The House Of Love (The German Album)
by The House Of Love
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The House Of Love bestography
The House Of Love (The German Album) is ranked 3rd best out of 13 albums by The House Of Love on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The House Of Love is The House Of Love (The Butterfly Album) which is ranked number 2826 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 552.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The House Of Love (The German Album) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The House Of Love (The German Album) rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 1 hour ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Greatest Music Albums: 501-600 | 5/100 | - |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 69 Music Albums of 1987 | 12/69 | 4 |
| 2026 |  johnner | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 29/100 | 71 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 94 Music Albums of 1987 | 22/94 | 4 |
| 2025 | johnner | Best Shoegaze & Dreampop Albums | 12/100 | - |
| 2025 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 8/100 | 5 |
| 2024 | Stevo796 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 53/100 | 10 |
| 2023 | Stevo796 | Top 21 Music Albums of 1987 | 7/21 | 4 |
| 2021 | johnner | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1980s | 11/50 | 16 |
| 2021 | johnner | Top 31 Music Albums of 1987 | 4/31 | 5 |
| 2017 | Gerard1968 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 46/100 | 4 |
| 2015 |  decemberhotel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 73/100 | 6 |
| 2014 | vmp | Top 50 Music Albums of 1987 | 46/50 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 15 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 130 | |||
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The House Of Love (The German Album) ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/23/2025 17:29 | TodFitz | 27,375 | 63/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2025 10:58 | CelticBhoy | 772 | 71/100 |
| ! | 04/28/2025 10:12 | Tamthebam | 23,215 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/02/2023 17:15 | Stevo796 | 1,153 | 73/100 |
| ! | 02/07/2023 13:48 | TonySayers61 | 25,122 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.0/100, a mean average of 64.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 64.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 22.9.
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Norman Bates 10/30/2012 10:12 | #53698
I changed the tracklist, which was the re-issue tracklist. Original LP tracklist has only 8 songs, in another order. Taken from the original LP, which I own.
Good first LP.
johnner 01/02/2012 19:31 | #34227 | TOP COMMENT
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Originally a German import from Rough Trade minus the Destroy the Heart ep, this is still an awe inspiring collection showcasing just how brilliant Chadwick & co. were in the early days.
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