"Mask", Bauhaus, 1981
Dia: 3
Mês: Maio
Ano: 2013
Ano: 2013
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The Trouser Press Record Guide – Fourth Edition (Collier Books, 1991): Mask, their finest achievement, explores a variety of styles, incorporating airs of heavy metal, funk brass, and Tangerine Dreamy electronics into an organic whole. Though still weighty, the lyrics make occasional stabs at humor and reveal an increasingly romantic side.
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Indie & New Wave (Virgin Books and Muze, 1998): Often insistent on spontaneity in the studio, they recorded four albums in as many years, of which Mask proved the most accessible. ★★★
AllMusic: On Mask the members of Bauhaus consciously stretched themselves into newer areas of music and performance, resulting in an album that was arguably even better than the band's almost flawless debut. ★★★★
Drowned In Sound: By the time they'd started writing and recording the material that would eventually form the basis of their second album Mask, Bauhaus' sound had already developed quite considerably. While the harsh, incisive edge of Daniel Ash's guitars and the Haskins brothers' savage backline still remained intact, they'd also embraced the dislocated strains of groove-based dance music currently being employed by fellow scholars of futuristic punk Gang Of Four and Orange Juice. (...) Once again produced by the band, but this time engineered by esteemed studio boffin Mike Hedges, Mask was undoubtedly influenced by the likes of Iggy Pop's "Nightclubbing" and Bowie's "Boys Keep Swinging" as well as the other more inventive artists of the day such as Public Image Ltd and DAF. [8]
Sputnik Music: Kicking off interestingly enough with a repetitive drum beat and a recurring guitar note, "Hair of the Dog" sets the standard for what was to be a very varied album. Peter Murphy's vocals, as always, give fresh personality to most of the songs found on Mask, though at times his vocals can weaken the choruses of songs such as "The Passion of Lovers" and "The Man with the X-ray eyes". Murphy's vocals are not always this weak, however, and it certainly shows on the gloom of the title track and the extremely funky "Kick in the Eye". ★★★★
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