Hugh Jones

And, you know, it sounds really good.

It was produced by Hugh Jones, who produced a lot of other bands at that time, right? Well,

Echo and the Bunnymen have it up here.

He produced Modern English, too, which is probably where you get the similarity in the

The 28-date Black Album UK tour began in November of 1980, with reformed 70s street punk band The Straps as the support band.

There Ain't No Sanity Clause was a single from The Dam released November 24th, 1980, produced with Hugh Jones, who we've mentioned a lot lately in some of our podcasts.

The song was a tongue-in-cheek rock song released with an eye on the lucrative UK Christmas singles market, but it actually failed the chart.

The single was the last new material to be released from the band on Chiswick Records.

The band toured after this album broadly to promote the album, including a 16-date tour in England and 13 dates in Europe.

In July 1982, Bauhaus released the single Spirit, produced by Hugh Jones, who was the producer from From the Lion's Mouth with The Sound.

He'd also worked with Simple Minds, Echo and the Bunnymen, and among others at this point.

This was unusual for the band as they seemed to prefer producing their music themselves, and they don't normally have a separate producer.