House of GVSB is the fourth studio album by American post-hardcore band Girls Against Boys, released in 1996 by Touch and Go Records.
Recording House of GVSB was recorded in September 1995 at Water Music studios in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States.
Reception
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.
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."
Accolades YearPublicationCountryAccoladeRank1996 Spin United States "Albums of the Year" 5 1996 Rock de Lux Spain "Albums of the Year" 15 1996 Kerrang! United Kingdom "Albums of the Year" 20 1996 Magic France "Albums of the Year" 25 1996 Rock Sound France "Albums of the Year" 26 1996 Sounds Germany "Albums of the Year" * 2000 LAS Magazine United States "90 Albums of the 90s" 42 2006 Rock Sound France "Top 150 Albums of Our Lifetime" 126 "*" denotes an unordered list.
Track listing
Personnel Adapted from the House of GVSB liner notes.
Girls Against Boys Alexis Fleisig – drums Eli Janney – keyboards, bass guitar, backing vocals, engineering, mixing Scott McCloud – lead vocals, guitar Johnny Temple – bass guitar
Production and additional personnel Dom Barbera – additional mixing Greg Calbi – mastering Wayne Dorell – additional engineering Rich Lamb – additional engineering Ted Niceley – production Mike Rippe – engineering Ken Tondre – Roland TR-808
Release history Region Date Label Format Catalog United States 1994 Touch and Go CD, CS, LP TG149
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