Reviews (page 5 of 10)
I only knew the title track before listening to this, and I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it! Really great sound and some good lyrics, kudos to Love. I enjoyed the title track the most (what a bop) but my top pick is Awful because it was new to me and the lyrics about the treatment of teen girls really resonated - Swing low, sweet cherry, yeah, it's awful/You're ripe for the picking, it's so awful (I also really enjoyed Boys on the Radio).
Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Celebrity skin, Dying
This album rocked. Great grunge vibe throughout, coherent sound. Big ups.
Nice album, it really smells like early 2000's rock and I really like it. It is nothing too crazy but the riffs are nice and the voice is sweet as well. Solid 3.5
That was a nice rock record to hear... I could listen to it again if this was my style. Some minor mishap like weird voice tone or melodies make it feel imperfect tho... Solid 3.5/5
一般般
My wife’s favourite band, I usually have to leave the room… I found this surprisingly palatable, it’s a strong start! powerhouse riffs, catchy chorus, nicely crafted pop/mosh music. I do find her tone like finger nails down a chalkboard though, she’s usually just dancing around the ‘correct’ notes, drifting in and out of tune. This album has not converted me, but it did surprise me. Didn’t expect I’d be able to get up to half marks but on the strength of the singles I can happily give this a 4.
The singing is not good at points, but overall its a decently solid alternative rock project.
4.0
I’m suffocating on the 90s of this.
I had never listened to the full album before. I could see listening to this again.
Pleasant surprise. Was expecting whining and against but melodic and enjoyable.
liked this album better. probably because it was written by billy corogan
Great album. Problematic figure but who knows.
One of my favourite grunge albums. Courtney love is a anaimal.
For a first listen this album is pretty great. Heard some not so great things about the more you listen to it so I'll keep the amount I listen to Hole short and sweet
Good, girl grunge. Not good girl, grunge. I liked it.
Great
Good
Solid late 90's sound. Corgans influence on several tracks stands out.
Catchy rock album!
Ah, Hole, of Courtney Love fame, and for some of us, star of that late night TV show episode. But did I know her / their music? Hell no. Is it more polished, less raw than expected? Absolutely. Is that a good thing? Definitely. Some really polished tracks, have a listen, eradicate those stereotypes.
Really enjoyed this. Great songwriting, really strong lead and backing vocals, guitars sound really crisp. Really strong pop/rock album with some 90s edge.
Favorite: Celebrity Skin
Loved every second of the angst
Very good grunge rock. Has one-two bad songs in the middle but overall very good.
I remember seeing this album for sale at Blockbuster when I was 11 and being too afraid to buy it. It was shelved beside Nine Inch Nails which I knew was too intense for my innocent child brain. I bought Counting Crows instead. It was a solid choice and I stand by it. But I do wish I’d known about the aching transformative powers of Hole sooner. I got there eventually though. This is a great fucking album. Not as good as Live Through This, but a strong foray into the newly pop washed late 90s for Courtney.
Classic 90s album and such a triumph for Courtney Love.
Better than expected
good stuff
Never would have thought about listening to this album if it wasn’t suggested. I was pleasantly surprised. Pretty good 90’s grunge/punk straight up rock.
Guitar rock from the end of the 90s: combo of grunge / power pop, with excellent songs that still sound fresh today. At the time I rated it as a 4-star album but close to 5 (that is, 8/10).
Great stuff. Given that I grew up on alternative rock like this, I was honestly surprised that I didn't know about this album. But I suppose I can only blame one person for that: my dad.
While sounding a bit more 'radio friendly' than the 2 albums before this it still maintains a punk rock aesthetic akin to Courtney Love's songwriting style. I wouldn't say it's a show stopper, but paradoxically every song on here sounds great and fits within the over 'Hole' feeling.
Muy buen disco de rock, con voz poderosa y riffs de guitarras muy identificativos como auténticos iconos.
i always enjoy when artists change their general sound, and i love it even more when they can make it sound *good*! i had listened to their earlier album, live through this, as part of this project, and the two albums could be confused for belonging to two different bands! the reason i mention this is because of the pop sound here--it's such a departure from their grunge and punk. but hole does still incorporate punk-y aspects, and celebrity skin contains that great mix of punk and pop. hole has a lot of strengths, but their lyrics seem to be something special. i'm drawn to them in every song. love's vocals are perfect for the punk and grunge genres, partly because her voice isn't the clearest. she brings something great to pop songs with that voice! and i do like albums created around a concept: l.a., in this instance. definitely an enjoyable album and well deserved place on this list.
Defying all likely odds, 1001 gave me this album literally two days after the last Hole album, so Hole is definitely fresh on the brain and I was ready to hear this. The title track, Celebrity Skin, is just one of the best alternative rock songs of all time, and I'll die on that hill. It comes out of the gate with immense attitude and musical energy. That opening can be recognized in a second or less. The lyrics are deliciously edgy and delivered in that burn-it-all-to-the-ground way that Love personifies, analyzing what it is to be famous from a not-so-glamorous point of view. This whole idea of fame and the California lifestyle becomes a recurring theme on this album. Hole, again being a band that doesn't like to repeat their exact style twice, takes a much more alternative rock approach on this album, shedding most of the remnants of their punk and grunge persona from previous albums. This feels like Hole's most mainstream album, which may be viewed as a negative by some, but I don't think they don't suffer from it. All of the fury of their work is still there, just in a slightly different form, and sometimes not as overt. Again, Courtney Love, to me, is just a voice of an entire movement of angsty yet justified 90s women who were seeking feminism through their music. This album is no exception to that and is another great example of that era and corner of music history.
Great album. One of the first to oust Harvey W, good 90s album with female singer Courtney love
It’s easy to forget that Courtney love used to actually be talented
Still such a great album to this day. Great work Hole.
Hole kicks all kind of ass on this album The title track stands out as a great riot sing a long song and Awful follows up with the perfect kind of 90's alt summer rock. Malibu is such a classic. Courtneys vocalization really kicks ass as she dives into those deep lows, a nice fuck you to pop queen convention. Love that wavy guitar work on Use Once & Destroy. Really killer instrumentation too - I have no idea where half those sounds are coming from. Courtneys vocals are really strong throughout the entire ride and Im a sucker for this era / genre which made this a really enjoyable listen. Standout Tracks: Celebrity Skin, Awful, Malibu, Use Once & Destroy
I was really not expecting to like this album as much as I ended up doing The riffs are well executed and the hooks work on each songs The singers voice isnt super annoying like some other ones we've had 7/10
Very good Rock (post-Grunge) album. This is a collection of very strong songs, expertly played and I was pleasantly surprised that Courtney Love can actually sing. 4/5
You have to suffer through Courtney Love but this is still an amazing album. Starts out strong but does lose some momentum towards the end.
Damn I went in kind of expecting not to like it, and it turned out to be really good! *Trampled to death by approx. 1,000,000 foaming Gen X men*
Nostalgic
Chaotic. Noisy. Angry. Messy. Courney Love ticks all the boxes. The album's not bad either.
Aside from the 90s nostalgia kicking in, I didn't quite realise at the time how much accuracy Hole were holding a mirror up to LA media culture at the time. Courtney Love's vocals aren't the best, but she kicks ass and it's great rock and roll!
I've only known Hole as being the band Courtney Love was in and had never heard a single song. I enjoyed it. A little repetitive and a little long, but I did enjoy that 90s alt rock feel. 3.5/5
I have good memories of the two hits of this album, Celebrity Skin and Malibu, I was 13 at the time and wasn’t aware of the Cobain connection nor the Corgan one. It wasn’t until many years after that that I learned about the hate Courtney caused and how this record was hated among the purists… well, I really liked it, I can hear Corgans touch in almost every song, this is a good record even if it’s above its bands talent.
Really enjoyed this album
8/10. I didn't care for the other Hole album I've had, and wasn't looking forward to this. But, I ended up quite liking it. 8/10 as a first impression, but I could see that moving around if I listened to this more.
Pretty good. 7/10
Poppispunkia hyvällä asenteella. Yllätyin, miten paljon tykkäsin, vaikka ei mitään tajunnanräjäyttävää olekaan. 4/5.
Enjoyed this a lot more than the other Hold album on this list. Not bad at all
Very cool
Back in the 90s I found this a bit of a let down after the great 'Live Through This.' Now listen to this album again. It's just a good alt-rock album that balances between the poppy sound of the era and the grunge of the previous album. It all sounds radio-friendly enough and I think that was the purpose of this album. You can clearly hear the influences of Melissa Auf Der Maur and Billy Corgan in addition to the songwriting violence of Courtney Love. Because of this, the album sometimes sounds a bit limping on different thoughts. But besides the somewhat slick and smooth songs, like Awful, which drag the album down as far as I'm concerned, other songs work a bit better, like Malibu, Reasons To Be Beautiful and the beautiful (and for me best song) Northern Star All in all a little less black and dark than its predecessor, and just a good rock album.
Hole has been one of the more pleasant surprises of this entire list. Never knew they existed! Never knew they were Courtney Love's band! I think this album maybe isn't *quite as good* as Live Through This, but I think the title track is such a banger that it balances out.
I was surprised how much I enjoyed this. Deserves more listens, to be sure.
Good album. classic grunge. really strong start. will revisit a few songs.
I really liked this album, although it dragged a bit towards the middle/end. Pretty surprised I've never been exposed to Hole/Spotify has never recommended them or any of Courtney Love's stuff to me. Will definitely be checking out their earlier stuff which is apparently grungier.
I surprisingly really dig it
I have a hypothesis as of now: Every band that releases "hardcore" or "heavy" songs will always eventually release "softer" and more melodic songs. Either it will work or not. In Hole's case, they did a pretty decent job in fully embracing the alt-rock sound in their final 90's album, "Celebrity Skin". I can hear the female led alt-rock bands in the 2000's in this album. It's okay, but not as good as their punk-ish "Live Through This".
4.5
It’s basically a Nirvana album.
This is a ripper. If all the songs were like "Celebrity Skin" and "Reasons to be Beautiful" it would be a 5 hands down. Some of the songs drag for me, and I was sick of the album before it ended, unfortunately.
I couldn't find the "hole" album, but I love the song Celebrity Skin. Also, I'm uncultured... had no idea this was Courtney Love
I just can't be bothered to write a review of this music. And that's exactly the mood I'm put into listening to this. Courtney couldn't sound more detached with a wish-I-wasn't-here sound. It's pretty easy to hear the Kurt Cobain influence in her style (or maybe he stole her style for his music?) Of course it's her sound, but I need a bit more spunk in my life before I try to go jump off of this building over here.
more than the front lady! A lot more. I had to go through twice to try to appreciate more things than I could at the first.
-Pretty Nice alternative rock. It's got a cool sound. Nothing mind blowing, but solid and engaging enough. Probably a lower 4
Good jams! I like the vocals a lot, and some of the songs hit super hard.
4.25
You can see where later acts like The Distillers caught inspiration. Courtney Love is wailing her way through all 50 mins and frankly it sounds really good. This is some solid ‘90s alt.
I think I enjoyed this album more than their prior even though it seems that one is more popular. I've heard Celebrity Skin before but don't know where. Malibu also stuck out. Really enjoy the late 90's punk feel. Sounds a lot like Smashing Pumpkins. Very cool album cover, looks like they are at some type of witch type ritual or maybe just the homecoming bonfire.
My initial thoughts were "do we really need another whole Hole album?" The answer, by the end, is I think it was worth it. Still hitting the mark for grunge rock that the previous did, though it feels a lot lighter, like they veered in the direction of some indie/alt-rock. While the last album seemed like female Nirvana, this is something different. A lot of great melodies on here, I enjoyed this more than I thought I would, I might even go so far as to say I'm a fan of the band now. Favorite tracks: Awful, Dying, Celebrity Skin, Malibu, Boys on the Radio. Album art: It's a band photo, but artsy. I'm not big on black and white covers in general. Is that the Wicker Man behind them? No idea. 4/5
I actually enjoyed this. It's not as good as it was in 1999 when I listened to it on repeat, but pretty fun.
Don't remember this record being so good. Perhaps I never gave it a full chance back in the day, but seems really well balanced, not obnoxiously hard-edged or contrived in being hard-edged, but organically edgy and rage-y. Songs hold up as distinctive, too.
Solid 4. It does tail off a bit but its a blistering first few songs.
Ok, Courtney puede cantar, no lo sabía. Quiero darle 3,5 pero no se puede así que redondeado a 4.
Though not as explosive as their previous album, Celebrity Skin shoes that Hole was one of best rock bands of the late 1990s. Courtney Love’s vocals are as amazing as ever and the music is solid.
I listened. The album just sort of floated by without me thinking to much about it. Sounded good
Very good. Less annoying than "Live Through This".
This is a good album. Some great punk inspired guitar rock. The songs are a bit generic sounding and the tempos are pretty consistent from song to song. But the songs are good and the melodies are pleasant and enjoyable, and fit my ear. 4 🌟
Rock alternativo del grupo de Courtney Love. Un megahit. Está bien.
Bastante chulo, en general. Y como tiene mi hit Celebrity Skin, ahí le va un 4.
Enjoyed it
shame i never really listened to hole much earlier than this as the whole way through i was thinking about courtney love smothering alan partridge in chocolate mousse. some good some bad. its better than a 1 hit wonder album so that deserves commendation because they do have one mega hit and not much else. the album is 80% listenable on its own merit. Mousse from a bowl is very nice, but to put it on a person is demented.
Went down the rabbit hole about the drummer. Love the whole album forgot how heartbreaking it is.
celebrity skin by hole 1. celebrity skin- famous, movie sound track vibes 5.5/10 2. Awful- Entertaining, catchy, i like it, 7/10 3. Hit so hard- slower paced, feels like it’s missing something, still good though but not as good as awful 6/10 4. Malibu- second most played on the album, verse isn’t anything special, skipable 4.5/10 5. Reasons to be beautiful- not a fan, just talking loud with music really 3/10 6. Dying- quiet, different vibe to the rest of the album not anything i’d be dying lol to listen to, second half is better 4.5/10 7. Use once and destroy- not too bad, would listen to it in the background of something 6/10 8. Northern star- acoustic vibes, kind of forceful talking with a guitar, very much emo 90’s “you don’t understand me mom” wouldn’t listen 3/10 9. Boys on the radio- movie soundtrack again, quite tolerable not bad at all, would listen 6.5/10 10. Heaven tonight- happy, one of the better ones, relatively catchy, would add to my playlist 7/10 11. Playing your song- it’s too forceful like take a chill pill or something why they going so hard 4.5/10 12. Petals- last song, didn’t end with a bang, forgettable tbh, chorus is better than the verse 4/10 Average rating: 5.125
Very well rounded power pop
It's so good to listen to an album that sounds like the band really enjoyed when it was recorded. I'm really not sure if they were really into it, but the album sounds like they were. "Hole" is a band that I knew very broadly and, because of the 2 albums on this list (until now) I'm on the way to becoming a fan
Didn't know Courtney Love was actually a good musician. Power pop with post-grunge sound. You can tell she had an artistic vision with most of these songs, utilizing experimental sounds and techniques that I don't think are complete but prevent this album from having a reptitive sound which could be common among most power pop albums. The catchy songs are on the first side, but that doesn't make the second side any less impactful. Great vocals and great backing sounds that make this an enjoyable experience.
a je dobar album, odličan, a pjesma Dying je savršena.
Rock independiente. Bastante bueno!
From the satirical look at the cult of celebrity to orgasms and rehabilitation clinics - and that's just in the first four songs. Courtney Love really knows how to get the world bopping without paying too much attention to the lyrics. It is a testament to the alt-rock-pop sounds throughout this album. Overall a listen that takes you back to the sounds of high school teen movies from the very late 90s and very early 00s. Best: Malibu; Petals Worst: Dying
My first introduction to Hole and I loved it! I’m definitely going to check out more of their discography after listening to this.
Hole is a great band. Each song on this album is great. Great vocals, melody, and lyrics. Great alt. rock entry.
I am glad that we were prompted to revisit this album. When it came out I was an angsty teen who had an axe to grind and perceived slights where there were none. I had a lot of, somewhat, unjustified notions about Courtney Love and immediately dismissed this album as selling out for its slick pop sound. Additionally, I had heard that she fucked over her long time drummer during the recording so I refused to give it anymore attention than the two hits on the radio constantly forced me to. My feelings about Courtney Love as a human being have not changed at all and, perhaps, have calcified but, though often disingenuous, her lyrical abilities are undeniable and I have grown to like the sound. I am not all that comfortable giving this 4 stars, but I am rating it after having already listened to the next days album and this is a hell of a lot more enjoyable than the Rolling Stones album which, spoiler, will be getting a 3.
cool
Very good!
4.5
I was surprised to see 2 albums from Hole on this list. I never though Hole was that great of a band (still don't) and I don't think they made much of an impact on music. But there are so legitimately good songs on here...
The title track and the first few off the top slapped. The rest of it was okay.
Some high-mark grunge rock on this album. Courtney Love may not be at the level her husband was, but that doesn’t mean she wasn’t rocking out in her own right. This album has Fuck You attitude all over it, and the singles are great to boot.
A more influential album that I had realized - punk/grunge making way for the neopunk pop sound that would continue through the 2000s.
The second best Hole album :D
Not as good as the one Kurt wrote, but still pretty good
I really, really enjoyed this album. I recognize a couple of the tracks, and they really fit together in a lovely vibe.
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would, really interesting stories behind the band as well. Courtney Love -- front woman of the band -- was married to Kurt Cobain, but who influenced who?
What a powerful pair of opening tracks! You can really hear Billy Corgan's influence in this album. All the tracks work together as an album; feel like this could easily be the soundtrack to my life in the 90s.
To my surprise I really enjoyed this album. Not sure what I expected from my first listen to Hole but it is a great album. It seems much more power pop focused when I expected grunge. The tight harmonies brings a 70's focus to this album, it reminds me somewhat of some of girl some of the great girl bands and Fleetwood Mac vocals. The overall feel is more mainstream. It has peaked my interest to delve further into their earlier albums. Favorite Songs: Boys on the Radio, Awful.4 stars
This is just about the best radio alt. rock I've heard. Great melodies and lyrics from Courtney Love, all focused around California life. I haven't heard much Hole before this record, so I didn't have any expectations other than maybe this would be a grunge record, but I was pleasantly surprised at the big pop production of "Celebrity Skin". Fav Tracks: "Awful" and "Malibu"
I think I can admit, to my own shame, that it's likely I haven't really listened to Hole because of the patently sexist media narratives peddled about Courtney Love. Everything I heard made it seem like her music wouldn't really be worth listening to. Boy was I wrong. This is some grade A 90s alt-rock in the realm of Smashing Pumpkins, Breeders, and their ilk. It's particularly striking the way Love's lyrics about rage, desire, and inequity really speak to the unfair way she's been painted. The double standard is a damn shame, too, because this record kicks. There's some really lovely melodies and I even hear shades of Bruce Springsteen on "Boys on the Radio". Favourite songs: Awful, Northern Star, Boys on the Radio 4.5/5
Again pleasantly surprised although probably wouldn't seek out
Grupo de Courtney Love. PunkRock femenino.
I do get it Kurt, I get the appeal. Raw, yet commercial. Interesting stuff for sure.
Ruhiger als die Vorgänger; melodisch; schön zum Laufen lassen
90´S
Enjoyable, late 90's power-pop with grungey guitars and memorable hooks. I didn't pay much attention to it back in the day, but I might do it now.
Fun! Very 90s, could be on a teen movie soundtrack.
4
This album starts off real strong with "Celebrity Skin" and "Awful". It meanders just a bit imo into that 90s grungy sound, and then hits back hard with "Northern Star" and "Boys on the Radio". I'm overall pleasantly surprised, I did not expect to enjoy Hole, thinking they were just another 90s grunge band.
Not quite Live Through This, but it's really quite good. I respect the ability of Love and company to read the room and do a tasteful pivot from grunge to late-90s alt rock in a way that maintains an edge. Some great hooks here too. Nice!
muito bom!
Nice but not really my thing
Solid album. Sorry the group blew up after this.
Mah...ricordano molto i Nirvana, soprattutto sapendo che Kurt Cobain ha collaborato alla scrittura di più pezzi. Non mi è dispiaciuto.
Not bad, just thoroughly average.
While there's plenty to like about this album—primarily the huge-sounding guitars and general catchiness—it entails way more servings of Courtney Love than I want to consume in one sitting. She's a laborious hang, no matter how well-crafted the music around her is.
Startar bra med titellåten. Fler bra låtar kommer men även vissa som känns som utfyllnad. Kortare skiva hade nog gett högre betyg. 3.5 av 5.
Never listened to this before, solid 3.5
Really good chemistry with the band. Courtney is a very good frontwoman and her voice is great.
Solid record, they go a lot poppier here but it does work well for them
Good/solid
Aikansa tuotteita nämäkin. Tuttuja biisejä, Malibu, ja nimikko biisi celebrity skin.
This one was a pleasant surprise, I’ve never liked the title track so I didn’t expect much going into this. Honestly I still don’t care for it. The three singles from the album were probably the weakest tracks for me but take them away and there are some belters on here. Top Track - Northern Star
Decent album
Me gustó, tiene canciones muy tranquis, otras un poco más tiradas a americana o pop de principios de los 2000s La vocalista le da mucha personalidad a cada canción evoca muy bien lo que quiere transmitir Entiendo que su mejor trabajo es el anterior a esta así que lo tenemos pendiente de ver Recomendado
I didn't really know any of this music even though it sounds so familiar. I probably have heard Celebrity Skin, and this whole album is like quintessential 90s alt. More upbeat than pure grunge, still grimier than most stuff from the 2000s. The album opens with a great title track, and then there is some forgettable stuff like the next track Awful. This album bounces a lot between the two, with some great songs and some that wouldn't be missed. My favorite is probably Northern Star, it has a nice acoustic guitar riff and Courtney gets to grovel a bit. Nostalgic and foreign at the same time, and ultimately an average album.
From the moment I hears "Oh, make me over" opening line from Celebrity Skin , I rolled my eyes. I used to listen to this song and see this video quite a bit in 1998/99 on MTV Brazil while I was waiting to see Backstreet Boys and All Saints. I had flashbacks of "ugh this again". I really tried to see through more critical lenses than when I was 12, but, while most of the songs are really well crafted the voice of Courtney Love and attitude are a really turned off- that was the thing that annoyed me back then and still strikes me to roll my eyes. The album is not too bad, but I really struggle to see why Hole is on the list ( and I believe there is another one, right?) It is the sound of many rock bands at the time and honestly, Sleater Kinney is present as well and they do a better version of the punk. Funny how Cranberries or even New Radicals that had an impact on rock pop are completely ignored... Celebrity skin is an ok album, 3/5
OK, not grea.t
instrumentais gostosinhos. confesso que a pegada desse tipo de rock não é tão minha vibe, principalmente com o quanto eu relaciono ele a trilha de sonora dos filmes de adolescente da época. gostei muito das letras só achei elas melodramáticas demais algumas horas mas funciona, em destaque pra hit so hard e reasons to be beautiful. mas no final nao é o tipo de música que eu escuto.
A more polished sound of Hole, which is not always working out. Some tracks become really plain rock songs and the more grunge style of earlier releases seems far away. Overall a decent rock album, nothing more, nothing less
Fav: Malibu, Use Once and Destroy L: Dying 3 Very much of it’s time in a sort of good way. I don’t know that there’s anything special about this one though for me. Northern Star sounds very much like a Smashing Pumpkins song. Cover: 2.5 Name: 2.5 Minecraft Parody: Ender Pearl (Northern Star)
This was fine. I probably could have died without having listened to it.
For a rock album it was alright to be fair. The vocals were pretty awful at times though.
pretty good!! i’m more familiar with “Live Through This”, but found “Celebrity Skin” to have a lot of great moments spots
I like Hole but curious that this album make the list. It’s a fairly average album in my opinion.
I did not realize Courtney Love was in this band prior to listening to this album. I also had never heard any of Courtney’s music, so this was a whole new experience. The album starts strong with Celebrity Skin and Awful, but slips down a slow descent after that. On the back half, there are a few moments where I have to wince through the vocal performances (Northern Star… rough). Without knowing any context about this album, this project is just another somewhat forgettable 90’s album. But even with context, this album doesn’t hold the same weight it seems to have had almost 30 years ago.
I might be jumping the gun on this one, but I can't get behind these vocals properly. It starts with a bang, but it's really evident that Billy Corgan's hand in this writing process is thick and involved. The song could be a Pumpkins B-side, which feels disrespectful to Hole, but those guitar tones are extremely borrowed. In the heaviest sense borrowed. I think the best songs on here could be some of the most middle of the road Pumpkin jams. I think this album is carried by the lore, by the experiences and the 90s happenings that whirled around Courtney Love and her personal life. I think the song themes are very loose, and the 90s jams are very well put together but they don't really inspire much in me. I think it falls somewhere between a 2 and a 3. Her vocals are grating at points. It's iconic for it's time, maybe. I don't see it as a necessary inclusion on this list. I see the influences on today's women in rock, so I guess I'll give it a 3. I am feeling very cynical and I want to give it a 2. I'm torn.
Celebrity Skin itself was familiar, but the rest of the album was more surprising to me. I expected more of the same glossy, trashy pop rock but got slightly more interesting jangly 90s rock tunes. Enjoyable, but not something I would seek out again.
- Überraschend gut obwohl ich eigentlich kein rock-typ bin - Angenehm zu hören - Abwechslungsreich
I liked this more that I expected. I never listened to Hole back then, but I do love a lot of their peers. Maybe I was too young to get over the connection to Cobain.
i know of Hole and like a couple songs. Malibu is really good and oh hey it's on this album. dunno how i'll feel about the rest of it realizing how many times i've played Celebrity Skin in rock band lmao. pretty good track something about the vocals on the verses on Awful rubs me the wrong way a bit i do fucking love Malibu. i don't know why i like Reasons To Be Beautiful a lot. i think i prefer it when she's like... letting her voice be kinda rough? i'm not sure. i feel like sometimes she's trying too hard to sing 'normally' and it sounds really weird lmao. i like her voice a lot when it sounds lower/throatier/rawer Use Once & Destroy is almost phenomenal. i do really like it regardless fuck. again, Northern Star is like... ALMOST there do not like Boys On The Radio. or Heaven Tonight, frankly Playing Your Song is again, frustratingly, almost really good and i don't like Petals. though the outro is cool i like this, but i feel like there are the bones of an album i love here, and it's just not quite getting there. i'll start to hear something interesting but it doesn't commit, or i'll be feeling it and it'll make a choice i'm not thrilled about. and there are a couple tracks on the back half of the album that i'm not into. i can't decide whether to give this a 2 or a 3. i do really like a couple songs and i almost really like several more. it's just frustrating that i feel like it's almost there. i think i'm going with 3
Muy buen disco de rock clásico. Me gustó más el principio que el final pero lo disfruté.
Some decent tracks
Ville nok have været 4 hvis den var skåret til. For lang!!
Sounded nice. Better than expected, but it's Courtney Love, so bar was pretty low.
More mainstream alt rock than I remember. Like a rocked up Bangles at times. Sounds a bit over produced to me but could be my switch to better headphones. Hit So Hard and Boys on the Radio sounded like a less literary ramped up (less good) 10,000 maniacs. Liked Dying. Easy / harsh 3. She is a talent. Too mediocre maybe for a 4.
A few standouts and then the rest. Solid stuff though, probably a 7 but I'm always a bit of a glass half empty kinda guy
Ta weno
punk rock for sure. no song stuck out but it's not bad.
At its best the songs are reminiscent of great quiet Velvet Underground tracks. At its worst it’s bland third wave punk.
Starts strong, finishes blah. 3.5/5
This is about what I expected it to sound like. I liked it more than I was expecting. I'm honestly shocked 2 Hole albums have showed up on this list so far.
I’ve never been a big Hole fan…or maybe I should say I’ve never really been a big Courtney Love fan, and by virtue of that I’ve never really gotten into Hole. Im trying to listen to this record with an open mind, and I think it’s been long enough since Courtney Love’s public persona overshadowed the band that I think I can give Celebrity Skin a fair shake. It’s legitimately ok. I do remember that this record was pretty big in its day, so I guess I understand why it would show up on this list. And I could see how it resonates with some people. I don’t think it’s brilliant, but it’s ok. There are some catchy numbers, and I can appreciate that sometime Love actually sounds a little like Belinda Carlisle. On the whole though, I don’t think it’s something I’ll ever come back to; I guess I don’t feel like there’s really a ton of proverbial meat on the bones of this record, even if it wasn’t an unpleasant listen. 7/10
I can just *feel* the 90s essence in this one, like I'm an extra in a WB teen drama and this is being aggressively pumped out of the speakers of one of the lead character's second-hand sedans.
i'll let it slide because of the vocalist but not that much Would I listen again: no. Deserves to be on this list: no 2.5
Celebrity Skin is missing the spark that Live Through This had. I mean, it's ok, but if I listen to Hole I want to feel angry and angsty, I don't want to feel like I'm listening to adult contemporary.
OMAGAAA zespól żony Kurta Cobaina Gdybym mogła dałabym 3/4 gwiazdki
Thoughts before listening: I think that Live Through This is one of the best albums of the 90s, but Courtney Love as pop star/celebrity always annoyed the hell out of me. This album feels like Courtney's attempt at big poppy radio hits, and the hits are catchy for sure. However, I felt at the time that this paled in comparison to its predecessor, and I never owned it. Review: Yeah, its just not as good. There's a poppy arena rock sheen, which I believe is often credited to Billy Corgan's involvement in this album, and this did produce a couple ear worms in the title track and "Malibu". I also like Courtney's iconic growly yet melodic vocal style. There are a handful of good deep cuts on here outside of the hits, but for the most part, I am not that into the album as a whole. Its missing the punk edge that drew me to the Live Through This album. That one is a 5-star to me, but this gets 3-stars.
I can hear the influence of Smashing Pumpkins in this one. Courtney holds onto the angry woman singing nihilistic depression songs roughly and slightly flat a little too long on this one though... it needed a little more variety.
an enjoyable and light enough grunge/r.e.m album to hear as a casual listen, as well as one to throw around and show how you do listen to female musicians, you swear.
Pretty good
I gave Live Through This a five but I don’t understand why this is on the list. Some good songs but overall nothing special
- Zio. Boycotting. - The album is good melodic polished 90s pop-grunge. - Instrumentation is tight and clean, and the vocals fit the vibe, except it sometimes gets more nasal and off-key than I like. - I find that the album is front-loaded - for the most part, it's not as catchy after Malibu (plus Heaven Tonight). - When you click on Hole in the Review section, Wikipedia takes you to an entry on, well, holes. lol
Not really into this.
Moments that make you realize the people writing this book are full of it "Patty Schemel's drums smack and crash"...except Patty isn't playing on the album. Schemel did drums on the demos, not the album (that's Deen Castronovo). Not the first factual inaccuracy I've found in this book. Glad I didn't buy it. You can read it on archive.org, btw. Anyway, album is pretty ok. Maybe if I had heard this in high school I would have been into it.
The self-titled track is one of those perfect rock songs. Edgy guitars, pounding drums, terrific melody and harmonies, evocative (and mean!) lyrics, brilliantly produced. One of my favorite songs of all time. The rest isn't quite up to that standard with some uneven songwriting, but "Boys on the Radio" and "Heaven Tonight" are both pretty great, and the general sound throughout is pleasantly hard.
C’était plutôt cool ! Un peu grunge, un peu pop… c’est très accrocheur au début, mais c’est un chouïa redondant, mon intérêt s’était pas mal réduit vers la fin. Mais je reste content de cette écoute !
Det er jo for det meste bra, bare ikke den typen rock jeg foretrekker. Noen av låtene tråkker dessverre i dritten. Boys on the Radio er ikke en bra låt. Lett å høre at Billy Corgan var med på å skrive noen av disse. Spesielt Petals.
Likte de 3 første låtene veldig godt, mens resten av plata høres for grunge ut for meg.
fun to actually hear Courtney Love's band. pretty meh for me overall though
Some of that was pretty cool but start to all sound the same.
you can hear Billy Corgan influence
It's fine, I guess. Courtney's singing voice never really worked for me, and this album doesn't change that, though there are moments when she's ALMOST on key. Maybe that's why she's famous.... Not a bad recording, decent musically, and culturally Courtney has had her moments, so sure, an album one should hear before they die. I guess
Courtney Love deserves to be more popular because of her music and less popular because of her outrageous media persona. I had never paid much attention to Hole, but this album is a perfectly fine power pop record with several great songs and fewer duds than I would've expected.
Celebrity Skin might be the only work of Courtney Love's that I'm at all familiar with. She's much better than the tabloids laid her out to be. And it was unfortunate that she basically was in the musical shadow of Kurt. It's not my favorite piece of 90s nostalgia, but really listening to it has opened me up to other Hole albums. Celebrity Skin Malibu
Owned this album, and was probably the only Hole album I actually enjoyed. Celebrity Skin, the opening track, is. Great tune. Overall the album is ok, certainly my favourite Hole album, but probably only gets a 3 in the grand scheme of things.
Enjoyable - was expecting more punk
I like it when they skew closer to grunge/punk than pop/balladry.
Pretty good but still patchy as an album. Better than I expected. When they nail it, they really nail it. Where it misses the album kinda drags
ngl this is a bop
Grungey in a good way Fave track: Petals
Interesting at parts, nothing memorable though
Took two listens to get into it. There’s a few too many softer ballads in the first half, but it’s well balanced with grungier tracks like Use once and destroy and Playing your song. They probably had great live shows. 3
This was a nice trip down nostalgia avenue.
ok the main thing that strikes me about this album is that it feels like garbage (like, the band "garbage") but like. slightly underseasoned. yknow? like its just not quite there. maybe its that the production is a little too clean, maybe its i'm missing the grit of shirley manson's voice, maybe its just that there's no shadow the hedgehog ass songs on here. idk. but despite the sounds being pretty similar on paper, i definitely enjoyed this a lot less than garbage. that said i don't think its actually bad or anything. its a decent enough listen and there's a couple tracks i really do like a lot, especially "awful" and "playing your song", both of which got me humming along even on the first listen. there's good sounds to be enjoyed here. it's just a shame most of the album doesn't go so hard as this....
Honestly not my fave pop album.
This is a bit hit or miss for me, I enjoy one track and don't really like the next much. There are some good, chunky riffs but I'm not the biggest fan of Courtney Love's vocals, they're ok but at some points they're a little bit annoying. It does at points descend into butt rock a little bit for me Good, but not great Highlights: Petals, Playing Your Song
The title track opener is an absolute monster, but unfortunately the same energy and bite isn't sustained from there on in. Much of the rest is perfectly fine, but a little too straightforward and "radio" to grab me. Lyrically it's also a bit on the edgy side, but in what feels like a performative way.
Good
I can feel the influence of the Bangles and also the influence of Hole on other bands. Not bad.
Courtney Love. I’ll be completely honest, and I know I’m not the only one who’s mentioned this. I only know her as the person who ALLEGEDLY killed Kurt Cobain. Very popular urban legend that persists to this very day. To find out that she was also a singer doesn’t actually surprise me in the least. It’s probably one of the main things that drew Kurt to her in the first place. Not only that, but they both happen to be prominent members of the Grunge community, as was very common in the 90’s, naturally. That’s when Grunge was really created, the Seattle Sound. Anyway, Grunge is one of my all time favorite genres, so I happened to find this album pretty good. Courtney has a great voice that lends itself to Grunge well, and the guitarist also understood the assignment. Billy Corgan, her first ex, was also a composer on this album, and you can really tell. That’s a little strange, but ok. It gives the album a signature sound. I’m here for that. Now, this is pretty much entirely an album of filler past the hits at the top, and I’m not going to fault it too much for that, but it does need to be mentioned. It’s an alright album. It doesn’t really grab me like it should, perhaps my slight reservations to listening to Courtney are too great. I’m just kidding, that has nothing to do with it at all. It’s just very repetitive, and a lot of the filler is very skippable. It’s an easy 3 from me. This is the first of 2 Hole albums I have rolled for this project. Favorite song was by far the opener, which was also the only song I recognized, “Celebrity Skin”. Even then, it’s just alright. That’s my biggest problem overall with this album. I am obsessed with Grunge music, and Courtney can definitely sing. So why does it not really do much for me?? I don’t know. It was fine. Nothing memorable but good enough to spend the day with and vibe out to it. Still very much a 3. But it’s a high 3. Would I return to it?? Actually, yeah. I think I would return to this. While it doesn’t blow me away, I still had a lot of fun listening to this today, and that’s all that really matters in the end.
I didn’t dislike it but it just wasn’t that great. Nothing stood out to me that a lot of other rock albums have done and they don’t do it better. Malibu was a good pop rock song. I also just don’t like Courtney loves lyrics, and the vocals are good. Northern Star is lowkey insufferable. Boys on the radio and playing your song are great. Good grunge
Way better than expected. Kind of very much a secret pumpkins record.
Mira que me caía mal Courtney, a la que veía como poco talentosa, aprovechada de Cobain y sobre todo con muchas ganas de copar portadas y popularidad. Sin embargo con el paso de los años mi valoración ha cambiado, talento ella y su banda sí que tenían, además de una discografía envidiable para cualquier banda. Aquí, el siempre difícil tercer disco, lo solventan de maravilla. En su momento me pareció un desagradable intento por rebajar pulsaciones para atraer más público, pero el tiempo lo ha puesto a un nivel muy superior a otros coetáneos. Algo parecido me sucedión con el debut de Elastica, que luego sí he sabido disfrutar. La inicial Celebrity Skin potente pero engañosa para lo que vamos a escuchar el resto del disco, da paso a devaneos melódicos de gran altura en Awfull y Hit So Hard. Malibu, el single más conocido del álbum , no es de lejos la mejor del lote. Reasons to Be Beautiful sigue ese camino, que a mi se me hace algo plano. Dying se queda a medio camino entre lo acústico y lo dramático, pero se agradece el parón. Use Once & Destroy vuelve al buen camino y destaca sobre manera Northern star, de las pocas en las que no interviene Corgan (compuesta solo por Love y Erlandson) , pero suena 100% a Smashing Pumpkins. Boys on the radio, tiene un brillo que podría ser una canción de Weezer. Aún así se me hace un poco larga, algo que no me sucede con Heaven Tonight. Playing your song sí que suena a Nirvana. Petals es un buen cierre para un disco que se alejó lo suficiente del Grunge para mantenerse a flote.
3/5
Good album. She is more fragmented that I thought. Nod to Billy Corgan for this one. 7/10 Top song Malibu
Solid album. CL is such a brilliant front person.
El buen rock
sommige liedjes waren goed sommige minder.. ik vind haar stem niet zo
Hole, I love. Celebrity Skins in one of my favorite songs ever,though as an album, it was just ok. It shoud have been a single, as my friend should
Celebrity Skin is an absolutely incredible opener, full of brash energy, and Courtney Love's presence is absolutely infectious. The rest of the album follows this more polished sound, but unfortunately does start to bleed into one
Knew the first song. Was Okay but probably won’t listen to the album again
I assumed I would hate this. I assumed wrong.
90's alt-rock in a single album. Perfectly serviceable for people who like it. The title track is THE song I think of when I think of Hole, though I can never remember the name. If alt-rock's your jam, this is a great album. If its not, it's still not bad at all.
Solid Atleast the music sounded different. 6/10
5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background Enjoyed more than I thought I would. Almost, but not quite, a 4.
Back as a teenager I was always pretty critical of Hole due to all the rumours surrounding Courtney Love and Cobain's death, and Cobain writing Hole's songs. Apparently most of that was just BS, looking it up now. And in retrospect, a lot of this sounds like classic grunge/alternative from the era. Considering this was 98, it still maintains a kind of earlier 90s sound even while other Grunge acts like Stone Temple Pilots weren't sounding that grungy anymore. High 3, maybe a 4.
Fun record but nothing too outstanding
It was so so. Celebrity skin was okay but they 2nd half of the album lowk all sounds the same
back to the same, it didnt amaze me. it was good
Solid, though it's a second Hole album in this ranking - one would've been enough, they're pretty much the same.
I just love Live Through This so much that this album doesn't really compare - bit too pop-y
Strong start so far; might be better than the last Hole album on this list I don’t love grunge/listen on the regular but I can appreciate it; good to have on in the background Reminds me of Charlie’s Courtney Love has a good voice Kinda wish I could give it a 3.5
Ni fu ni fa
Yeah, nah. Corporate Alternative Rock. Pretentious. Malibu is good but rest….
Go-Go sound with attitude
Decent sound. Not as good as the other Hole album.
This sounds like accessible radio rock, except… it’s actually pretty good. I thought they’d be edgier in some way but this was still a nice surprise. Cool tunes well executed. Maybe a bit uneven but Use Once and Destroy and Boys on the Radio in particular were great.
Definitely an album of the time
I thought this was pretty good.
Was ok. 3.2
Malibu is great and it has its moments, but not standout.
6.5/10
Just one song that I like a lot. The rest are just ok.
Not nearly as good as live through this but still pretty good
Track 1: heard this song before but never willingly, I do like it but it’s definitely carried by the strength of the chorus. 6/10 Track 2: definitely more replay value in this one compared to the first song, sonically very bubbly and nice undercut by Love’s harsh vocals that gives a nice contrast. 7/10 Track 3: shoegaze/dreampop vibes from this song that I think work very well, the guitars and vocals looping over each other creates a very trance like feel that I enjoy, 8/10 Track 4: seeing as the title track was the only song I knew from this album it definitely led me to believe this was going to be a heavier album than it is, with that being said I very much dig the mellow song writing and atmospheric production, with that also being said I do like this song a little less than the previous, on the spectrum of nirvana to Sheryl Crow this is a little too far on the Crow side (saying this as a Sheryl Crow fan). 5/10 Track 5: I like how this one’s more of a rocker but I will say that the guitars feel like they’re super far back in the mix and it detracts from the overall saturation on the mix, definitely still one of the stronger songs so far just based on a song writing standpoint. 7/10 Track 6: the reversed drum track is a nice touch, waiting for the rest of the band to come in, that was a little anticlimactic, just feels a little flaccid, still an alright song just wish it would pack a little more punch. 6/10 Track 7: question: can hole keep my attention for an entire 5 minutes? answer: barely. not a bad song by any means but this definitely could have stood to be cut in half. 5/10 Track 8: oooo acoustic, I don’t think Love’s limited range mixes well with the orchestral and theatrical production of this song, it sounds like she’s doing a cover. 4/10 Track 9: holy shit am I tripping or are all the songs on the back half all 5+ minutes, this one is definitely better than the last, strong chorus and an instrumental that suits her voice. 7/10 Track 10: eh it was alright nothing special. 6/10 Track 11: like the guitar effect, harsher vocals that I like, chorus could be better. 7/10 Track 12: good song, good closer. 7/10 Overall: 3/5 Favorite Track: Awful Leaf Favorite Track: Northern Star
Nothing wrong with this. Grungey pop with nice melodies. Nothing remarkable but it passes the time.
Bon album, cool à écouter même si pas fan du style musical.
Overall Rating - 2.83/5 (5.67/10). This is another one of those albums that sounds exactly like the time it was recorded. It's very late 90s.
Just a good rock album.
노래가 대체적으로 좋았다. The song was generally good.
3.5 rounded down
Would she have had a career if she weren’t married to Kurt? I suspect not, but don’t care enough to research. This wasn’t nearly as bad as expected.
Recognized the opening track immediately without really knowing what it was. Seems like quintessential 90s alt rock. That era after the peak of grunge where the sound was all an offshoot of that. This is a fine version of that type of alt rock. I’m enjoying it. There are a lot of catchy melodies here. Overall this feels like a solid 3. There’s enough here to be good and worthy of a spot on this list, but just doesn’t overly wow me. The back half isn’t as great as some of the better songs early on in the album, but it’s still solid. Comfortable with a 3 here.
I like it, don't love it entirely. It does prove to me that Courtney Love is talented and not entirely the tragic crazy figure I grew up to know her as. It's basically a sunny alternative radio record, both amusing and overwhelming. I have supreme respects for some of these songs hough it does take a lot out of me. I am tired (7/10, 3/5 on this scale)
I liked it, but not as much as I liked their other album from this list. It sounded less raw and more radio-friendly. Still a good album.
Sounds so poppy- did she sell out? Regardless, way more approachable Courtney Love!
Very epic. Can see it influenced teen Jesus and the Jean teasers
Yeah, better then I think ....more better!!!!
I don't like American rock
Hole and Malibu Billy Corgan helped write Fine with hearing this album once every few years
Great! Had only ever listened to the title track - the rest is solid, with a few I've saved and will be digging back into! I much prefer the janglier end, the Billy Corgan-esque stuff just doesn't hit for me as hard.
"I didn’t Courtney Love it, but I did Courtney Like it 👍🏾"
3.5/5
🔥🔥🔥
Courtney love you ain't that bad
+++
Maybe it being shiny and plastic is a part of the bit: a commentary about shiny plasticism. Either way, I was put off a bit by listening to Courtney do anything but screech. But then I swung the other way.. the songwriting hadn't gotten any worse (maybe a bit less urgent) and the guitars haven't gotten any less oppressive (maybe a bit quieter.) Stevie picked up the pieces and went home, why shouldn't Ms. Love?
Super
I was never a big Hole fan. Celebrity Skin was a hit and it’s fine. It’s basic grunge. This was my first time listening to the whole album. It’s fine. It vacillates between standard grunge tracks and more mainstream rock/pop offerings. I found myself thinking “this sounds a little like (band I like better.) there was a track or two that sounded a bit like the Bangles a couple that sounded like Concrete Blonde. 6.5/10
If only the second half of this record had been like the first, I would have been able to move this out of ever-growing cluster of three-star reviews. I had never heard this album as it came out after I stopped listening to Hole but of course I was familiar with the opening track, which I've always liked. I was pleasantly surprised by the next few songs as they were stronger than I had expected. I'm not sure what I thought about this record but for some reason i thought it was going to be very slick. I didn't find it that way at all and had high hopes but the second half of the album became less and less interesting. Oh well, it was worth a shot.
A reason I love this project is listening in full to bands I thought I knew. I am off this era and never listened to this album. I didn't dismiss Hole but I didn't seek them out either. This is a super solid album. Diverse sonically, thematically interesting....I don't know if it goes in my rotation but I am happy to have found a new appreciation for the band.
Didn't expect this change of direction from grunge to power pop / alternative rock. While still a decent record, losing all the energy that I loved from their previous project, "Live Through This" is not something I was looking for. As said, the group decided to change the sound for this album, having a way softer approach. There is no frenetic rhythms or riffs, there is no screaming and there is a lot of acoustic guitar. Have to clarify that the electric guitars, when they have distortion, can get very distorted, and sometimes Courtney Love does shouts, but never to the the point where it could be considered real screaming, at least not when compared to their previous work. What there is instead in this record is a collection of songs full of very decent and catchy melodies. The first two songs are the ones that shine the most in this aspect, as they are incredibly memorable. However, the rest of the album never reach those same highs. Thankfully it also never gets to the point where it becomes boring. When it comes to the energy, as basically most of the rocks album, it is primarily centered in energy and then it has its slow moments, like "Dying", "Northern Star" or "Petals", that add appreciable sentimental tone. So overall, I think it is a nice album. I might not be something I would anticipate from them, and I wish it had more attitude like their magnum opus, but still a decent experience.
It was solid, just okay. 5.4/10
Perhaps I judged you too harshly
had a really good time with this actually. fun
Cool. 3
Belinda Carlile, sneering, cynical, wine drunk at a Chili's after a bad breakup. In a good way. 3.4
Good album.
okay only liked 1 sorg or two
Su álbum anterior vs este son la perfecta demostración de la diferencia del grunge con el resto del rock alternativo. Y soy más del grunge yo. Medio "popeada" la fórmula de este album. Siguen sabiendo hacer canciones igual. E interpretarlas. 5/10
Could definitely hear Billy Corgan in some of these songs
Front loaded. "Reasons to be beautiful" felt like a real road bump, with "Dying" winning me back if only for a bit, since the following two tracks did not impress vocally, despite the instrumental and a few key moments of "use once & destroy" being great. "Northern star" really put me off, I think the extremely bright twangy vocal delivery doesn't particularly lend itself to an otherwise solemn acoustic track. The rest is unremarkable except for the great album closer.
yeah its ok i guess 3.5/5
Pretty good, and also pretty same-y throughout. Polished with a lot of buffed out edges. It definitely sounds pretty dated to the late 90s/early 2000s. This is probably a better album if you have nostalgia for it, but I don’t. 3.2/5.
Had no idea it was Courtney Love. Banger after banger and her songwriting? God love. But for my personal taste, not a repeat.
Pretty sick
mid
Fine
I expected this to be a lot edgier, it’s not that bad but it’s not really what I expected from a band that made Mrs. Jones.
𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘚𝘬𝘪𝘯 sounds like a post-grunge album that’s trying very hard not to get messy. The hooks are strong, the production is huge, and Courtney Love clearly knows how to carry a song, but the whole album feels strangely held back. For music that aims this much at drama and intensity, it rarely sounds truly dangerous or chaotic. That cleaner, more polished sound makes the album easier to get into, but it also takes away some of the edge I was hoping for. There are definitely good songs here, just not enough moments where the album really comes alive for me.
No esta mal, eso si celebrity skin temazo
3/5
This is probably a 3.5 star album, i enjoyed the variety and the quality of some of the songs given an album I've never listed to! Will have to be 3 stars because it doesn't feel like a 4 star.
Celebrity skin - 3/5 Awful - 4/5 Hit so hard - 2/5 Malibu - 3/5 Reasons to be beautiful - 3/5 Dying - 2/5 Use once & destroy - 4/5 Northern star - 2/5 Boys on the radio - 4/5 Heaven tonight - 4/5 Playing your song - 3/5 Petals - 3/5
Pretty good, a little more of a pop rock album than I expected
This isn't bad per se. Just generic in-your-face rock that the grrrl scene at the time was doing way more fiercely. Again, I don't understand why is this considered an "essential" album. If you've listened to punk-ish grunge is the 90's, you've already listened this album. 3 stars is a generous rating.
Better than expected. A few good songs, a couple not very good songs. The rest is fine.
uh this is fine? it's fine.
Honestly enjoyed a lot more than I thought I would.
3/5
Pretty good grunge/alt rock album.
Wasn't bad, but made me feel kind of depressed after a whole album.
Not bad
This album started off strong but unfortunately because a lot of the songs sound the same they all started to blend together toward the end. Gonna be difficult to be memorable when that’s the case
Habilt
Börjar riktigt starkt med titelspåret och låter överlag bra. Stark 3:a!