The House of Love (Reissue)

The House of Love - repackaged and reissued! Originally issued by Rough Trade in Germany and containing the singles "Shin On" and "Real Animal" together with four B-sides and three extra tracks! This version adds "Destroy the Heart" and its B-sides. Track order re-arranged to flow as a single album. Also includes extensive liner notes and rare photographs!

The post-Smiths British guitar group formed in 1986 featuring Guy Chadwick, Terry Bickers, Andrea Keukamp, Pete Evans and Chris Groothuizen. Creation Records signed the band and brought out a couple of singles: "Shine On" in May 1987 and "Real Animal" the following September. Heukamp left the group and the band continued as a quartet, releasing the single "Christine" and their debut album The House of Love in the spring of 1988, and the classic single "Destroy the Heart" shortly after. The following year the band moved over to the Phonogram label and released two singles, "Never" and "I Don't Know Why I Love You." By the end of 1989 Bickers left the group to be replaced by Simon Walker. The bands second album (also called House of Love) was released in early 1990, followed by the hit re-recording of "Shine On." The released two more albums: Babe Rainbow in early 1992 (after which Walker left and Simon Mawby briefly joined) and Audience With the Mind in 1992 before disbanding in 1994.