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2LP Transparent Vinyl Edition
• THE HOUSE OF LOVE were one of the most successful and critically acclaimed bands to grace Creation Records’ roster back in the late 1980s.
• Their eponymous debut was cited as one of the best albums of 1988 by music magazines and indie fans alike and remains a landmark work to this day.
• Back in 2018, to celebrate its 30th anniversary, The House Of Love was reissued as a double album with a bonus disc of B-sides and extras, remastered from the original quarter-inch tapes.
• This edition – which has been out of print for a good while now – is being re-pressed, this time on transparent vinyl.
3CD Edition
• This deluxe edition of THE HOUSE OF LOVE offers the band’s complete Creation recordings from 1987-1988, together with a raft of bonus material.
• The package boasts all their Creation Records singles, from the original version of ‘Shine On’, ‘Real Animal’ and the US favourite ‘Christine’ (which reached #8 in the Modern Rock chart there) to their final single for the label, ‘Destroy The Heart’.
THE HOUSE OF LOVE were one of the most successful and critically acclaimed bands to grace Creation Records back in the late 1980s. Their eponymous debut album was cited as one of the best albums of 1988 by music magazines and Indie fans alike.
Disc 3 is devoted to 19 HOUSE OF LOVE demos, including two exclusive Guy Chadwick songs ‘Hold On Me’ and ‘Modern World’, which were never released! Also featured is the rare 7’ album freebie (two demos) and the ‘Flexidisc’ version of ‘Shine On’, together with Guy’s original demo of this song which eventually gave them a sizeable hit.
This 3CD package is housed in a stylish digipak with fresh sleeve-notes and rare images from the band’s photographer Suzie Gibbons.
Tracklist
2LP
DISC ONE: THE ALBUM
SIDE ONE
1. CHRISTINE
2. HOPE
3. ROAD
4. SULPHUR
5. MAN TO CHILD
SIDE TWO
1. SALOME
2. LOVE IN A CAR
3. HAPPY
4. FISHERMAN'S TALE
5. TOUCH ME
DISC TWO: THE SINGLES
SIDE ONE
1. SHINE ON
2. LOVE
3. FLOW
4. REAL ANIMAL
5. PLASTIC
6. NOTHING TO ME
7. THE HILL
SIDE TWO
1. LONELINESS IS A GUN
2. THE HEDONIST
3. WELT
4. DESTROY THE HEART
5. BLIND
6. MR. JO
3CD
DISC ONE
THE ALBUM
1 CHRISTINE
2 HOPE
3 ROAD
4 SULPHUR
5 MAN TO CHILD
6 SALOME
7 LOVE IN A CAR
8 HAPPY
9 FISHERMAN'S TALE
10 TOUCH ME
BONUS TRACKS
11 SHINE ON (Demo - LP Bonus 7’)
12 CHRISTINE (Demo - LP Bonus 7’)
DISC TWO
A-SIDES, B-SIDES & RARITIES
1 SHINE ON
2 LOVE
3 FLOW
4 REAL ANIMAL
5 PLASTIC
6 NOTHING TO ME
7 THE HILL
8 LONELINESS IS A GUN
9 THE HEDONIST
10 WELT
11 DESTROY THE HEART
12 BLIND
13 MR. JO
14 SHINE ON (Fuck Version) (Flexidisc)
15 LOVE IN A CAR (Live – Previously Unissued)
16 DESTROY THE HEART (Live – Previously Unissued)
17 I WANNA BE YOUR DOG (Live – Previously Unissued)
DISC THREE
DEMOS
1 SHINE ON (Guy Chadwick Demo)
2 TOUCH ME (Vsn 1)
3 REAL ANIMAL
4 HAPPY (Vsn 1)
5 HOLD ON ME (16 Track)
6 CHRISTINE (16 Track)
7 MODERN WORLD
8 SALOME
9 MAN TO CHILD
10 HOPE
11 LOVE IN A CAR
12 TOUCH ME (Vsn 2)
13 ROAD
14 FISHERMAN’S TALE
15 HAPPY (Vsn 2)
16 SULPHUR
17 REAL ANIMAL (16 Track)
18 LITTLE GIRL (alias Mr Jo)
19 SHINE ON (Band Demo)