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HOUSE OF LOVE House Of Love (1990 UK issue 12-track CD album picture sleeve)
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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This underrated and undervalued group always seemed to release albums at just the wrong time. 'Babe Rainbow' came out when American grunge was 'in' and the following year's 'Audience With The Mind' was 12 months too soon for Britpop. And this (ironically, much delayed) album came out just when the UK was going Madchester crazy.
Stangely enough, the opening track,'Hannah', bears some resemblance to 'I Wanna Be Adored', the first song on the Stone Roses' eponymous debut. As it slides away elegantly, it gives way to the shimmering 'Shine On' (the band's only Top 20 hit). The rest of Side 1 (I'm talking in vinyl terms here) is equally impressive, apart from the lumpen 'The Hedonist'.
'I Don't Know Why I Love You' is a rollicking rock song, kicked into life by a guitar riff similar to The Only Ones' 'Another Girl, Another Planet.'
Side 2 opens with the brusque, tumbling 'Never', derided at the time as a poor follow-up to 'I Don't Know Why....', but now sounding fine to these ears. 'Someone's Got To Love You' is a sad, silky love song, but the highlight for me is the next track, 'In A Room.' There's a real sense of drama and momentum in this song,and the lyrics are more straightforward, less opaque, than on other tracks - "When I'm drunk in a room, that's when I think of you."
In retrospect, Guy Chadwick and Co were just born 10 years too early. You can hear echoes of their work in bands of today like Coldplay and Snow Patrol. The same keening, shimmering guitars, the same sense of drama and dynamics. Yeah, they coulda been superstars, but for an accident of birth.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Like the other reviewer i played this to death back in 1990.And 91 ,92 ,93... It is one of my favourite albums of all time.Guy Chadwick`s lyric`s and Terry Bicker`s guitar work on absolute gems like Someone`s Got To Love You , Hedonist ,32nd Floor ,Blind and Beatles And The Stones are first class.I love every single track.1990 was all Stone Roses and the Madchester scene but this to me was an era defining album.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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HOL where one of those bands who whilst getting rave reviews and music press attention always seemed to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. That said, do check this album out, you wont be dissapointed,shimmering guitars and choruses to take your head off (check out "i dont know why i love you") ...If you like this then i also reccommend "babe rainbow",another HOL album which was out at the wrong time !! Also the early creation tracks especially,"christine" and "destroy the heart" . You can keep your coldplays,killers and the rest,these guys were miles ahead,they just didnt get the right breaks
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Superb...
Superb album from a superb band.
Shame they split up because they were superb.
Seen them in concert lots of times and those times were one of the best of my... Read more
Shame they split up because they were superb.
Seen them in concert lots of times and those times were one of the best of my... Read more
Published 4 months ago by tazi
Possibly the best album ever made
There isn't a duff track on the whole album. In the running, with New Order's Power, Corruption and Lies, for the best album ever. Read more
Published 6 months ago by joefromlondon
Great in their day
The HOL were fantastic live and Shine On is a classic of the later 1980's, but this is not a classic album in the mold of Stone Roses. Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2006 by Martin Ohara
House of Love - House of Love
This is one of my top ten albums of all time and here it is on sale for only £3.33!!!
Trust me, this is the best £3.33 you will ever spend - do it, now!
Trust me, this is the best £3.33 you will ever spend - do it, now!
Published on 15 Jun 2005
Excellent work of art!
The House of Love are an amazing band who created some of the most beautiful guitar music I've ever heard. Read more
Published on 20 April 2004 by J. ONG
Not as good as the 1986-1988 collection
I didn't take to this at all, which surprised me. I enjoy HOL's music and the 1986-1988 collection only enhanced this feeling. So when I got this album, naturally I was excited. Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2004 by Jay M
Buy Buy Buy!!!!
Bought this as vinyl in 1990 and played it to death!! Heard a track on TV at the weekend and had to see if it had been released as a CD....amazing Album...... Read more
Published on 29 Nov 2000
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