In 1980, after almost single-handedly inventing the "Goth" generation with their debut single, "Bela Lugosi's Dead," Bauhaus recorded In The Flat Field for England's influential 4AD label. In The Flat Field is classic and influential, a deadly compilation. Though Bauhaus may be labeled as "Goth," the pealing feedback that opens the record ("Dark Entries") and the anguished howl in the first line of "Double Dare" (I dare you to be real!") prove that they arrive with the same punk rock pedigree as many of their contemporaries.

Track Listing
Double Dare
In The Flat Field
God In An Alcove
Dive
The Spy In The Cab
Small Talk Stinks
St. Vitus Dance
Stigmata Martyr
Nerves