Track Listing

1. Love You Too Much
2. Gotta Be That Way
3. Maybe You Know
4. Kinda Love
5. Money And Time
6. Days Run Away
7. Already Gone
8. Wheels
9. Kit Carter
10. Anyday I Want

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #37833 in Music
• Released on: 2005-02-28
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
That the House of Love would ever reunite for Days Run Away seems rather unlikely, given the band's turbulent history, which culminated in their disintegration back in 1994. But on this, their fifth album, the reunited House of Love sound like they're picking up more-or-less where they left off. Their music is still reminiscent of the post-Smiths indie scene that dominated the late 1980s, just before the Stone Roses broke through with their club-friendly sound. In particular, opening track "Love You Too Much" chimes along with singer Guy Chadwick's sunny vocals and Terry Bickers' ringing guitar--for the House of Love, it's like the previous ten years never happened. It's an album that sits comfortably alongside younger acts like The Killers--a band whose sound owes much to the scene that spawned the House of Love. Fans of the band will be glad to have them back, and sounding as good as ever. --Robert Burrow

Album Description
The recently reformed House Of Love (with original guitarist Terry Bickers) recorded this new album with original producer Pat Collier and the result is a triumphant return to the thrilling sound of their Creation Records debut.

Customer Reviews

Album of the Year.... so far!
I really loved their Creation debut way back in '88 with a passion. Somehow the spark left when they went to Fontana as all the over-production made their tunes become quite sterile (the loss of their guitarist and the arrival of bands like Ride and The Stone Roses didn't help!). Therefore I wasn't sure how this album was gonna sound. Luckily I was really surprised by the fact this was a return to form.

'Maybe You Know', 'Days Run Away' and 'Kinda Love' are the standout tracks for me. I won't deny there's a couple of fillers so I would probarly have given it 4 and 1/2 stars if I could have done.

This album won't win a whole legion of new HOL fans... but for those of us who were there first time round it's exactly what the doctor ordered. I've listened to this album non-stop for a few weeks now and i'm sure i'll still be playing it well into the summer. JUST BUY IT!

House of Correction
Everyone would agree that the House of Love's Creation album was probably their highest and most defining moment, one of those records that happens only once in a band's lifetime, embodying that 'special something', a certain magic exclusive to itself that cannot be recaptured.

But with this surprise-comeback record, I have to give full marks to the HOL fer certainly TRYING. It's as though the band actually got together and said - We all know what our best stuff sounds like, let's do it!

Terry Bickers is back with the shimmering heart and soul he employed on 'Christine' and 'Destroy the Heart', bringing some feel and sparkle to Guy Chadwick's introspective, enigmatic musings. And good, because although the later albums were brave attempts to push ahead, let's face it, it never really worked as well without him.

Kicking off is 'Love You Too Much', a Lou Reed-ish stomper reminiscent of 'Never' but without the heavy production. In fact, all throughout the album the band have opted for a simplistic approach - even reuniting with their Creation-era producer Pat Collier - making for a crisp, fresh-sounding result far from the sometimes-bloated production of the early-nineties material. 'Gotta Be That Way' is up there with their finest, spaghetti-western fretwork over a lilting acoustic turnaround laced in Bickers' speciality atmospherics.

'Maybe You Know' is a meditation on the now-legendary Chadwick/Bickers fallout, underpinning a signature HOL chord progression with twin vocals that poignantly ring with an acceptance of past ills, illustrating how the demons of those contentious times have been well and truly exorcised. This song is a blatant apology from Guy to Terry. And songs like this are rare. Chadwick's honesty in the ego-bloated world of music has to be commended (just look at Morrissey's petty attitude towards his past-Smiths as he stubbornly plods along sporting a gap in the musical department).

On 'Already Gone' there's the country-folk shades of Dylan's 'Nashville Skyline', and 'Kinda Gone' drives us back through 'Love In a Car' territory with heartfelt lyrics ("Sometimes I just cry myself dry/The way that I'm feeling inside") and movement through light and dark towards a pounding crescendo.

All in all, this is a promising return from one of the best alternative bands of the late 80's British indie era. And judging from the two recent London shows I witnessed, here is a band still shining bright and capable of greatness.

The Heroes Return
It's been a long time coming but how I have longed for the day that Guy Chadwick & Terry Bickers put their differences to one side & got back to what they do best - writing effortless classic pop/rock songs in a timeless & traditional English indie manner.
& now that day has come & I am in no way disappointed by their new efforts, even if few songs scale the heights of 'Destroy The Heart' or 'Christine' (but then again very few artists have one song that compares favourably with those two epics).
There is a freshness to this release that harks back to those golden days of 1987 & 1988, with the songs being kept simple, the vocals abrasive yet soft & tender, & the guitars distorted yet melodic.
This is the band that I am sure has inspired countless numbers of todays big bands (e.g. Coldplay, Oasis) & their own success & limelight will be richly deserved (should it come).
Buy this album, fall in love with the band & then buy the back catalogue & be amazed that this band are not bigger than U2 - it's an experience I wish I could have all over again!