The House Of Love (studio album) by The House Of Love

The House Of Love by The House Of Love
Year: 1988
Overall rank: 2,928th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 103 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1988 (40th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (455th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,928th)
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The House Of Love bestography

The House Of Love is ranked 2nd 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 2796 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 552.

The House Of Love album bestography « Higher ranked (2,796th) This album (2,928th) Lower ranked (9,035th) »
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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 103 votes)
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02/28/2024 19:07 Gavin Cook  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 24965/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 74.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.

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90/100
From 02/25/2021 07:06
Very good record. Great sound, brilliant vocals and bickers was a wonderfully inventive and inspiring guitarist. When house of love hit the heights on this and other records with tracks like Christine and Shine One, they could take on the world, however a slight criticism would be most of the material didn't hit those standards. Repeated listening does bring out the subtleties and you realise that though not mega classics they probably did release albums worthy of 80s and 90s lists. Could listen to Chadwick vocals and Bickers leads all day.
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From 01/29/2012 00:04
House of Love's under-appreciated debut achieves something that few albums are able to accomplish by making subtle, beautiful and intelligent music somehow have a raw edge. Despite regular comparison to other shoegazers of their time, there's a certain haunting element to this album that is uniquely HOL. Also the House added touches of Jesus & Mary Chain feedback at key times.

"Christine" is a personal favorite combining minimal, shimmering Gothic romance and feedback-laden swagger then ending with a lilting pop ditty during the fade-out. The understated, delicate "Man To Child" is another great rack. HOL's self-titled debut is simply a gorgeous work of late 80's Inide pop that should not be missed.
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From 01/02/2012 01:20
The House of Love as well as The Cocteau Twins, Sonic Youth, and My Bloody Valentine fundamentally laid down the foundations for the shoegazer sound on this album. FACT. Something made all the more cruel considering how largely forgotten this album and the band currently are. From the sour downcast wall of sound of opener Christine to the mesmeric and achingingly beautiful undulations of the oceanic Love In a Car (guitarist Terry Bickers on this song in particular has been subsequently ripped off by Ride, Interpol, and numerous countless others) The House of Love is that greatest of rarity - a forgotten classic. I've been hooked on this album since I first heard it over 20 years ago and have yet to grow tired of it. Perhaps, the fact that Guy Chadwick was already 30 by the time he wrote most of the songs allows it to resonate all the more clearly with the 'older' me, whatever, I love this record just as much as I did when I was a teenager and it is my favourite all time album. What else is there to say? Sheer Class.
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