THE HOUSE OF LOVE The House Of Love LP FONTANA 1990 UK orig+inner+insert
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THE HOUSE OF LOVE
The post-Smiths guitar pop of the House of Love was popular for a short time in the late '80s and early '90s, as many college and alternative rock fans became converts to their mixture of shiny ringing guitars, pseudo-psychedelic melodies, and bursts of noise...
"THE HOUSE OF LOVE"
1990 LP FONTANA RECORDS 842 293-1
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL PRESSING
SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE + INSERT
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 0 42284 22931 9
LABEL: FONTANA - SILVER/BLACK LABEL - SILVER TEXT
Label Code: 0211
Other (Price Code): PG 281
Catalog on cover: (sticker on front, spine, rear, inner, insert) 842 293-1
Catalog on labels: 842 293-1
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): HOUSE OF LOVE LP-A1 MASTERDISK
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): 8422931 A-1U-1-1- D
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): HOUSE OF LOVE LP-B1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): 8422931 B-1U-1-1- D
On labels: rim text reads "All rights............prohibited"
? 1990, *? 1989, Phonogram Ltd. (London)© 1990 Phonogram Ltd. (London)
EMI Music Publishing
Original sound recording made by Phonogram Ltd. (London)
All tracks written by Guy Chadwick
Produced by......
On Back Sleeve: This album was produced by The House Of Love with.......
tracklisting
Side A: HANAH - SHINE ON - BEATLES AND THE STONES - SHAKE & CRAWL
HEDONIST - I DON'T KNOW WHY I LOVE YOU
Side B: NEVER - SOMEBODY'S GOT TO LOVE YOU - IN A ROOM
BLIND - 32ND FLOOR - SE DEST
gradingRECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Following the combination of indie success and massive hype leading up to the band's first album proved to be too much for the original lineup, with Bickers leaving after a series of problems and pressures once the group signed to Fontana. Yet rarely has a fraught series of recording sessions resulted in something so flat-out stunning. The House of Love's second self-titled album in a row -- third counting the German singles comp -- remains something of a high-water mark in what can loosely be termed U.K. post-punk music, acting as an effective final statement before the onslaughts of Madchester, grunge, and Brit-pop. It's almost impossible to tell who is more responsible for what on the album, given its stitched-together nature, but whatever Bickers contributes matches Chadwick's cool but never cold performances note for note, and the result is deep blue rapture. Starting with the snaky crawl of "Hannah," sidling in over a series of echoed guitar notes, the 12-song collection does everything from revisiting past heights to scaling new ones. "Shine On" gets re-recorded in an arguably much more powerful performance, Evans' drums and Bickers pounding away out in front, while one early B-side, "The Hedonist," is turned from a light acoustic number into a evocative modern blues. Another, "Blind," is changed very little, its simple fragility still holding a soft sway. Everything else is new and quite often stunning, building on the combination of power and emotion from the first album perfectly...(AllMusic)
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