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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] "
The album was recorded following the departure of founder member Andrea Heukamp, who had played on the band's early singles. [6] Her only appearance on the album was playing guitar and singing backing vocals on the song "Christine" (the first song which group leader Guy Chadwick had written for The House of Love and had inspired the blueprint for the band's original lineup and style).
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 ...
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 ...
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 ).
"Shine On" is a song by the House of Love, written by Guy Chadwick. It was originally released as their debut single in 1987, when the band was on Creation Records, but failed to reach the UK top 100. [4] The band's subsequent singles peaked outside of the top 40 until, in early 1990, "Shine On" was re-recorded, produced by Tim Palmer and re ...
Audience With the Mind was recorded following the departure of the band’s third successive lead guitarist in three years, Simon Mawby. This resulting in group leader Guy Chadwick recording most of the album’s guitar parts himself (although Sean O'Hagan of The High Llamas provided additional acoustic and slide guitars).
"House of Love" is a song written by Kenny O'Dell, and recorded by American country music artist Dottie West. It was released in June 1974 as the second single and title track from the album House of Love. The song reached the top 40 of the US country chart. It was given positive reviews following its release.