Gotham (album)

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Gotham
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ReleasedNovember 1999
Recorded9–10 September 1998; 28 August 1998
Studio
Length98:04
Label Metropolis
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(1997)
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Gotham is a double-disc live album by English gothic rock band Bauhaus of a concert performed in 1998, released in 1999 by record label Metropolis. The album also includes one appended studio track, a cover of "Severance", originally recorded by Dead Can Dance on their 1988 album The Serpent's Egg .

Contents

Track listing

Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."Double Dare"6:20
2."In the Flat Field"4:08
3."A God in an Alcove"4:25
4."In Fear of Fear"3:35
5."Hollow Hills"6:29
6."Kick in the Eye"3:48
7."Terror Couple Kill Colonel"3:58
8."Silent Hedges"3:49
9."Severance" (Dead Can Dance cover)7:23
10."Boys"4:04
11."She's in Parties"5:54
12."The Passion of Lovers"3:36
13."Dark Entries"3:56
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."Telegram Sam" (T. Rex cover)2:23
2."Ziggy Stardust" (David Bowie cover)3:25
3."Bela Lugosi's Dead"13:31
4."All We Ever Wanted"4:38
5."Spirit"5:22
6."Severance (Studio Version)" (Dead Can Dance cover)7:20

Personnel

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References

  1. Raggett, Ned. "Gotham – Bauhaus | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 16 March 2015.