“Rest In Peace” is a faithful recording of Bauhaus' last
concert, played at the Hammersmith Palais in London on July 5, 1983, one week
prior to the official release of Burning From The Inside and fifteen years
before all four members would play together again. The show itself, although
captured on tape, remained in the vaults for almost a decade, before it was
finally released on two CDs in 1992; and the appropriate title “Rest In Peace”
actually reproduces the words of David J, spoken at the very end of the show,
once the final echoes of ʽBela Lugosiʼ have died down: most of the fans
present, unaware of the band's suicidal plans, never figured out what that
properly meant until it was too late. The large delay between recording and
release is understandable: first, it seemed pointless at the time to put out
two live albums in such a brief time interval, and second, the sound quality is
highly questionable almost as if they were taping this as a personal memento
rather than a potential commercial product or even historical document. Studio
or live, Bauhaus is one of those bands that draws its power from atmosphere and
sonic nuances rather than particular chord changes, so listening to a
poor-sound-quality Bauhaus album falls in the same category as watching a
black-and-white version of Snow White. For those who still have all the hits
ringing and reverberating in their ears, subconscious will do the trick and
restore the missing colours, but God forbid you ever fall upon “Rest In Peace”
as your introduction to the band.
Ripped here to FLAC
Bauhaus; Rest In Peace (The Final Concert)
1. (Intro)
Satori
2. Burning
From The Inside
3. In
Fear Of Fear
4. Terror
Couple Kill Colonel
5. The
Spy In The Cab
6. Kingdom’s
Coming
7. She’s
In Parties
8. Antonin
Artaud
9. King
Volcano
10. Passion
Of Lovers
11. Slice
Of Life
12. In
Heaven
13. Dancing
14. Hollow
Hills
15. Stigmata
Martyr
16. Kick
In The Eye
17. Dark
Entries
18. Double
Dare
19. In
The Flat Field
20. Boys
21. A
God In An Alcove
22. Hair
Of The Dog
23. Bela
Lugosi’s Dead
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