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London, United Kingdom (1986 – 1993, 2005 – present)

The House of Love are a British rock band who were primarily active from the late 1980s to early 90s, and reformed in 2005. The band’s original lineup was: Guy Chadwick (vocals, guitar), Terry Bickers (guitar), Andrea Heukamp (vocals, guitar), Pete Evans (drums) and Chris Groothuizen (bass).

Bickers left in 1989 and was replaced by Simon Walker, who in turn was replaced by Simon Mawby in 1992. Andrea Heukamp left the band in 1988, returning briefly in 1991.

From the same genus as Echo and the Bunnymen, My Bloody Valentine and Jesus and Mary Chain, The House of Love arrived on the scene in the late 1980s with a psychedelic, textural rock sound. Songwriter Guy Chadwick provided personal, romantic musings over lush layers of 80s studio bliss, enhanced by Terry Bickers’ guitar-playing.

The band formed in Camberwell, London, England in 1986, and released a series of singles, leading to their debut untitled album on Creation Records in 1988. They then signed to Fontana in a whirl of publicity and money. Things went off the rails at first as their next two singles flopped and work on their new album progressed slowly. Tensions grew between Chadwick and Bickers, exacerbated by drug use, leading to Bickers’s departure in 1989. But the resulting album (again officially untitled but usually referred to as the ‘Butterfly’ album after its cover design) went top 10; and a remake of their early single

Shine On caught the retro guitar-pop fashion in the wake of the Stone Roses and was a moderate hit.

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1	Shine On full track	496
2	Christine	192
3	I Don't Know Why I Love You full track	166
4	Destroy the Heart	89
5	Never full track	83
6	Hope	61
7	Beatles and the Stones	59
8	Road	54
9	Crush Me full track	53
10	Blind	51
11	Hannah	49
11	Feel full track	49
13	Marble full track	47
13	Sulphur	47
15	Man to Child	42

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kromatisk wrote:
22 days ago

why man to child is not in the fifteen most listened songs :@

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kromatisk wrote:
22 days ago

I hope you die before you get to old (8)

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JoeGazer wrote:
October 2009

what a great band they were....an unforgettable influence on my favorite genre....criminally unappreciated....

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Dennisjc wrote:
October 2009

new favourite band.

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ravelax wrote:
October 2009

I dig both versions of Shine On, the original slightly more than the one on Butterfly.

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eyesaresmiles wrote:
October 2009

The original Shine On is a classic, but the later hit one on the butterfly album sucks.

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royalpoet wrote:
August 2009

Amazing band. They absolutely defined "ringing guitars." Criminally unknown. They should be legends. "Shine On" is a candidate for greatest song ever.

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urinesoda wrote:
June 2009

what they said v v

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dobbin wrote:
June 2009

so fucking brilliant. easily forgotton amidst the manchester bands, their debut is an all time classic. not 1 weak song, and not forgetting destroy the heart, blind, and shine on too. underrated, underplayed and totally worthy of all praise anyone gives them.

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remarcs wrote:
April 2009

Loved it Live in the 80's. Re-discovered now. Remembering a former self

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vodenapushka wrote:
February 2009

..one of the best!

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georgiaplop wrote:
February 2009

i battered guy chadwick once, thats how i know! do u remember me at the krazyhouse 1992 guy! we pinched yr booze you whopper!

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georgiaplop wrote:
February 2009

my freind (who asked me to put it on) said i cant say that about the house of shite! aka the shithouse!

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georgiaplop wrote:
February 2009

absolute shite!!!

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mrcoo wrote:
January 2009

aberdeen uni -crombie johnstone halls of res broke bed by jumping up and down to this on a cold december night in 1990...memories

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insomniacme wrote:
January 2009

Interesting. Not exiting as such.

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keptblue wrote:
January 2009

http://www.yourinfamousharp.com !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Charlotte_A wrote:
January 2009

Music is my life's soundtrack... check it out > http://www.02l.net/projects/music_set/ganz_de_ville/blue_channel ... or LAST.FM's version> http://www.lastfm.it/music/Ganz+De+Ville/_/Blue+Channel ... THAT'S INCREDIBLE

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kulsha wrote:
January 2009

они волшебные ♥

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xn0153x wrote:
December 2008

christine marked my life back in the days...

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