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House of Love is the eleventh studio album by singer-songwriter Amy Grant, released in 1994.

House of Love
Studio album by Amy Grant
Released	August 23, 1994
Recorded	1993–1994
Studio	The Bennett House, Franklin, Tennessee Tejas Recorders, Franklin, Tennessee The Sound Shop, Nashville, Tennessee Secret Sound, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Pop, contemporary Christian music
Length	48:08
Label	A&M
Producer	Michael Omartian, Keith Thomas
Amy Grant chronology
Home for Christmas (1992) House of Love (1994) Behind the Eyes (1997)
Singles from House of Love
"Lucky One" Released: 1994 "House of Love" Released: November 28, 1994 "Say You'll Be Mine" Released: 1994 "Big Yellow Taxi" Released: March 1995 "Oh How the Years Go By" Released: 1995

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The album is the follow-up to her quintuple-platinum 1991 release Heart in Motion. Although House of Love sold less than half of what its predecessor sold, it similarly combines pop music with Christian values. "Lucky One" was the album's biggest hit at No. 18 Pop and No. 2 Adult Contemporary in the U.S., followed by the title song and a remake of Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi". "Say You'll Be Mine" also was a UK Top 50 hit. When it was released in 1994, House of Love was the biggest initial release in Christian music history, shipping almost a half million copies on its first day alone.

Copies of this album sold in Europe, Australia, and Japan feature the additional track "Politics of Kissing". Some of the album's other tracks garnered more notice later on when covered by other artists. "The Power" (written by Tommy Sims and Judson Spence) is featured on Cher's 1998 album Believe, and Vanessa Williams had an AC hit with her version of "Oh How the Years Go By" (written by Simon Climie and Will Jennings) from her 1997 album Next.^{[citation needed]}

In 2007, House of Love was reissued and digitally remastered by Grant's new record label, EMI/Sparrow Records. The remastered edition is labeled with a "Digitally Remastered" logo in the 'gutter' on the CD front.[2]

Track listing

Personnel

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1994)	Position
Billboard 200	13
Top Contemporary Christian	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
Billboard Top Contemporary Christian Albums	17

End-of-decade charts

Chart (1990–1999)	Rank
US Billboard Top Contemporary Christian[3]	9

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[4]	Platinum	100,000^
United States (RIAA)[5]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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