| Go Away White | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Bauhaus |
| Cover: | Bauhaus_Go_Away_White.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | 3 March 2008 |
| Recorded: | 2006 |
| Studio: | Zircon Skye, Ojai, California, United States |
| Length: | 48:54 |
| Producer: | Bauhaus |
| Prev Title: | Burning from the Inside |
| Prev Year: | 1983 |
Go Away White is the fifth and final studio album by English gothic rock band, Bauhaus and was internationally released on 3 March 2008 by record labels Cooking Vinyl in the UK and Bauhaus Music. It was the band's first album of new material since Burning from the Inside in 1983.
Shortly after the release, the band announced this would be their final record and the end of the band, and that there would be no tour to support the album. However, the band did play the song "Adrenalin" on some dates of their 2022 tour.
Go Away White was recorded in 2006 in 18 days at Zircon Skye in Ojai, California. The band played together in one room, taking first takes as final cuts. Drummer Kevin Haskins said in an interview that they "were getting along really well, but there was an incident that occurred". As a result, "some of us just felt that we didn't want to carry on as a working unit". No details on the incident were given.[1]
Bassist David J later described the incident as "a big fight in the studio. We weren't going to carry on, and we were just going to dump the album. We were waiting for Peter [Murphy] to turn up. Our beef was with him. So he comes in, and he does this shocking and brilliant thing. Pure zen. He comes in, and he just spits rose petals in our faces. It just cut through everything. We couldn't argue with that. So we just went in and continued recording."[2]
Peter Murphy described the album as "spontaneous", and while it doesn't sound much like what they did in the past, it has some "positives" and "playfulness" to it.[3]
The front cover is a photo by Dominique Duplaa of the Bethesda Terrace, called "Bethesda, Angel of the Healing Waters".[4]