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Why this album mattered
House Of Music (1981) is a T.s. Monk album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #64 and charted for 22 weeks.
The music
1 Bon Bon Vie (Gimme the Good Life)
- 2
Candidate for Love
- 3
Hot Night in the City
- 4
The Last of the Wicked Romancers
- 5
Can't Keep My Hands to Myself
- 6
Stay Free of His Love
- 7
House of Music
- 8
Bon Bon Vie (Gimme the Good Life) (Paul Simpson's Best Looking Sound edit)
- 9
Candidate for Love (John Morales 2009 Reconstruction)
- 10
Can't Keep My Hands to Myself (single version)
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
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Chart Journey
- Jan 31, 1981#181
A rocket up the chart — jumping 37 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #181, exploded upward for 11 weeks to reach #64 and fell quickly across 22 weeks on the chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
