The House of Love
Best of House of Love
Label:  Mercury 
Date:  9/1/1998
Length:  0:00
Format:  CD
Genre:  Rock; Indie
  Category:  rock
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 I Don't Know Why I Love You    
      2.  
      		 Crush Me    
      3.  
      		 Destroy the Heart    
      4.  
      		 The Girl With the Loneliest Eyes    
      5.  
      		 Christine    
      6.  
      		 Beatles and the Stones    
      7.  
      		 Never    
      8.  
      		 Shine On    
      9.  
      		 Marble    
      10.  
      		 Feel    
      11.  
      		 Let's Talk About You    
      12.  
      		 Safe    
      13.  
      		 You Don't Understand    
      14.  
      		 Yer Eyes    
      15.  
      		 Loneliness Is a Gun    
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      "I Don't Know Why I Love You," from the House of Love's second self-titled album, was the kind of swirling, pounding, hooky noise that could have been produced in 1968, 1981, or 1990, which is when it actually appeared. A guitar-drenched gloss on the Psychedelic Furs' Talk Talk Talk, right down to the "Pretty in Pink" melodic quote near the end, it also assayed that record's delirious ambiguity: "Your face is a foreign food / I really don't know if I should." This generous (15 cuts) collection brings together that high mark with other classics by the Guy Chadwick-led band, including "Christine," "Shine On," "Beatles and the Stones," and "You Don't Understand." Even more valuable with some of the original albums out of print in America, this is a remembrance of a vital, sadly unsung act. --Rickey Wright