Editing Bauhaus (band) (section)

====''In the Flat Field''====
Despite the success of their signature song, the band left Small Wonder Records because of its lack of support for touring stemming from budget issues. Stennet stated: "The trouble is we just can't afford to send the bands on tour or anything like that, and a group needs that sort of support."{{sfn|Shirley|1994|p=36}} Signing with the [[4AD]] label, Bauhaus released two more singles, "[[Dark Entries]]" in January 1980 and "[[Terror Couple Kill Colonel]]" in June 1980, before issuing their first album ''[[In the Flat Field]]'' in October 1980. The album's cover image, selected by David J, is a photograph titled ''Homage to Purvis de Chavannes'' by [[Duane Michals]], an image of a naked man blowing a horn instrument.{{sfn|Shirley|1994|p=44}} ''[[NME]]'' reviewer Andy Gill described it as "Gothick-Romantick pseudo-decadence" and dismissed the band as "a hip [[Black Sabbath]]".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Gill |first=Andy |date=8 November 1980 |title=Gothick As a Brick |journal=[[NME]] |page=32}}</ref> Despite negative reviews, ''In the Flat Field'' topped the indie charts and spent one week at No. 72 on the [[UK Albums Chart]].{{sfn|Shirley|1994|p=46}} Although the band was satisfied with the album, they later admitted that it had failed to capture everything that they had wanted{{sfn|Shirley|1994|p=44}} and that its intensity level was too high, but it was "the purest statement of what [we] were like then".{{sfn|Shirley|1994|p=63}} 
 
In August 1980, the band traveled to [[North America]] to play four dates in cities such as [[Toronto]], [[Chicago]] and [[New York City|New York]].{{sfn|Shirley|1994|p=49}} One of Bauhaus' first US shows was in a venue called Space Place in Chicago, [[Illinois]] in September 1980, booked by Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher, the owners of the independent record label [[Wax Trax! Records]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Kelsey |last=Chapstick |title=Ministry to NIN: 10 Things We Learned From Wax Trax! Doc 'Industrial Accident' |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/ministry-nin-10-things-we-learned-wax-trax-doc-industrial-accident#4-wax-trax-introduced-america-front-242-and-bauhaus |website=Revolver |publisher=Project M Group LLC. |access-date=14 November 2020 |date=12 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bauhaus Concert Guide |url=http://www.bauhausgigguide.info/gig.php?gid=106 |access-date=14 November 2020}}</ref> The band returned to England in October 1980 for a 20-date tour in England and in Europe to promote their first album.{{sfn|Shirley|1994|p=50}} In December 1980, Bauhaus released a cover version of "[[Telegram Sam]]", originally a hit by [[glam rock|glam-rock]] pioneers [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]], as a single.