Passion of Covers: A Tribute to Bauhaus

Various Artists - Alternative - Industrial | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 27, 1996)
• Original Release Date: February 27, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cleopatra
• ASIN: B000001JU6
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,573 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Unusually good for Cleopatra, June 20, 2002

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Scott Sweet "Music Freak" (Colorado Springs, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Passion of Covers: A Tribute to Bauhaus (Audio CD)

This one would've been hard to screw up. Who's not gonna jump in on a Bauhaus tribute CD? They have (mostly) good bands doing all the hits.

The Electric Hellfire Club's cover of "Bela" stays close to the original, as do several other tracks. Faith and The Muse's "Hollow Hills" is a reminder that any good comp sparks interest in the featured bands. Fahrenheit 451 and Eva O take "The Three Shadows (Part II)" in a fresh direction. (Now that Brendan Perry is pretty much retired, Athan Maroulis is neck-and-neck with Peter Murphy for Best Male Voice in dark music.) Black Atmosphere's "Muscle In Plastic" and Wreckage's "Largartija Nick" are the strongest reminders of the role punk played in early goth.

Two Witches' cover of "King Volcano" isn't as bad as others have claimed; it's a goofy song to begin with. The only real problem is that the singer sounds like he just had a novocaine shot. Makes you appreciate This Ascension's "In The Flat Field" that much more. "She's In Parties" continues Ikon's homage to Ian Curtis. Blade Fetish provides a perfect closing with "All We Ever Wanted Was Everything."

The "Multi-Image" cover is nifty, and the bands bring enough new flavor to merit the compilation. I'd give it five stars if it had Faith and The Muse covering "Silent Hedges."

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Tribute I've ever heard, June 12, 2000

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+deV "Musak Freak" (Hellifornia, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Passion of Covers: A Tribute to Bauhaus (Audio CD)

Cleopatra is known to release a tribute album a week practically and usually they are the worse thing since Milli Vanilli.

But this tribute was another story. I've always liked Bauhaus so I thought I would be sorry to get this album. But every song was good, well the Two Witches one is iffy. I like the Two witches but well... Faith and the Muse are the highlight on this album, their contribution is one of the songs I play the most. It's so soothing it's eerie. I'd buy this album again just to hear their version of Hollow Hills.

Shame Cleopatra hasn't released a tribute this good since. And this album is kind of a oldie.

Other highlights

Fahrenheit 451, Ex-Voto, The shroud

Play the songs by those bands and you'll love the album. If you still don't theres no hope :).

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some Good, Some Bad, June 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Passion of Covers: A Tribute to Bauhaus (Audio CD)

But the good over weight the bad. Just ignore the two witches on here butchering music and you'll be happy. I like this album and use it a bit when I DJ.