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The House of Love is the eponymous debut album by the British alternative rock band the House of Love. Released on 16 May 1988 by Creation Records , the album was a critical success. It appeared in many 1988 critics' lists in NME , [ 3 ] Melody Maker [ 4 ] and Sounds .
The House of Love's second album (also untitled, but generally known as either House of Love, the Butterfly album, or simply Fontana) was released in January 1990; [7] it reached the top ten in the UK Albums Chart and peaked at N°148 in the Billboard Top 200, staying in the US chart for 8 weeks. [10] It sold worldwide over 400,000 copies. [5] "
Babe Rainbow is the only House of Love studio album to feature Simon Walker (ex-Dave Howard Singers as well as being Chris Groothuizen and Pete Evans’ bandmate in My White Bedroom). Walker had replaced Terry Bickers as lead guitarist in December 1989 and would himself leave the band in mid-1992 (to be replaced by Simon Mawby of The Woodentops ).
The 12 original bells were cast in 1896 by the McShane Foundry, Baltimore. Three additional bells were installed in 1989 and 10 more in 1991. These last 13 bells and the rebuild of the bell tower were a gift from the Windsor family, hence, the Windsor Memorial Carillon. [29]
A bell tower may also in some traditions be called a belfry, though this term may also refer specifically to the substructure that houses the bells and the ringers rather than the complete tower. The tallest free-standing bell tower in the world, 113.2 metres (371 ft) high, is the Mortegliano Bell Tower, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, Italy.
In a review of The House of Love, Robin Denselow of The Guardian felt the song "surely deserved to be a hit" and noted it "mixes some controlled wailing guitar work into an efficient, straightforward, tuneful pop song". [9] Brent Ainsworth of the Santa Cruz Sentinel praised the song as "one of the most captivating modern rock songs of 1990". He ...
The House of Love would eventually generate four singles. The first of these was "Never" (issued against the band's wishes) [11] which stalled at number 41 on the UK Singles Chart on release in 1989, as did the November follow-up "I Don't Know Why I Love You" [12] (although the latter would achieve greater success as a Radio 1 Single of the Week [10] and in reaching number 2 on the Modern Rock ...
A Spy in the House of Love is a compilation album by the British alternative rock band The House of Love. It was released in late 1990, between the release of the band's second and third albums (Fontana and Babe Rainbow) and compiles various B-sides and other unreleased studio tracks from the period. The B-sides are from their second self ...