Swing the Heartache: The BBC Sessions

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Swing the Heartache: The BBC Sessions
Swing the Heartache - The BBC Sessions cover.jpg
Compilation album by
Bauhaus
ReleasedJuly 1989
Recorded3 January 1980 – 17 February 1983
Length68:30
Label Beggars Banquet/Ada
Bauhaus compilations chronology
1979–1983
(1985)
Swing the Heartache: The BBC Sessions
(1989)
Crackle
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Hi-Fi News & Record Review A:1/1* [2]

Swing the Heartache: The BBC Sessions is a compilation album by the English gothic rock band Bauhaus, released in 1989 by Beggars Banquet Records. [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "A God in an Alcove" (4:08) – broadcast 3 Jan 1980 for John Peel
  2. "Telegram Sam" (2:25) – broadcast 3 Jan 1980 for John Peel
  3. "Double Dare" (4:55) – broadcast 3 Jan 1980 for John Peel
  4. "The Spy in the Cab" (4:09) – broadcast 3 Jan 1980 for John Peel
  5. "In the Flat Field" (3:46) – recorded for David Jensen
  6. "St. Vitus Dance" (2:28) – recorded for David Jensen
  7. "In Fear of Fear" (2:46) – recorded for David Jensen
  8. "Poison Pen" (3:40) – recorded for David Jensen
  9. "Party of the First Part" (5:35) – broadcast 12 April 1982 by John Peel
  10. "Departure" (4:53) – broadcast 12 April 1982 by John Peel
  11. "The Three Shadows Part II" (2:58) – broadcast 12 April 1982 by John Peel
  12. "Silent Hedges" (3:07) – broadcast 1 July 1982 by David Jensen
  13. "Swing the Heartache" (5:12) – broadcast 1 July 1982 by David Jensen
  14. "Third Uncle" (5:17) – broadcast 1 July 1982 by David Jensen
  15. "Ziggy Stardust" (3:12) – broadcast 1 July 1982 by David Jensen
  16. "Terror Couple Kill Colonel" (3:31) – recorded 17 February 1983 for David Jensen
  17. "Night Time" (3:11) – recorded 17 February 1983 for David Jensen
  18. "She's in Parties" (4:41) – recorded 17 February 1983 for David Jensen

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References

  1. Swing the Heartache: The BBC Sessions at AllMusic
  2. "Review: Bauhaus — Swing the Heartache: The BBC Sessions" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review (magazine). Vol. 34, no. 9. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. September 1989. p. 105. ISSN   0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021 via World Radio History.
  3. Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira; Fasolino, Greg. "trouserpress.com :: Bauhaus". trouserpress.com . Retrieved 3 April 2013.