Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted.
Bauhaus
RELEASE: In the Flat Field, Mask
BACKSTORY: The first two titles in the Bauhaus colored-vinyl reissue series arrive this week: a gold-vinyl pressing of the band’s 1980 debut In the Flat Field and its 1981 follow-up Mask. More titles arrive Nov. 23 and Dec. 7.
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk
This Mortal Coil
RELEASE: It’ll End in Tears, Filigree & Shadow, Blood
BACKSTORY: The three albums released by the 4AD Records collective — led by label founder Ivo Watts-Russell — will be reissued this week Dec. 7 (delayed due to production issues) in deluxe CD and LP editions.
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk
Skinny Puppy
RELEASE: Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse, Cleanse Fold and Manipulate
BACKSTORY: The second and third albums from the legendary industrial group Skinny Puppy — 1986’s Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse and 1987’s Cleanse Fold and Manipulate — are reissued this week in new vinyl pressings.
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk
David Bowie
RELEASE: Heathen
BACKSTORY: David Bowie’s 22nd studio album, originally released in 2002, is reissued this week on limited-edition, 180-gram translucent gold audiophile vinyl. Includes the songs “Slow Burn,” “Slip Away” and more.
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- New releases: R.E.M., Nitzer Ebb, Camouflage, Elvis Costello, Belly, David Bowie, Cocteau Twins
- New releases: Echo & The Bunnymen, Joe Strummer, Pixies, House of Love, Nick Cave, XTC
- This week’s new releases: Ramones’ ‘Road to Ruin’ box set, Felt, Butthole Surfers, The Cult
- This week’s new releases: Siouxsie and the Banshees, Paul Weller, The Chills, Devo
