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Rumours abound and sledging is rife, Was this really written by his wife? Until today I had listening delayed, Despite copies hanging in all stores portrayed. ……. It’s hard for women to get credit in the real world, But this album is bejewelled and often pearled, And after two listens my decision is final, Rumours be damned, I will get it on vinyl.
Pretty cool
Great rock record. Controversial opinion I don't think Kurt Wrote it.
Nice and punk, sounds very 90s. Second song sounds quite Nirvana like which isn't surprising. It's pretty good but I don't see myself listening to it again. Listening to this I want to hear their harder sounds (as this apparently their softer albums). I feel like those may resonate more with me. "She walks on me" confirms that I'd probably love that even more
Grunge, rock, tutto. Potente ed incazzato, mi piace.
It’s good. More like 3.5 stars, but I like it.
Solid album. Standout songs: Miss World Gutless She Walks on Me
Angery
Really enjoyed - not as good as Celebrity Skin for my money - but still a great listen and far better than majority of their contemporaries.
More entertaining than I was expecting. Classic Grunge with some good melodies going on.
Interesting. I remember listening to Celebrity Skin a lot but missed this one. Yay this is awesome. So much part and parcel of the punkish indie rock of its time. This is in the same vein as the pixies, L7, mid career Sonic Youth. It’s noisy chaotic and beautiful. Also it doesn’t like it’s something that’s just a copy cat of that scene it sounds like a living part of creating this sound. If, like me, you only ever heard Celebrity Skin and felt that was some watered down grunge for the masses… this ain’t it. It’s abrasive punk with a lot of rage and the talent to express it via music. Also very biting feminist lyrics that literally scream at you and very interesting sludge metal influences. Four stars.
good rock/grunge
IMHO as someone who grew up in Washington state, this album is underrated. It's both a major influence in the grrrrl rock movement, and a really good grunge record. I think it speaks for many women of a certain age and the realization that society has unrealistic visions for what they should be as "young ladies". Courtney Love is a bit of a polarizing figure but I appreciate that she frequently says exactly what she thinks, a rarity in the rock world.
Good stuff
You can definitely hear the similarities between Hole and Nirvana, though who influenced whom is up for debate. I love Love's vocal timbre – it's absolutely perfect for the mood and lyrics of each and every song. From the opener, Violet, we hear the anguish, the strain, the anger that you always hope to get from an alternative rock band. And yet it manages to avoid being overblown, maintaining a pretty tasteful musicality. The same cannot be said for other sub-branches of rock like post-punk and death metal. She Walks On Me is probably the closest Hole gets to these more experimental genres, what with its filtered vocal, guitar distortion, and fast, angry rhythm. Credit In The Straight World is also a standout, musically, though it's hard to tell why. It has an unconventional opening sections that's mostly echoed vocals, and it's very cool. Exotic, almost. On the other hand, the songs Plump and Jennifer's Body are excellent examples of keeping this balance between (radio-)friendliness and harshness, and they're two of my favourites for that reason. The lyrical themes in this album are pretty frustrating (or maybe "harrowing" is a better word) to listen to in 2025. It feels like nothing has changed in 31 years. There still has to be an active push against misogyny, body shaming, and societal standards to keep people safe. (And, in some places, it's gotten significantly worse since the 90s.) "Every time that I stare into the sun / Angel dust, and my dress just comes undone / And every time that I stare into the sun / Be a model or just look like one / Wild-eyed, rot gut, do me in / Do you think you can make me do it again?" Damn. I know there's plenty of similar themes being expressed in music nowadays, but that music isn't gaining as much traction as it did in the 90s. The main thing stopping this from reaching 5 stars is that none of the songs are particularly catchy or obviously "hits". 4/5 Key tracks: Violet, Jennifer's Body, Doll Parts
Great stuff. Underrated.
One of those albums where the most famous tracks are actually the weaker ones
I think this is a pretty great record. Not 5 stars great but really very good. I think it helps that this actually kind of is my thing this grungy sound and raw expression. It also still has a bit of that pop sensibility that the best ‘grunge’ always brought tot he table. I think their next record Celebrity Skin had bigger hits and was better in that sense but this is the real deal - broken people making heartfelt music that expresses their life experience.
It's pretty good. 3.75 stars.
8/10
Violet 4.3 Miss World 3.7 Plump 3.6 Asking for It 3.8 Jennifer's Body 3.9 Doll Parts 4 Credit in the Straight World 3.5 Softer, Softest 3.7 She Walks on Me 3.6 I Think That I Would Die 3.8 Gutless 3.7 Rock Star (Olympia) 3.7 Score: 3.775
Screaming
I despise Courtney Love but can’t deny this album. Violet is a great grunge song
Waiter, waiter! More furious 90s female artists please! Love’s excellent songwriting ability makes this feel like a 38 minute tumultuous therapy session, being both thoroughly personal and accessible. It was bizarre to read that there was a rumour that Kurt Cobain was a ghostwriter for this album, they’re both grunge acts but Love’s lyricism is a lot more pointed and less word salad-y than Cobain’s. Without addressing the elephant in the room, this is a killer album. Highlights: Violet, Asking for It, Doll Parts, Gutless
Better than I though it was
Strong 3,5
good energy Will I listen to again: 95%
Really enjoyed this one, better than I was expecting.
Sort of dismissed Hole back in the day, so good to re listen now. The songwriting is really strong and there are some great songs on here, Violet and Doll Parts are the obvious examples. A great energy and balance is evident, with only Love’s shrieking vocals the real downside.
Good if not really for me, I kinda preferred the poppier sound of the other Hole album, much to my shame.
yeah, a solid grunge album with super fucking awesome cover
an album that ironically was intended to be less noise focused and more pop-centric, Hole's 1993 album that was released a week after lead singer Courtney Love's husband, Kurt Cobain, committed suicide, tried to lean into melody while still maintain hardcore sensibilities. In her words, she was very competitive with Kurt.
First time listening to this album. Pleasantly surprised. Raw, powerful.
I want to hate this record but I actually really like it
Boy, she was something else.
I’ve always felt Hole received more hate than they deserved. Courtney Love in particular has long been treated as a lightning rod, often overshadowed by gossip and controversy rather than taken seriously as a musician. But Live Through This makes the case that Hole was never just hype or tabloid fodder - they were a genuinely great band. This record feels like the culmination of their early energy, sharpened into something both raw and strangely polished. The guitars are abrasive yet hook-filled, the choruses stick in your head, and Love’s voice vacillates between a sneer and a scream. You can hear the band’s growth from Pretty on the Inside that they’ve kept the fury but refined it into songs that cut deeper. What really stands out, though, is the perspective. This isn’t just an album about being angry at an ex or railing against the system in the abstract. It’s a scorned woman album, but the scorn is directed at society itself - it is targeted at the way women are looked at, diminished, commodified, and silenced. Songs like “Violet” and “Miss World” take direct aim at the contradictions of femininity under a male gaze, while “Doll Parts” is almost unbearably vulnerable, as if Love is peeling back the armor to reveal the insecurity underneath. It’s easy to see how many modern female alternative and indie musicians owe something to Hole. You can hear echoes of Live Through This in everyone from Mitski to Wolf Alice to Olivia Rodrigo when she leans into distortion. The combination of unflinching honesty, jagged guitars, and the refusal to soften rage for palatability paved the way for a whole generation. Nearly thirty years later, Live Through This holds up not just as a relic of the 1990s alternative boom, but as one of its most essential documents. It’s an album that’s as confrontational as it is catchy, as painful as it is cathartic. And it proves that the dismissals Hole received at the time say more about how we treat outspoken women than about the music itself.
Great album. Haven't listened to much of them, but might have to check out the rest now. 4/5
this was a surprisingly solid album and i'm really glad i listened to it! i knew the radio hits from HOLE before but had never dove into a full album. doven? dived? doved? why do none of those feel right? anyway, i had mostly just thought of courtney love as kurt cobain's crazy trashy druggie girlfriend... and i still do but now i know that she also very skillfully pulls her own weight as a grunge singer and songwriter. i really enjoyed the lyrics and appreciate that she wasn't afraid to get into some pretty dark themes. standout tracks for me were "jennifer's body" (which was the inspiration for the name of the film!) and "rock star". i would play this album while fighting the patriarchy! or finally standing up to the bully on the school bus that's been stealing my snacks and lunch money all year. that's MY fruit by the foot ROGER and today's the day I'M gonna eat it NOT YOU DO YOU HEAR ME!? I'VE HAD ENOUGH!!
The music press did Courtney Love so dirty in the 1990s. This album holds up really well - it’s angry and grungy but it also has tunes.
Good album with some great songs. It did fall off about half way through for me.
4/5 meow meow this is nice
Good in-your-face, unapologetic rock. Not pretty per se, but a really fun listen.
I'm not a huge fan of Grunge in general, and I actually think Nirvana is HUGELY overrated. That said I have to admit that I enjoyed this album a lot more than I thought I was going to - at the very least it has a distinct sound and the songs are remarkable on their own.
Good. Grungy as expected. I hadn’t listened to this album in at least 10-15 years. Way better than I expected. The songs I like the best sound a lot like Nirvana. No surprise there.
I like grunge ladies singing, growling, and yelling about things I relate to.
It's really a classic and a mirror for the times it was created in.
Raw and hard but better than the first as it is more refined and enjoyable. Even thou it disnt have a major hit like the first album its a much better one. Most underrated 90s band and it was cause other than its girls and the USA is a patriarchal society and the kurt courtney marrige where you had to choose sides
I'd only heard a couple Hole songs before, I'd never really listened, but I was surprised how much I actually enjoyed it. I'd listen to this again for sure.
Courtney Love's absolute peak. Good music, good lyrics. Some dispute about how much input Kurt Cobain had on the album but one can only assume that their personal and professional lives weren't THAT separated even if he had not direct hand in the writing or production
Screaming girl teen rock. Despite this, I'm a fan.
This was way better than I expected. There's a lot of good angst and anger, especially in Violet. Hard not to be that common review and say, man you can hear some Nirvana in this, but you can, and that's not a bad thing. I don't think you need two albums by Hole on the list, but I'd agree you should have this one.
Good raucous rock, good vocalist- I liked most of it.
i liked it with two headphones
Nostalgia of my 20's hit me like a brick
A second Hole.... album. Look, I'm not going to speculate on whether or not Kurt Cobain helped write these songs. What I _CAN_ say for certain is there is a definite Nirvana-like sound to this album. It's not a bad thing, Love is able to walk a tightrope between Nirvana and punk in a lot of the songs. I would have liked to have heard this first before "Celebrity Skin," but that's not how things went. As it is, I dug it a lot. Tracks: "Violet," "Doll Parts," "Credit In The Straight World," "Gutless"
Well that didn't take long. 5 albums ago I asked whether we would see this album on the 1,001 list and yep. A recap - I think it is Hole's best album even if Celebrity Skin is their best song. Their debut Pretty on the Inside is rough but promising, fitting for 1991 and the grunge explosion. But those who exploded in 1991 had their stuff together. Hole got their stuff together here, 3 years later in the greatest year of grunge/alternative music. By 1998 and their last album, they were not quite as sharp but still solid (just like all of alternative rock). This album's first three singles are smashes - Violet (so angsty!), Miss World (their best song on this album), and Doll Parts (brooding). Their fourth single Softer, Softest is just that - soft - but it's solid. They have a bunch of absolute rockers in the non-singles - Plump (electric chords and drums), Jennifer's Body, and Rock Star (underrated). Asking for It and Credit in the Straight World are also pretty solid - great lyrics both of them. I don't think this album is a 5 but it's an easy 4.
Like many albums in the 1001, I had preconceived notions about this one, but I'm trying to listen to everything with an open mind. I start by listening primarily as background music and it fit all my preconceptions: Courtney Love sounds like either she can't sing or she doesn't want to be bothered. When she puts more anger into it, it sounds like she's trying to barf out the words. The music is just typical grunge and there are better bands to listen to. I was drafting a review and figured it would be a 2. On close listen, though, paying attention to the lyrics, I found it's a much more powerful album than I thought. Couple the lyrics with her singing style and suddenly it works. She also becomes a lot more sympathetic - you realize maybe, just maybe, you're focused on the press version of her, and maybe not the real her, and damn she's been through a lot. I have no idea if any of that is accurate, but the singing style and music work much better when you realize what she's singing. The album grew on me with each listen and I definitely appreciate Hole and Courtney Love more than I did before. Favorite tracks: Violet, Asking for it, Jennifer's Body, Doll Parts, She Walks on Me, Rock Star (Olympia).
Live Through This is a classic album, not because of all the news about Kurt Cobain's death, but because it is a solid grunge project that Courtney really put herself into. There is so much great stuff to talk about here, but I need to just vent some things out first for anyone who needs to hear this. Just because this album was released not even a week after Kurt was confirmed dead is not a Courtney Love problem, that is a label problem, and anyone who thinks she "killed Kurt" can just get the fuck out of here. That is you not being able to cope with the alarming amount of mental health problems the world has and instead taking it out in a misogynistic rage on a woman who has done no wrong. Call them toxic or whatever the fuck you want, I wasn't there and didn't know them, but there are facts out there saying what did and didn't happen, so stop pointing fingers because you didn't like how history turned out. One thing I will say is that it is very hard to not imagine Kurt having at least a few touches in this album whether it is with Courtney's vocal sound or with how the project came together in the end. This album has a much better cohesiveness and quality to it that makes each song meaningful unalike their very fine debut. It rips through the 38 minute runtime like a knife through butter and it never holds back. It's angsty but in a different way from the most male dominated genre of Grunge, it has a lot of empowerment behind it while also being a fresh new experience for all to enjoy. Live Through This is an improvement like no other, and it cemented Courtney Love as an icon in my eyes, regardless of the circumstances happening around this album's release.
Real grunge. Can definitely feel Nirvana's influence on this album. Violet, Jennifer's Body and Credit In The Straight World are my favorite songs on the album.
I think I need to give this album more time cuz it was amazing and I know it was amazing but I’m not sure exactly why I liked it. Regardless, impeccable album I may regret only giving a 4.
Female led alt rock, very cool.
Ok, this is great - I first knew Courtney Love as a punchline, but the sort of industry and social forces which made her one are on full display in the lyrics to this great rock album. Not a million miles off of Manic Street Preachers... Favourite tracks: Violet, Asking For It, Jennifer's Body, Doll Parts, I Think That I Would Die
I must admit to having a few hangups about this album prior to to listening to it, based on my memory and experience of the early 90's and appetite for Nirvana. I was ready to hate this album (again) but instead found myself loving its energy and although it sounded very much like another version of Nirvana, I totally appreciate the difference now (something I didn't, back in the day).
I really love a couple of songs on the this album (Violet and Doll Parts). If I was just rating this on the musical experience of the album I would probably give this a 3, but I think you already know that I'm not someone who can take music or musicians out of context. I really love the 90s grunge scene and Hole is an important part of that story, so its an extra star from me today (given that the lead singers husband died tragically a week before its release, and the bass player 2 months after - I can only begin to imagine how hard this time was for the band) I wrote a hole (see what I did there) thing about Courtney Love and deleted it - because it’s complicated. So I’ll just say I think Courtney’s had a rough time of it, and most of that seems pretty unfair, and some of it she’s brought on herself - but I admire (mostly) her courage in a world not made for women who are loud.
I really like this. All I remember growing up was hear people tear Courtney Love down, which sucks cuz this is fun music. Especially for a leading female singer to come on this abrasive is just cool
I’m surprised by how much I like this. Never listened to Courtney Love but she absolutely kills it. Angsty and powerful, some great songs here.
Funky
Great album, amazing vocals, and knowing it comes after Courtney Loves tumultuous life came to a head just days prior to its release adds so much depth to this.
LOVE Hole, what a banger of an album. Highlights: She Walks On Me, Asking For It, Violet
The queen of Grunge - Courtney Love! So good! I love her voice Fav songs: Miss World, Violet, Plump
good songs
At first this sorta washed over me like a 3 would, but I decided to relisten later when I was feeling less tired and it's pretty good! Some nice gritty stuff in here, I like it.
Carrying on from yesterday, this time instead of slacker rock we have a great package of 90s alt/grunge, fronted by Courtney Love. Great stuff and killer vocals!
Very important album. I think all the best grunge was performed by women. If this album kept up the steam of the first 3 or so tracks it would be an easy 5 for me, but even though it slows down I am always surprised how much I enjoy it.
Irgendwie schon stark und kraftvoll verrückt. Und ich gehöre zu den Menschen, die ihr nicht allzu viel unterstellen 😀
Never really been aware of Hole before, though I apparently have heard Celebrity Skin before, but I will give them more of a listen after this. Good stuff
I actually quite like grunge when women are involved. Don't know what that says but it's an interesting observation isn't it?
Really enjoyed - not as good as Celebrity Skin for my money - but still a great listen and far better than majority of their contemporaries.
One of my favorite records from back in the early 90's. But what I remember this is the time that Brit Pop was just starting to make its way with music in Britain, countering the dirty rough music America was putting out. At the time this sounded raw and inspired and now looking back and contrasting it against bands like Suede, Elastica, Blur, Oasis, and even Radiohead to some extent. Those were heady times!
I think there was a lot of inspiration drawn for this album, but Courtney definitely did a great album to distinguish herself as a talented individual in her own rights.
Really enjoyed it and will keep listening
Got everything I love about punk! Fave song: Violet Honorable Mentions: Doll Parts, Jennifer's Body, She Walks On Me
This is super mainstream but I kinda dig it. Something magical about her voice and the band. Favourite Song: Doll Parts
pretty damn good. great voice and sounds, and i could see myself re-listening to this again. Light 4
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Powerful rock with punk influences. First time really listening to Courtney Love. Not my last. 4/5
Courtney and Hole dont get anywhere near the respect they deserve.
Never regret putting this album on. Just damn good rock music
It's been a while since I've listened to this. Not sure I'd say it's a must-listen.
The good Hole album. Courtney is a terrible singer, but the music is punk enough that it doesn't matter. The songwriting is good and has a soul unlike Celebrity Skin. Overall, an essential album from the time.
Est-ce que c'est cliché de dire que l'album de la meuf de Kurt Cobain sonne comme du Nirvana en un peu plus girly ?
An unapologetically crushing album. Sick riffs, great vocals, and really makes you think about the circumstances and history surrounding its creation. Truly an artifact, but also fun to listen to.
This is probably on the list since they felt they had to include Hole and they felt the debut album would suffice but I think I like Celebrity Skin better though. 3.5
It’s telling the number of reviews on here saying that they dismissed Hole at the time because of their perception of Courtney. She is a great song writer and lyricist. Unpopular opinion: I prefer Celebrity Skin. Still very good though
v cool
Enjoyed this, heard the odd track off it before but not the whole thing. I'd go back to it again.
It's incredibly solid as an album but doesn't have any standout tracks for me.
Quite good. I remember most of the songs from back
A tasteful amount of heavy
Loved this. Haven't ever listened to a Hole album before and always kind of hated on Courtney but I enjoyed this entire album. Kinda wish I hadn't written her off when I was younger as I could have been enjoying this music for a long time.
I had no idea narduars cousin was such a good writer
Great album. Liked this much more than Celebrity skin. Much more powerful, better rougher sound. Nice.
Only really familiar with ‘Celebrity Skin’ and so nice to get a fuller picture. Powerful start, good vocal range and classic grunge/nirvana sound. Nice groove, good production, solid, grungey sound. Punchy songs that are a quick in and out, but leave their mark. Rumours of Kurt ghostwriting and whether true or not, the influence seems very clear and present throughout. Just a solid album throughout without any filler and packs a punch. Nice package
I really wanted to dislike this Hole album... but I kinda don't. I mean, I don't LOVE it, but it's not half bad. It's like, if they could've had another similar singer, it would've been a smidge better. Despite Courtney's scream-singing, the melodies are really well crafted. Musically/sonically, it's actually quite good. ...and, I have to say, even though she's scream-singing, it's actually quite controlled and tonally good. Perhaps it's just the fact that she's generally an asshole.
Live Through This is raw, loud, and drenched in emotion. I think what really works here is the way it straddles the line between punk fury and something much more vulnerable underneath. Courtney Love’s voice isn’t polished, but that’s the point—it’s messy, furious, grief-stricken, and strangely powerful. You can hear every scream and every lyric clawing its way out. I really do think this album captures something that feels genuinely unfiltered. Songs like “Miss World,” “Violet,” and “Doll Parts” stand out as real moments of intensity and feeling—equal parts rage and heartbreak. There’s a definite grunge feel, but with its own cracked-glamour edge. For me, it’s one of those albums that burns bright, even if it’s a little chaotic around the edges.
I wanted to hate this back in the day, i couldn't
7.5/10. Good grunge album.
I've listened to this before but feel like I've kinda written it off before as just more grunge (I've definitely gotten a bit fatigued from overplaying grunge in recent years), and was put off with how messy Courtney Love was/is (although there is a mountain of context behind that, some deserved, a lot undeserved). Listening to it again, I'm enjoying it a lot more the second time around as it doesn't sound grunge in the way Nirvana, Soundgarden, AIC, Pearl Jam, etc. sounded. Honestly sounds more in the vein of a Sleater-Kinney (guitar tone on some songs) or even something like a Death Cab for Cutie or Built to Spill, just with the trappings of grunge (more distortion, loud-quiet dynamic). It's got more of that Pacific Northwest "cloudy, drizzly, saltwater" sound than any of the grunge bands ever had. Definitely have to give more listens, but yeah, great record.
really good album. i am not going to mention her significant other, because i think this album stands on its own without bringing him up. she's earned it, and i don't think she should consistently be in his shadow. as for the album, it's aggressive, biting, and a great listen. courtney love really came into her own here and you can tell that she really was putting all she had into this one. it's a pretty good effort!
Would you release an album with your band 1 week after your husband died? Well, this girl did. I only knew a few songs from Hole, and I had definitely never heard this album, but I was impressed by Courtney Love's vocal energy, how it sounds visceral and soft at the same time, and the same logic can be applied to the band. They sound like a post-punk band that decided to play metal. In other words... grunge hahaha. It's not a spectacular album, but the 4 stars are deserved.
oye, este me gustó. Ya lo había escuchado hace unos meses tratando de reparar una faltas en mi conocimiento musical de los 90.
My memory of this album was that it was “doll parts” and not much else. Actually I think it’s really solid! Although “doll parts” does remain my favorite.
Hell yeah. The Cobain-wrote-it myth is shit; who’s to say Courtney didn’t write Nirvana songs? She didn’t, she was busy writing ripshit songs about women’s experience. This album blazes, and holds up better than most 90s albums. Kids, listen: women can be drug-addicted absolute rage cases too!
Had to change speakers to do this justice, really good fun album, had only really heard Doll Parts before but would listen again.
Courtney Love, patron saint of weird girls ❤️double bill of this and The Substance today was a wild ride.
Like like the album, like the vibes and hits hard 4/5
Light four, but great 90s rock album. Listened to it like three times yesterday, goes down real easy.
Banger then, banger now.
I was pleasantly surprised by this album. While sounding a bit dated, it still ripped.
Grunge rock takes me back to my college days, and this is a great representative of that time for me.
Alright this
Listened before?: A little, on the radio in the 90s The sound was super familiar to me, even if I've never listened to this one all the way through. A great alt rock album.
I love 90s grunge, especially when it's WOMEN!!!
Why did no one tell me that Hole is this good?!? I had the impression that Courtney Love was just some Kurt Cobain hanger-on. Why? Oh yeah, because white men (most music critics) pay a lot of attention to other white men, overstating their talent and importance on the regular. This is better than any Nirvana I know (and granted, I don’t have much Nirvana exposure). In fact, f—k the comparison to other bands. This is epic in its own right. Courtney Love’s vocal and guitar performances SLAY and the rest of the band is up to the task. Excellent drumming; driving bass. The style outside of my usual tastes, which makes how impressed I am even more impressive. A revelation! A solid 4.
Another pretty good and fun rock album by Courtney Love. Funny thing is that I had no idea that she was in any band before. I just knew she was Cobains girlfriend, or something. But look out, it seems like she was a really good singer in a very solid band. Good album.
her voice is a bit grating but they are very good songs
Loved the 2 singles that came out of this, but never had the album. It smokes--with more time might get to 4.5 for me.
I want to listen to this again many more times and then write a dissertation on it
Didn’t know what this was going into it. Liked it.
Would have rated this a 3.5 but I’m rounding up. Courtney Love is pretty cool
Some raw, gritty vocals here that I absolutely loved. Missing some variety in the songs' melodies, but all in all, quite good!
Does the quiet/loud grunge really well. Dirty lush guitars and guttural vocals aplenty. Reminds me a lot of the breeders, which you probably should also check out if you like this.
Kul överraskning. Aldrig lyssnat på Hole tidigare men det här var ju en riktigt bra skiva. Stark fyra!
Very solid
Can't stand Courtney Love, but can't deny that this album shreds.
Never really listened to them but liked them. Kind of like a Nirvana vibe
Fun, dynamic and not too serious 90s grunge. Not something I would have sought out independently, but I appreciate the energy of the record. Really engaging and a nice range of sounds and composition. Best Tracks: - Gutless - Rock Star - Plump Worst Tracks: N/A Rating: 8/10
She needed her hole filled frfr
Would this album be as renown if Courtney Love wasn't with Kurt? Yeah, probably. It's a pretty good album.
this album has such a special place in my heart. i think the first half is strongest. some really good songwriting and so much of what it feels like to grow up in the world a girl. this album helped me learn how to be pissed off. i’m so grateful for that
I've never listened to this.
muy bueno lo de la jabru de kurco
4/3/25. Big energy on this album! Really my first time giving Hole a true listen, love the guitar sound and loud drums, and Courtney's vocals are infectious. Will definitely check out again.
So much time is spent on the mythos of Courtney and her relationship with Kurt that it's easy to forget that Hole produced blistering pop grunge in the way few bands could.
i love hole man. this album is just awesome. honestly tho hole isn’t like one of my favorites they’re good but they aren’t like anywhere close to the best. this album is fire tho and honestly a good grunge album it’s just a 4/5 for me personally but very positive.
- hätte nicht erwartet, dass das so abgeht, geil - und dann habe ich gerade gelesen, dass die Sängerin mit Cobain verheiratet war und auch ein Kind bekommen hat.. wusste ich nicht - davon abgesehen finde ich das Album echt unterhaltsam - geile Riffs und Ideen dabei, Punk, Hardcore, Grunge - fette Platte insgesamt 4/5
Love is controversial, but this album delivers. Hadn't expected that.
4 stars
Rating: 7.5/10 Raw, noisy, catchy, and fun all the way through.
Before Courtney Love was COURTNEY LOVE. Before she got washed up as Kurt's muse and was constantly hounded by the media for doing heroin while pregnant she was the female empowerment of the grunge scene. Until Hole emerged, grunge was a boys club and just like the cover of the album shows, girls can play rough too, and boy do they. 4/5
I was going to say she's basically female Kurt cobain, but then I looked it up and found out she was married to him at one time haha. Love the rage and the angst in these songs. Enjoyed the aggressive vocals as well. There are a few sleepy tracks near the end of the album, but lots had me banging my head. Fav track was Plump.
I had very mixed opinions going in the same way I have mixed opinions about Courtney Love. And that’s sorta the sad thing is that she is such an infamous person that her personality/controversies dominate all the music. That aside, I really liked this album. I was expecting cringy vanity project or clear copy cat of the more prominent grunge bands. And I was pleasantly surprised to learn that I was wrong. Right off the bat it has my two favorite things, it has a respectable amount of variety in sound, they might not be trying to write a ween album but for a Seminole 90s grunge album is does have a lot of variety. The second thing this album has is it’s short but not too short. This album kinda flew by but on the second listen it seemed like the perfect amount of time before I wanted to listen to something else. Once again I have mixed feelings about Courtney, but I actually kinda love this album.
Sounds like middle school angst. Love it
Classic. Brought me right back to the time I wore JNCO jeans.
courtney love será una mala persona pero no saben lo bien que compone y canta. 4.5⭐
80% Best: Miss World; Asking For It; Doll Parts; Must-Hear? Sure?
Hit so hard it put a Hole in my chest
Go on take everything, I dare you to.
Not normally fan of punk but this was good
very youthful energy, fun rock music
A great and consistent grunge album full of energy, anger and pain. I would have really loved this as a teenager. None of the tracks really stand out enough to elevate this to a 5 though
Way better than I'd expected l. Great album.
Songwriting credit rumors aside, this is a well-crafted and well-written grunge/alt rock record. Really driven home by Courtney Love's fierce vocals and Erlandson's heavy riffs. But also their sound is further transformed and upgraded with the addition of newcomers Kristen Pfaff (RIP) on bass and Patty Schemel on drums. Yes, this is a female-led rock group from an era where many of these bands were in the spotlight, and feminism is the main lyrical theme among others here. But for a short time, Hole were deservedly in the lead role of this "movement". Love elevates the group by channeling her personal life experiences into this sort of contained and melodic rage. This was the first of two big releases in a row from Hole as they were hitting their stride musically and commercially. Favorite tracks: Violet, Asking for It, Jennifer's Body, Doll Parts
FUCK YOU COURTNEY AND FUCK THE FACT THAT THIS IS A GREAT ALBUM
Oh Courtney Love, why you so crazy. Hole was always talented, but it felt like she was the dark cloud that overshadowed every aspect. Great album, great guitars, her vocals are powerful and raw.
Courtney did not kill Kurt but she did kill on the track
I had Credit in the Free World saved to bike riding playlist already <3
Punked out grunge. I enjoyed this- probably more than I should have. Probably because of all the mopey and techno albums recently
Somehow manages to sound like mascara running, or as drummer Patty Schemel put it, “a girl gang beating someone up behind a 7-Eleven.” Released 4 days after Kurt Cobain died.
I never listened to this record beyond Doll Parts. I think its because of my distaste for Courtney. However, setting aside her charming personality, this is pretty good rock and roll.
I, like many immature boys in the early-aughts, blamed Courtney for Kurt's death. In retrospect, the "evidence" is all incredibly suspect and knowing more about her now and at the time, is not plausible. In fact, it's far more likely for him to have been able to commit the s-word on unimaginable amounts of h than it is that she killed him, much less conspired to have him murdered. Worst of it all is that I never listened to Hole because of it. Go listen to her WTF interview and you'll see her for the tragic figure that she is. This album is great, actually.
Best Kurt Cobain album
Righteous anger and roaring grunge riffs. The performances feel untamed but the songwriting is tight. There’s a lot fury in these songs and yet they also have a strong sense of pop structure and plenty of hooks. Mother’s milk and babies are images that come up a lot and while I don’t yet have a firm grip on exactly how these songs feel about motherhood, this is definitely a fresh and exciting way to approach these themes. Rejection of beauty standards and even a wholesale rejection of society is present in a lot of these songs. I really vibe with it. This album rocks. *** Totally random connection but two days ago we had an Elvis Costello album on this list with a song "Honey, Are You Straight Or Are You Blind?" that had the line, "She's just a doll like so many more / She's the kind of doll that you'd like to pull to pieces." It stood out to me as a great image. And now on today's album, Hole has a song called "Doll Parts" with the line, "He only loves those things because he loves to see them break."
Really solid grunge album. I hope "Celebrity Skin" is on the list too as it's also very good. "Violet" is great and that chorus could have been a Nirvana chorus. I listened to a few repeats of it just now and then googled Nirvana "violet" cover and all I got was some results of a Nirvana reunion with Violet Grohl (Dave's daughter) on vocals that just happened a week or two ago. Then I looked at the release date of this and saw that it came out only 7 days after Kurt died. Pretty crazy. I love how the pre-chorus has this catchy and simple melody with a 50's kick-snare-snare drumbeat, and then that chorus is as raw as grunge ever gets. I love going through this album and hearing all of the shifts and changes. Over and over again I'm "wow'd" by the amount of effort put into these little 4 measure moments that add some really nice colors to the tracks. It's packed with little post-chorus acoustic guitar substitutions, or contrasting bridges with soft vocals that seem to serve to antagonize the screaming and angry choruses. It's so much better than what I remember hearing when I was young. Remove Courtney Love from her relationship with Kurt Cobain, and you would get a drama-less Hole that is an awesome band (or maybe you don't because he influenced her songwriting?). As it is today though, there's always this connotation involved whenever I think of them- their connection and drama is always apparent. How could you avoid it though when the wikipedia page for this album has "Cobain" written 26 times, more than double that of "Pfaff", the surname of the bassist, an actual member of the band who happened to pass away 2 months after the release. These songs are really great and have impressive depth. I'll be adding some of these to some of my more raw playlists I think. I love this album cover. The blur, slight over exposure, the haze, the saturation, the model's facial expression; it's all great.
This was pretty good although many of the songs sounded the same.
Respectable album with great rough sound and a great female perspective of being driven to aggression and push back of powerful insight.
Credit in the straight world and I think that I would die blew me away Love the lyrics and vocals throughout
Powerful alternative rock. Doll Parts is brilliant. Loves voice is ace
I was expecting to hate this, but it was good, very good in fact. I've always considered Courtney Love to be a bit of a cunt, and maybe she is, but I should have learned by now that whether someone is a cunt or not doesn't usually have any bearing on whether said person can make good music.
Better than the other Hole album on here
Raw feeling, hard hitting Grunge Punk. Also not a lot of bands like this with a female singer and I think Love's voice adds a lot in terms of helping it stand out from other album's of that era. But ya kicks ass, doesn't overstay it's welcome some great 90s grunge
Fantastic
Favorite Track: Asking For It
Released 4 years before the last Hole album we reviewed (Celebrity Skin) and just a week following front-woman Love's husband (Cobain), this one is a bit rougher around the edges and is all the better for it. This has strong individual song-writing throughout and a cohesive aesthetic that I didn't mind sinking into. Courtney Love is a powerful front-woman with an ability to command attention both in harsh, punkish snarls (Violet, Plump) as well as in vulnerable croons (Doll Parts, Miss World). Loved this album front to back and will be back again -- high 4 / 5. -- Violet sets the stage with some angsty, rough around the edges, alt-rock that borrows from a punk tradition. Solid energy up front. A quick turn into Miss World where much of the angst is stripped away on a toned down, almost poppy (by comparison) acoustic lead song. Plump is a jam, where she sounds at times like Chrissie Hynde from The Pretenders. Asking For It has a minor progression during the chorus that reminds me a lot of some Nirvana songs (Come As You Are comes to mind). Doll Parts is a great song. Really enjoy Softer, Softest but have to say the lyrics are pretty uncomfortable. While it isn't entirely obvious it appears to be about sexual abuse (presumably of a child). References to "pee-girl" getting the belt and hoping "you won't tell on me."
Virkelig fed! Hun lyder godt
4.5
Better than I thought, or remembered. Some really solid grunge songs on here. Ragey and loud.
I've never really understood the fame of Courtney Love and honestly always kind of suspected that her success was mainly to do with the people who she surrounded herself with. That's not as much as a criticism as it sounds. If someone can select the right people to create the art they want and it works, then why not? But in my limited experience listening to Hole, I just wasn't connecting to it. Hole's other album here, "Celebrity Skin" was kind of interesting but didn't really stick with me if I'm being honest. "Live Through This" is a refreshing change though. The album was plagued by accusations that Kurt Cobain secretly wrote it, despite having very little to do with its creation (Cobain does some barely noticable backing vocals on two tracks). It's an enormous compliment to Love that those rumors persisted as she really does seem to be channeling Nirvana here, much more so than other Hole albums. It's the blend of pop and sheer grit that Cobain made famous. The themes of feminism and subverted concepts of beauty would have fit perfectly alongside her late husband's work. But the album compliments Nirvana more than it imitates, displaying more anger than disaffectedness. It shows another side to the Olympia grunge scene during its peak. Hole would later change focus to themes of Hollywood and celebrity, seeming to reveal in its own emptiness. In retrospect, it seems like a natural move from the bleak suburban world of "Live Through This". But this is still the better album in my opinion.
I was not a big fan of the grunge rock movement of the 90s and I have heard several songs off this album in the past which I liked. This is my first listen from start to finish. I like it.
Girlvana
Courtney Love is a genuine rock star. Intense, angry, articulate, unpredictable, controversial, ambitious, unfiltered, strong, damaged, impulsive, charismatic. She has copped a lot of flack over the years, some self-inflicted damage, but a lot of grief for being crime of being a woman. This album is Hole (and Courtney) at the height of their/her powers. The songs are really strong, partially written in the studio, but also having been partially worked on over the previous two years. There is some understandable Nirvana influence, but these are definitely Courtney's songs. It has the loud/soft thing (which was a step forward in musical development for Hole), a lot of punk rock screaming (and what a scream it is!), but the sheen of being well recorded and edited. I think there was probably some selective editing on the vocals, the guitars and drums sound huge, and some subtle keyboard sweetening in the background. Interestingly, the producers said they didn't double her vocals much to not cut the immediacy. I suspect she never sings a song the same way twice, so doubling was not really a viable option, but she certainly gives each vocal take her all. I'm glad they left in a lot of "mistakes" (vocal cracking, dubious intonation and wayward pitching are common), because the performances are raw and real. Just the right amount of polish, I think. The beginning of the 90s was a unique moment in music history when noisy punk bands like Hole (or Mudhoney or the Jesus Lizard or the Butthole Surfers or any number of similarly bizarre signings) would attract major label deals and the attendant recording budgets. Nobody would ever again give this kind of budget to an honestly dangerous punk band anymore, so we may never hear an album like this again. It stands up as a powerful album, even 30 years later.
I forgot how much i like this album, Its great
12/12/24 This album was much better than expected.
A complex and brutal album, fuelled by righteous anger as Love addresses sexual abuse, eating disorders, and the hypocrisy of the Washington punk scene. Violet is a furious opener that calls back to Hole’s debut album and the riot grrrl scene they were distancing themselves from, but the sound is more varied throughout with the starting verses of Miss World and Doll Parts for example contrasting with punk-adjacent songwriting. Due to the mythology around Love’s relationship Cobain, especially considering his infamous suicide just a week before this album was released, it’s difficult not to compare to Nirvana in places. While Nevermind saw Nirvana expand their sonic palate and In Utero then saw them return to a more raw and heavier production style, Live Through This is like a symbiosis of the two - the hooks and bridges of a more commercially-focused project with a fervent energy, passion and ferociousness that adds a strong emotional impact to most of these songs, and it’s the perfect balance of the two that really makes this project hold up and sets it apart from its contemporaries. It’s a fantastic album, though a bit stacked in the first half as nothing after Doll Parts really hits with the same force for me, and is a bit forgettable in comparison to the six tour-de-forces on the front end
While I liked the other album from Hole better I still found myself liking this a lot. 4/5
Better than I remember. Never a Courtney Love fan, but this is a good straightforward rock album.
Not too shabby
I don’t care for Courtney Love. But I do think Hole made some great music.
Courtney Love has always rubbed me the wrong way for whatever reason so I never listened to much Hole, but the album is solid and fits right in with the female-fronted alternative rock bands that reside in my mental happy place (which is apparently not very happy at all).
Man, I enjoyed this very much. I don't, admittedly, know all the ins and outs of Courtney Love, but I think there's a level of misogyny to the way that she's panned by the music press. She seems to be defined solely by her relationships and not as an artist in her own right. Let's face it though, her vocals absolutely make this album, from all out attack to the, um, softness of Softer Softest. Great stuff.
Enjoyed this more than I thought I would!
Det var fint, høj energi, dårlig sangstemme, men på en charmerende råbe måde. Han har ihvertfald hørt sin del med Kurt og de andre bananer.
Hele mit skriv blev slettet 😭 Men fedt album!
Not bad seattle-grunge album
Better than I expected! Courtney Love's reputation preceded her on this one with me and I was expecting rubbish. Good quality grunge.
When I drew this album on the 1001 site, I was worried that I might harbor biases against Courtney Love ... as said so many times in these comments, she is a polarizing figure. So I listened to the album twice on separate days as a way to re-evaluate what was my first impression. I liked the songs ... the lyrics were interesting, the melodies were well constructed, and the musicianship was fine for the genre. I'm not a total fan of how Courtney sings, but the songs are punk rock, so I give singers some latitude.
Hey Jennifer's body! Some surprising song structures. I sandwiched this listen between a Sunday's album so I didn't quite gel with the emotion of it but its absolutely worth a revisit.
Favourite tracks: doll parts; violet; asking for it; plump; Jennifer's body; softer, softest; rock star; she walks on me
Fierce, raw, honest, furious and messy
неожиданно прикольно хорошее драйвовое
Forgot about this album. I enjoyed it. A bit punk-er than a lot of grunge.
Love it
A great album to scream along to.
The timeline of an album called Live Through This with the deaths that preceded and followed its release is crazy. I don't think I would have succeeded. Almost a no skip album
This was a lot of fun!!! Great energy and there was never a moment I wanted the album to end.
for some reason this took me one billion years to finish listening to. had to be in the right mood. 3.5
This a straight forward grunge dock album that just happens to be sung by Courtney Love. A solid record for sure.
There’s a song by hole that I’ve been listening to a lot recently so kinda fun that we get this album now I guess. Enjoyed it
It was really good. Idk if it was 5 good, but I really enjoyed it
Oh, haven't heard this in an age. Sounds pretty great still.
definitely feels like an extension of nirvana, but does enough to stand on its own as a great grunge/riot grrrl album
Hits
Courtney Love got a raw deal. She's also incredibly lucky, but her talents werent as recognized as they could have been compared to her peers. 4/5
This is something that I missed when it was released but would have loved at the time
Decent American punk rock. Some of the lyrics obviously didn't gel with me but I got the idea.
I think if I had listened to this album closer to when it originally came out I would have been a massive fan. Still it is a very good album and I would listen to again
Heard Doll Parts in isolation before, interesting to hear more from the artist. I really liked Violet and Plump as well.
Pretty good.
LOVED FAVS: violet, miss world, plump, doll parts, rock star
Pretty underrated album. Courtney Love has that good shrill
Despite her more controversial side, Courtney Love can still make a mean punk album. 4.5 bumped down to 4.
A nice surprise. Solid listen
A talented group of kids if I dare say. Even a couple hits on here. I quite enjoyed myself. Good, quality fun. 4/5
Pleasantly surprised by this. 3.5
A surprisingly good listen. Expected more of a mess but this held my attention. Ms. Love is rock star. Been quiet lately, hoping she’s at peace.
It’s honestly pretty great. I’m not a huge Courtney Love fan, but this was a decent album.
Great raw punk-ish music. Hole/Courtney Love definitely got some undue criticism.
Hole don't always get the recognition they deserve, compared to other grunge bands. This album is full of energy and classic songs like Violet and Doll Parts. Definitely worth revisiting 4/5
Pretty good record
Super important that the male-dominant alternative rock / grunge environment in the 90s had a more feminine counterpart. Too bad it had to include Courtney Love, as hard-hitting and relevant as her songwriting might be.
Not particularly a fan of Courtney Love, but there’s no denying the importance of Hole on the 90’s rock scene.
In essence a Nirvana-clone but a very good one. I never made the effort to listen to it at the time and only discovered it after Celebrity Skin was released. That album has a very different sound and hard to say which one is better. Score: 8/10
A raging album with Violet as a complete killer opener.
Album 489 of 1001 Hole - Live Through This Rating : 4.25 / 5 This album gets a bit of a boost in rating just because I enjoy it. She gets a lot of hate, some probably justified, from many because of the Kurt Cobain relationship and that sometimes leads many to brush her music aside. That is unfortunate because this a hard hitting album. A nice rock/grunge mix with great vocals and instrumental backup. Hearing this some months back helped to perk up an interest in the great female rockers, many of who sometimes don't seem to get the credit they deserve. Consider me a fan. Give it a spin.
A grunge classic Back in the days it would be fire
I enjoyed that so much more than I expected
Nirvana-like grunge music. I liked it because she went quite hard at times. Second half got repetitive though. Stand-out: Violet
I enjoyed this album a lot more than Celebrity Skin. Catchy tracks, some great riffs, and overall just well made. Will revisit.
Spannender alternativer Rock. Eine Bereicherung.
Who doesn’t love a little morning rage?
Hole were only ever very vaguely on my radar (most likely because of the Kurt Cobain link) without ever really listening to anything except Celebrity Skin. But this is perfect grunge era spiky, fuzzy, glorious guitarness.
Voilet and rock star are so good. I actually loved this album considering I went in blind only knowing Courtney love for her acting and public controversy. So this is a shock for me lol
Something weirdly cathartic and broken-heart angry soul healing about this harsh melange of discordant, confessions and accusations. It hurts to listen to but I love it. 4 stars
themes of rage, anger, isolation. courtney love certainly had a difficult past and is not afraid of talking about it. this was an important album from the 90’s that had its fair share of female fronted acts. this one goes hard and doesn’t let go. highlights: “violet” “asking for it” “doll parts”
4/5
Brilliant. Wish I’d paid more attention at the time.
Fantastic! Love angry women
Not too bad.
3.75
Full disclosure as a Nirvana fan, I have.. feelings about Ms. Love. While the majority of them are about her character, I've never really held Hole in high regard, so I've never really listened to their music, sans the stuff on the radio. That being said, I'm listening for the influence here, and it's all over this album. It's not terrible by any stretch, and probably does deserve its spot on this list. Musically and vocally, it's angsty and it drives. You won't catch me spinning this album on repeat, but I'm glad I gave it an opportunity. It still didn't change my opinions about Courtney at all. 😂
Not as good as their other album on the list and Garbage, but solid. Girl grunge good
Few songs in, pretty fun! Kinda dark lyrics
Maybe its nostalgia, but I still like this a lot.
Courtney Love has a great voice and can really scream out the lyrics. The scream-tracks are a high point, don't really like the softer songs as much.
Did Kurt really write this album for Courtney? It sure damn seems like this is a female version of Nirvana. You know what though? It works. This is prime female grunge. If you like grunge, give this a go. If you prefer Adele, turn away …..fast Choice cut: Doll Parts
4/5
01) Violet - 9,0 02) Miss World - 8,5 03) Plump - 8,0 04) Asking for It - 8,5 05) Jennifer's Body 8,0 06) Doll Parts - 10,0 07) Credit in the Straight World - 8,0 08) Softer, Softest - 8,5 09) She Walks on Me - 8,0 10) I Think That I Would Die - 8,0 11) Gutless - 8,0 12) Rock Star (Olympia) - 8,5 TOTAL: 8,42 (84/100) Current ranking: 48/194 Of course, when a woman writes an album like this, there are immediately misogynistic rumors that her husband is responsible for it. Because she, as a woman, is of course not capable of that. I think the relationship between Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain just turned people away from listening to this album and this band in general, and I think that was totally unfair on our part because this is a really great album.
I haven't really listened to much female grunge but I love female hard rock. This album went super hard. It was melodic and felt very punk/grunge.
This album rocks. Love her or hate her, Courtney Love is all in on this.
This is my kind of music
Nirvana
Oh noooooooooo. I’ve never listened to this, but myself, a teenager who loved Nirvana well after Kurt’s death means most of my knowledge of Courtney Love is…negative, mostly colored by what other fans said and also some of her own shenanigans. To say this surpassed my expectations is an understatement. This ruled.
Decent grunge album
C'était ben cool
Literally didn't even know Courtney Love was in a band. This was a pretty sweet album, kind of Nirvana meets Amyl and the Sniffers. I dig it.
Starts and finishes very strong, a couple tracks through the middle lost me, but a powerful album none the less. Fav track: Gutless 3.5
Pretty keen on this, thought it was raw and rough-n-tumble and would be killer live. Definitely gonna throw on when I have a riot grl moment. Three and a half. Fave track: Violet
Grunge von feinsten aus der Hochzeit. Ein tollen Album.
Rocks! Goes Hard! I'm Hard!
Great album.
I was recently wondering what Hole actually sounded like after visiting MoPop and seeing that this is the band where Courtney Love originated. I enjoyed this a lot, nice little ripper. Light 4
Grunge goes hard. This grunge goes hard. I like it. Her voice just works well over each track. Opening song is the best one for sure
I’ve never given Hole a chance on account of Courtney Love, but this was pretty great. I see where the accusations that Kurt wrote a lot of the album come from, but in doing my research, I don’t think that’s the case. This is a solid grunge album.
Really grew on me after subsequent listens. A bunch of fun punk rock type songs here.
Holds up well
This album was overshadowed by two tragedies - Kurt Cobain’s suicide a week before it was released and the death of bassist Kristen Pfaff two months later from a heroin overdose. There was also a deeply misogynistic rumour that Cobain had ghost written some or all of the tracks on the album. However, this album is easily strong enough to stand on its own. It’s post grunge rock with some very on the nose lyrics. Good stuff.
I was not aware that this band existed, but when I reached "Doll Parts" I recognized that I listened to them previously. I enjoyed the whole album.
Solid, dependable alternative rock. 3.5/5
3.5/5
There is not a single grunge album that I need to listen to before I die, but I seem to be listening to so much grunge. Why I do think Courtney Love’s vocals fit the sound much better than most grunge albums I’ve been made to listen to so far. I hate the sound of whingey male vocalists in grunge music. This is maybe the best of the grunge I’ve had so far. Cannot believe the balls Americans have to complain about britpop while they were in their grunge era. Please Generator, if you’re listening, give me something other than grunge. Please.
Pretty awesome!
Reading the wiki description, it's interesting what passed for a "soft edge" in 1994 grunge culture. This is a great album though, and as a non-hardcore softy I appreciate the effort to dumb it down for us dirty casuals.
the first half was better than the second half but this album overall was really good, i’ve heard of it before and i was intending on listening to it so i’m glad i got it on the generator, it was great, 8/10
Nice punky album, enjoyed it
I really enjoyed this. Something to listen to again. Even though it felt very grunge to me, the Wikipedia noted this is a much more refined sound for them, so it may be interesting to go back and listen to some earlier stuff.
I liked it more than I thought I would. I was only peripherally aware of Hole in the day -- like most people, I knew Courtney Love more as Kurt Cobain's gf rather than as an artist in her own right.
Better than I expected. A little one-note.
A bit of a tour de force. Aggressive and fragile at the same time. Great album.
Jesus Christ this album is 20 years old.
Sorry Kathleen Hanna (and to a lesser extend Dave Grohl) but this album is great. Not sorry to internet nerds that hate Courtney for no good reason though.