| House of GVSB | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 5, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | September 1995 | |||
| Studio | Water Music, Hoboken, NJ | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 40:11 | |||
| Label | Touch and Go | |||
| Producer | Ted Niceley | |||
| Girls Against Boys chronology | ||||
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House of GVSB is the fourth studio album by American post-hardcore band Girls Against Boys, released in 1996 by Touch and Go Records. [1]
House of GVSB was recorded in September 1995 at Water Music studios in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States. [2]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Alternative Press | [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ [5] |
| NME | 8/10 [6] |
| Pitchfork | 7.3/10 [7] |
| Q | [8] |
| Rolling Stone | [9] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [10] |
| Spin | 9/10 [11] |
| The Village Voice | A− [12] |
House of GVSB has been generally well received by critics. It is the band's bestselling album, with over 70,000 copies having been sold worldwide by May 1998. [13]
Ned Raggett of AllMusic wrote, "House of GVSB saw the band continuing its winning streak, and while arguably it contained no real surprises after the powerful one-two punch of Venus Luxure [No. 1 Baby] and Cruise Yourself , it still showed the quartet at the top of its considerable game." [3]
| Year | Publication | Country | Accolade | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Spin | United States | "Albums of the Year" | 5 | [14] |
| 1996 | Rock de Lux | Spain | "Albums of the Year" | 15 | [15] |
| 1996 | Kerrang! | United Kingdom | "Albums of the Year" | 20 | [16] |
| 1996 | Magic | France | "Albums of the Year" | 25 | [17] |
| 1996 | Rock Sound | France | "Albums of the Year" | 26 | [18] |
| 1996 | Sounds | Germany | "Albums of the Year" | * | [19] |
| 2000 | LAS Magazine | United States | "90 Albums of the 90s" | 42 | [20] |
| 2006 | Rock Sound | France | "Top 150 Albums of Our Lifetime" | 126 | [21] |
| "*" denotes an unordered list. | |||||
All tracks are written by Girls Against Boys
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Super-fire" | 3:18 |
| 2. | "Click Click" | 3:21 |
| 3. | "Crash 17 (X-Rated Car)" | 3:23 |
| 4. | "Disco Six Six Six" | 2:46 |
| 5. | "Life in Pink" | 4:12 |
| 6. | "TheKindaMzkYouLike" | 3:57 |
| 7. | "Vera Cruz" | 4:28 |
| 8. | "AnotherDroneInMyHead" | 3:40 |
| 9. | "Cash Machine" | 3:33 |
| 10. | "Wilmington" | 3:21 |
| 11. | "Zodiac Love Team" | 4:05 |
Adapted from the House of GVSB liner notes. [22]
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| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United States | 1994 | Touch and Go | CD, CS, LP | TG149 |
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