The House of Love

The House of Love

by The House of Love
The House of Love

The House of Love

by The House of Love

CD(Dutch Import)

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Overview

For all of the band's later highlights, there's no question that this is where the group shone the best; still hungry, still focused, and not plagued by the personality conflicts that would cause Terry Bickers' acrimonious departure, the quartet served up a half-hour-long delight. Guy Chadwick's yearning vocals and ear for memorable melodies matched beautifully with Bickers' fantastic guitar, and if the recorded results didn't really show the latter at full strength (Chadwick essentially told him what to play, and he only cut loose in concert), it's still something. Check out the sudden, thrilling solo on "Salome," a fantastic song that easily equals the Church at their most thrilling and powerful, or the even-more-memorable break on the deservedly famous leadoff track "Christine," once described aptly as the Jesus and Mary Chain meets the Left Banke. The Pete Evans/Chris Groothuizen rhythm team had their own fine moments as well -- the snaky crawl of "Road" in particular suggests Echo and the Bunnymen's own brilliant work with rhythm. "Man to Child," a reflective, softly crushed ballad, won many plaudits as well, Chadwick's portrait of aging and angst deft and quietly understated, matching the similarly wistful, just-sad-enough music beautifully. However, the secret highlight of the album would have to be "Love in a Car," starting with a keening, haunting high guitar part from Bickers and then slowly evolving into an evermore tense and dramatic all-band performance. Chadwick's singing is some of his wounded best, and the final slow fade keeps all the intensity right to the end. Though a couple of cuts veer toward the okay rather than the great, plenty of other highlights suggest themselves, and the album as a whole is a high watermark for English post-punk music of the '80s. ~ Ned Raggett

Product Details

Release Date: 09/19/2025
Label: Music On Cd
UPC: 0602488522267

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The House of Love   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Jean-Philippe Rykiel   Composer
The House of Love   Composer,Producer,Arranger
Larry Mullen, Jr.   Composer
Steve Nunn   Engineer
Guy Chadwick   Liner Notes,Composer
The Edge   Composer
Pat Collier   Engineer,Mixing
Ernie Isley   Composer
Adam Clayton   Composer
Chris Jasper   Composer
Bono   Composer
Youssou N'Dour   Composer
Brownie McGhee   Composer
O'Kelly Isley   Composer
Michel Legrand   Composer
Marvin Isley   Composer
Rudolph Isley   Composer
Ronald Isley   Composer
Alan McGee   Liner Notes
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