Bauhaus
Burning from the Inside
Album · Alternative · 1983 · Beggars Banquet
The fourth studio album from these gothic-rock pioneers has all the manic energy you'd expect from a band on the verge of collapse. It's an unpredictable cabaret that encompasses the glammy, David Bowie-style strutter "Honeymoon Croon," the swirling medieval folk of "King Volcano," and David J's flamboyant torch song "Who Killed Mr. Moonlight." Amid the chaos, the quartet unspool magic from their batwing sleeves: Archly flanged guitars and Peter Murphy's sinister vocals make "She's in Parties" and "Antonin Artaud" harrowing, darkly theatrical delights.

