Lonely House

Before the release of Lonely House, Grammatrain released both a self-titled three-track demo cassette tape independently and a self-titled demo CD on Zoe Worldwide Records in 1994. The demo tape's songs included "Drown", "Mindform" and "Need", the second of which was exclusive to the tape. The demo tape was recorded and mixed on March 19 and 20, 1994 at Cascade Recording in Cle Elum, Washington.{{cite book|title=Grammatrain liner notes|date=1994|publisher=Nothingsimple Music}} Seven songs from the self-titled demo CD, with the exception of "For Me", appear in a re-recorded form on Lonely House. "For Me" would later be re-recorded for Grammatrain's second studio album, Flying, in 1997.

Lonely House was recorded in 1995 in Seattle, Washington. A music video, directed by Henry Shepherd, was made for the song "Believe".{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdF9ryA6ZUE | title=Grammatrain - Believe - HD | website=YouTube | date=February 3, 2022 }} In a Cross Rhythms article, the band stated "Sick of Will" as being their favorite track on the album.{{cite journal|title=Grammatrain: The US grunge band answer 40 questions|journal=Cross Rhythms Magazine|year=1996|issue=32|url=https://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Grammatrain_The_US_grunge_band_answer_40_questions/40460/p1/|access-date=24 May 2024|publisher=Cross Rhythms|format=online}}

During an interview on Jesus Freaks: Vinyl to Digital in 2021, drummer Paul Joseph Roraback said his daughter was the person on the front cover of Lonely House and that the album was recorded in a few weeks.{{cite web | url=https://jesusfreakspodcast.buzzsprout.com/1223213/8255609-paul-roraback-grammatrain | title=Paul Roraback (Grammatrain) - Jesus Freaks: Vinyl to Digital | date=April 2, 2021 }}

{{Track listing

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| title1 = She Don't Know

| length1 = 2:32

| title2 = Believe{{Ref label|hitp|a|a}}{{Ref label|ud|b|b}}{{Ref label|ud|d|d}}

| length2 = 3:36

| title3 = Execution{{Ref label|hitp|a|a}}{{Ref label|ud|b|b}}{{Ref label|ud|d|d}}

| length3 = 3:55

| title4 = Lonely House{{Ref label|hitp|a|a}}{{Ref label|ud|b|b}}{{Ref label|ud|d|d}}

| length4 = 5:43

| title5 = Psycho

| length5 = 5:41

| title6 = Sick of Will

| length6 = 3:01

| title7 = Need{{Ref label|ud|c|c}}{{Ref label|ud|d|d}}

| length7 = 6:28

| title8 = Drown{{Ref label|ud|b|b}}{{Ref label|ud|c|c}}

| length8 = 3:55

| title9 = Undivine Election{{Ref label|ud|b|b}}

| length9 = 3:34

| title10 = Jerky Love Song{{Ref label|hitp|a|a}}{{Ref label|ud|b|b}}{{Ref label|ud|d|d}}

| length10 = 0:40

| title11 = Humanity{{Ref label|ud|b|b}}

| length11 = 4:24

| title12 = Picture Pains

| length12 = 6:32

| title13 = Apathy

| length13 = 2:58

| total_length = 53:05

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:{{note label|ud|b|b}} live acoustic recording appears on Grammatrain demo CD (1994)

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:{{note label|ud|d|d}} live recording appears on Live 120798 (1999)

Lonely House received positive reviews from critics. Mike Rimmer of Cross Rhythms described the album as "a powerful rock performance that deserves to place Grammatrain at the front of the queue for Christian rock" and said about Grammatrain in his review "If you were looking for a Christian band with the power of Nirvana without the paranoia, you've found them!" In 1996, Lonely House was nominated for best "Modern Rock/Alternative Album" at the 27th Annual GMA Dove Awards{{cite web | url=https://cmnexus.org/awards/Dove_Awards/1996 | title=Dove Awards 1996 :: CMnexus }} and the "Believe" music video was nominated for "Best New Artist Clip, Contemporary Christian" at the Billboard Music Video Awards.{{cite web | url=https://cmnexus.org/awards/Billboard_Music_Video_Awards/1996 | title=Billboard Music Video Awards 1996 :: CMnexus }}

Grammatrain

• Pete Stewart – vocals, guitar
• Dalton Roraback – bass guitar
• Paul Joseph Roraback – drums, percussion

Additional musician

• Hans Fredrickson – cello ("Need")

Production

• Aaron Sprinkle, Grammatrain – producers, engineers
• Dan R. Brock, Eddie DeGarmo – executive producers
• Aaron Sprinkle – mixer
• Kip Beelman, John Burton, Charles Meserole, Kevin Suggs – assistant mixers
• Mixed at Bad Animals (Seattle)
• Aaron Mlasko – drum technical director
• Jim Dantzler – art direction
• Flywheel Design (Seattle) – design, layout
• Karen Mason – photography
• Sheri Jongeward, Aaron McRae – additional live photos
• Doug Mann – A&R
• Ken Love – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)

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