House of Love was Amy's 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 L. Williams had an AC hit with her version of "Oh How the Years Go By".[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]
Adult Choir (11): Leann Albrecht, Jackie Cusic, Beverly Darnall, Lisa Glasgow, Gail Farrell, Sarah Huffman, Ellen Musick, Kristine Stroupe, Leah Taylor, Melodie Tunney, Butch Curry, Rick Gibson, David Holloway, Michael Mellett, Donny Monk, Guy Penrod, Gary Robinson, Beau Stroupe, Scott Williamson and Chris Willis
Children Choir (11): Katy Dunham, Aubrey Hunt, Shannon Love, Mary Catherine Musick, Isaac Darnall, Lance High, Asher Larrison and Trevor Matheison
Production
Producers: Keith Thomas (1-5,9,11) and Michael Omartian (6,7,8,10)
Executive producers: Michael Blanton, Brown Bannister and Amy Grant
Production coordinators: Todd Moore and Suzy Martinez
Engineers and mixing: Terry Christian, Bill Whittington
Assistant engineers: Shawn McLean, Greg Parker, Scott Link, Keith Robichaux, Mark J. Capps and John Dickson
