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Generally favorable reviews- based on 16 Ratings

  • Summary: The first album in over 20 years for the British rock band is also their last.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. The A.V. Club
    91
    Go Away White is more than a swansong. It's a minor masterpiece that proves Bauhaus has been nicely preserved.
  2. AllMusic
    80
    Go Away White sounds like the four were trying one last time to reclaim the idea of Bauhaus as band and ethos from all the many limiting clichés heaped on it, something which the album title, taken from the song "Black Stone Heart," slyly hints at.
  3. Billboard
    80
    It picks up right where Bauhaus left off: a wet dream for original fans and a blast of recognition for the newly eye-lined.
  4. Under The Radar
    60
    It's disappointing that this epilogue couldn't have been crafted with more care. [Spring 2008, p.82]
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  5. Uncut
    60
    It sounds alive and kicking almost to its own detriment. [Mar 2008, p.83]
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  6. Hartford Courant
    60
    While the new material will hardly tarnish the band's legacy, it won't add much, either.
  7. Q Magazine
    40
    A quarter of a century on, that still holds, right down to the same old ponderous rhythms, Daniel Ash's screaming guitar fuzz and Peter Murphy's ridiculously portentous vocals. [Apr 2008, p.102]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. GropiusWalter
    Mar 5, 2008
    10
    Great...what was the incident that canceled the touring?
  2. ChrisW.
    Mar 4, 2008
    10
    Brilliant! As vital as anything they have ever done. Alas, even though they are no more, welcome back!
  4. RobertL.
    Mar 13, 2008
    9
    It's absolutely everything I would have wanted in another bauhaus album - and MORE!! Cheers! PLEASE do another...and another -- UNDEAD!
  5. WildAnimal
    Mar 6, 2008
    9
    How many albums coming out now were done in first takes? That alone gives them a high score from me. They are much more accomplished How many albums coming out now were done in first takes? That alone gives them a high score from me. They are much more accomplished musicians now and it shows. I love the part mid album about the missing solo! True artists!… Expand
  6. TomF.
    Mar 14, 2008
    9
    This is a brilliant farewell by a great band. It sounds just like where they left off 25 years ago, but with the maturity gained by This is a brilliant farewell by a great band. It sounds just like where they left off 25 years ago, but with the maturity gained by continuing to make music the whole time. They did not try to modernize the band, or fit the sounds of today. This is pure Bauhaus circa 1980, and true fans couldn't ask for much more.… Collapse
  7. Alessandro
    Feb 25, 2009
    9
    I'm still trying to understand how old I am and where I am. Ah, my child's voice, and this, this is a pc. It' s seems all I'm still trying to understand how old I am and where I am. Ah, my child's voice, and this, this is a pc. It' s seems all right, this music may come from some corner in my head or from a incubus. Fan-ta-s-tic.… Expand
  8. CaieL.
    Jan 25, 2010
    7
    Bauhaus has ranked in my top 5 of all time since I first heard them in 1987. I was naturally excited when I found out they were making a new Bauhaus has ranked in my top 5 of all time since I first heard them in 1987. I was naturally excited when I found out they were making a new album. This album has most of the hallmarks of Bauhaus but it is missing something, actually it has too much of something. Bauhuas, like their namesake, focused on function over form, stripping away the frivolity to produce a stark black and white soundscape. There are echoes of that for sure on this album, Saved, Mirror Remains and Black Stone Heart exhibit some of their former imagination with disjointed melodies and Daniel Ash's signature guitar, and sax work. As a whole it's a decent album, but take any song off of this album and play it next to Dark Entries, Silent Hedges or Slice of Life and you'll quickly the new songs missing that old Bauhaus magic.… Expand

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