''Days Run Away'' is the fifth studio album by British

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, released in 2005 on Art & Industry Records. It was the band's first new release since 1993 and saw a reunion of the band, featuring the return of original lead guitarist

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(although not bass guitarist Chris Groothuizen).

Background

The House of Love had been defunct since splitting up in 1993, with former group leader

Guy Chadwick Guy Stephen Chadwick (born 21 March 1956) is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the frontman of alternative band the House of Love for which he wrote the majority of the band's material. The son of a soldier, Chadwick was ...

having made fitful attempts at other projects in the intervening years. He had been estranged from the band's former lead guitarist Terry Bickers since the latter's acrimonious exit from the band at the end of 1989, following several years of frustrating recording sessions, drug abuse and mental imbalance. Bickers had subsequently spent time in bands including

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, Cradle and Monkey Island and dealt with his personal issues. Circa 2000, Bickers and Chadwick reestablished contact and began to rebuild their friendship, aided by their mutual experience of fighting depression. In 2003, the House of Love's former agent Mick Griffiths persuaded Chadwick and Bickers to reunite as songwriting partners. This in turn led to a reunion of the original band (minus guitarist and singer Andrea Heukamp and bass guitarist Chris Groothuizen, the latter of whom opted instead to continue his career as an architect). Following recording sessions done at the band's own pace, and without record company involvement (one of the factors which had contributed strongly to Bickers' original departure over a decade previously), ''Days Run Away'' was released in 2005 on the Art and Industry label. The band went on to tour throughout the UK,

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and

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to support the release.

Track listing

The Japanese edition of the album released on V2 Records includes two additional tracks: live versions Of "Shine On" and "

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Personnel

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– guitars,

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*Matt Jury – bass *Pete Evans –

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References

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