| length16 = 3:14
}}
Personnel
; Bauhaus
- Daniel Ash – guitar
- Kevin Haskins – drums, percussion
- David J – bass guitar
- Peter Murphy – vocals
; Technical
- John Dent – remastering
- Steve Webbon – coordination
- Coleman Barks – translation
- Dominic Davies – sleeve photography
- Antoine Giacomoni – sleeve portraits
- Mitch Jenkins – sleeve portraits
- Timothy O'Donnell – sleeve design
- Rumi – poetry
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|2642|Crackle}}
{{Bauhaus}}
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Category:Bauhaus (band) compilation albums
Category:1998 greatest hits albums