Reviews (page 9 of 10)
Grunge, good attitude good feminist themes, voice weak and the music a little grunge by numbers.
Couple good songs. Lots of noise.
Ordinært.
2.5
Nah
A decent album. It's perhaps misogynistic, but I do wonder how much popularity they have enjoyed had it not been for Kurt Cobain's death. The album isn't bad and has its moments, but it's rather straightforward grunge/post-grunge. Nothing really that groundbreaking.
Not bad but not something I'd listen to again. Would rate it more of a 2.5
эта сучка довела до ручки братишку Курта. ещё и выпустила альбом через неделю после его смерти. к тому же теории об авторстве кобейна небезосновательны. мой вердикт: мразь, пошла нахуй.
Never been a fan of Courtney. Would she have ever gotten a recording contract if she weren’t married to Kurt?
I preferred Celebrity Skin, it felt more polished than Live Through This but this was a step away from the unfiltered grit of that first album. Hard to separate the art from the artist
A lot of grunge and punk elements coming together for this album. It had that 90's feel and Courtney's voice brought the rage. It's alright, for the most part. It's not hugely interesting to me, and a little bit annoying at times. I do like the vocals, I think she sounds great when she really lets loose and wails. The guitar sound is also great. Grungy and heavy. I do think towards the end of the album, it starts to get a little samey. I just wasn't really feeling this album on this particular day and I more than likely won't revisit this any time soon, unless I'm really in the mood for it. Perhaps another listen at another point in time and I'll completely change my mind, we'll see.
A post punk mess. If Courtney did not marry Kurt you would never hear this album.
Angsty teenage drama put to obnoxious music
действительно более мелодично но мисс ми с панком и Кортни
Courtney Love was/is a bit overblown with an inflated sense of importance. Can't recommend this album.
IDK. shes been very influential, but I wouldn't say she's my jam.
Whilst I was vaguely aware of Courtney Love I never knew she was part of a group I had never heard of called Hole. My indifference to Ms Love is mainly due to her non musical antics and way of life which I despise. I had never previously listened to any of her music so feared that it would be the standard post punk grunge stuff and as it turned out was. But there was something endearing about it leading me to conclude that Courtney did or still does have some talent. I have heard a lot worse than this and another surprise from the 1001 Gods. 2.5/5 4/4/25
nirvana pastiche bad vibes idk
*distorted guitar starts playing* 2! 3! 4! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Favorite Track: Credit In The Straight World
Wasn’t expecting much as not my thing, but this was ok 2/5
Why are there two Hole albums on the list? Pick one...but not this one. Liked Songs Added: Doll Parts
Siento que este género no es nada novedoso en los 90. Ya tuvimos los 70 y 80 para recontra quemar este estilo. Garbage quizá pudo darle una vuelta. Esto es un refrito. Nota: 2.3
Another one I could barely stand!
2.5 - one sound, I thought it was going to be a lot different based on the opener
Hole (Courtney Love) is a little too screamy for my taste. There are some softer moments that make it more powerful.
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I hate Courtney’s screaming voice. Some of the songs were ok when she wasn’t screaming. It’s a 2.5 for me, but I have to round down because I wouldn’t listen to this again.
This was an enormous disappointment. I love grunge and always heard Live Through This was pretty good, but after the great song "Violet" the album basically tanked. Some props to Love and the band for some energetic performances, but give me a Nirvana or Alice in Chains any day. 1.5/5 -> 2/5
I remember Doll Parts fondly but the rest of the album hadn’t aged well for me.
It's grunge throughout, what more can I say!
Well, I only had to skip four songs (out of 12), so I guess that's something?
Decent album. Enjoyed the music. Some of the vocals were not enjoyable.
Already listened to this during my 2024 album challenge. 2 out of 5.
tbh didnt like it.
very intense music. you can feel the pain and emotion in it. that being said im not sure how often id want to relisten
I read a review calling this a masterpiece? Give me a break. It captures that punk/ grunge time well, I’ll give it that.
This is all very laudable, but with a couple of exceptions there's not a memorable song there, and I think it's a strictly minor entry in the grunge canon.
Totally fine album but doesn't leave much to remember.
And once again, an album I haven’t listened to in a looong time, probably around 20 years. It brings back a wave of nostalgic memories, but that’s about it. A few hits, nothing more to me. My main issue with this band has always been their lack of clear direction. They seem unable to decide whether they want to create radio-friendly pop or lean into grunge, resulting in a blend that often feels somewhat uninspired. The lyrics are sharp and hit their mark, but for me, that alone isn’t enough.
I've probably listened to this album only once in my life, at most. Hole has barely been on the outer edges of my musical landscape, other than the brief brush I've had with their music videos on MTV. I'm surprised how much of an pop album this one actually is, a pop album with grunge bits and edgy lyrics. I now realize I shouldn't be surprised; the volume buying public doesn't care for ugly and harsh. While I usually don't pay lyrics much attention, "Asking For It" grabbed my attention with lines like "Was she asking for it? ...asking nice? Did she ask you twice?". Doesn't change my feelings towards the band much, but I feel could look into their first album, if it indeed has more "hardcore [punk] aesthetics" I might actually be interested.
I feel like I should like Hole, but I really don't enjoy Courtney Love's vocals. 900+ albums ago when I was starting this journey, I didn't realize how picky I really was about rock music.
2.5
not quite my thing but there was a few interesting guitar riffs here and there.
The banging on drums and howling into the mic just might not be for me in this case. The guitar in the end of Gutless was pretty good I think I got the song right. But the rest was just another album
+1 for the anti riot grrl song.
Ngl, a little screechy. But I liked Plump!
It was alright
Es un pop punk bastante de mierda, bien ruidoso.
Not really my style, but I appreciate theirs
nix besonderes ist ok
Looks like her career also tanked with Kurt's death
Kurt's obvious influence is the only interesting aspect of this album. R.I.P. Kurt.
The music is great but Courtney can not sing.
Täysin samaa paskaa kuin eilinen paitsi ei hittibiisiä
it was fine
Ouf, ça crie pas mal trop pour mon petit crâne malade, je m’écroule
i don't like grunge or riot grrl (the breeders are pretty cool) music so this album was not going to be a fun listen for me. i just looked and i'm only four songs in. how. this is so boring. my biggest takeaway from this record is that there are a bunch of indie bands doing this type of music now but better, with a vaster array of influences and less production-sheen. if you're reading this right now, look up "art school jocks" or "shady bug" or something. some kind of good new band that deserves your attention. also courtney love's dad was the grateful dead's touring manager and assisted them with trafficking LSD for the CIA.
I want to like this more. But the only song I really enjoyed was the third track Plump
I'm just not that bigger fan of Hole - maybe I'm biased but just doesn't particularly do it for me.
Angsty 90 tals rämpytys, vissa helt bra låtar
Not for me. Avril Lavigne esque
ehh. Not sure how this album made the list.
Sounds fine - good even - but there's something adolescent about grunge rage that I just can't get into.
Did not like this music style
A lot of screaming teen angst in this album mixed with depression. Hole had the potential to do really cool music but missed the train. I’m sure being in Nirvanas shadow wasn’t easy for Courtney Love. She wasn’t taken seriously (for good reason), but she was more than right a few times. Worth the listen not worth frequent rotation.
I don’t know.. I think their image and everything I know about the Courtney Love is coloring my opinion here, but it is what it is. Maybe I would’ve rated it better on a different day, but I was happy when it was over.
Two now as it was the first time this came up.
This was a stupid record. So generic for the era. I firmly believe she would have been nothing without cobain. This was so dumb.
Too shouty
Boring
Not as good as I thought it would be.
I do not like
This one was just ok. Doll Parts rang a bell and that was a good song. So was Violet. I just don’t think that she has a fantastic voice.
There's some promising sections but it just keeps dropping the ball with some bad off key singing.
strong 2. grungy alt rock fart really just isnt my vibe in the music department. but like the shit talked about is pretty nuts. abuse and sa and general struggles and traumas. lots of references to milk. 1 softer, softest 2 miss world 3 doll parts
Ruido
Not for me
This was an interesting album that I just couldnt get into. I didnt hate it - but could not find anything that I thought was a great listen.
Not for me I guess. I didn't grow up a big Nirvana fan so some of the hagiography is lost on me.
2.5. Its ok, overall liked most of the songs. It just really seemed like the lead singer murdered the two people that wrote the album
There's such a circus around Courtney - most of it self-manufactured. Doll Parts is decent here. Hole borrow heavily from the Pixies stop / start approach to making music. It was a little too SHOUTY SHOUTY for my tastes. It left me pining for Celebrity Skin, which I played straight after this.
It was grungey and angsty and I enjoyed it in all of its milk weirdness! I would’ve given it 3 stars, but she did Kurt so dirty
Good grunge sound with punk elements but what’s all this about milk?
Harsh, punky music, screamy vocals
Not exactly looking forward to this. I think I like Courtney Love’s acting more than her singing. At the time this came out, it felt like pre-packaged Riot Grrrl. It was widely assumed that she was just trying to market Lady Nirvana to the MTV Beach House crowd. Violet is still pretty good. The music in Miss World sounds like it came off a Foo Fighters album. Plump starts off sounding like a PJ Harvey track. Asking for It sounds like Kurt Cobain covering a Liz Phair song. Honestly, most of this does. To my ears, Hole suffers from a similar problem to Alanis Morisette and Cheryl Crow. Sure, the bands are tight and the records nicely produced. But they feel like generic Top 40. It’s the same lady in a different dress, so to speak. It’s too MTV and not very innovative.
Angry at times, but not very memorable.
Já, smá nostalgía með Violet. Restin er booooring.
Not good, not bad
You can really tell the lack of songwriting talent from an artist when track after track are lyrics, both in single words or entire lines that just repeat over and over. Live through this has this in spades, especially the second half of the album. I had to google who wrote the bands lyrics to see if this was just another strike on the pop culture infamy that has come to be Coutney Love’s reputation and discovered Nirvana fans who had theories that Kurt Cobain wrote these songs. Now, I wouldn’t call Cobain's songwriting the pinnacle of the craft, but the guy was a poet even if his songs conjured up some bleak and bizarre imagery. Sorry Hole, but your focus on making a statement through music doesn’t beget a good product if your skills put into doing so are sub-par.
Grunge/punk Not super into it :/
I understand raw and gritty but this was too grating to warrant more than about 3 stars.
Generally I’m not a huge fan of grunge. I don’t mind Nirvana much and I do tend to like Pearl Jam, but I can’t stand Alice in Chains or Temple of the Dog and can’t say I really like Soundgarden at all either. Hole falls somewhere in the Soundgarden territory. This is an important grunge album, and Courtney Young’s vocals are impressive, but mostly this album doesn’t do a whole lot for me. I do think I’ve enjoyed this slightly more this time than in the past, so maybe it will keep growing on me.
taped out, dont remember what i thought
A bit too shouty overall. 2.5*
It just doesn’t do much for me.
Not my vibe but some songs were good.
Not sure why we are promoting the music of a murderer
This album is not for me it is maybe for somebody a little more goth and angry.
Its fine. Again, not really for me but I enjoyed it more then some of the others.
Went into this one with some negative bias. Just OK.
too heavy metal for me
Very grungy and ugly sounding. This is an album for the nihilist who hates beauty and order. This album is emblematic of the cultural decline of the West. What a tragedy.
I had higher hopes for this, but a bit too much screaming, instrumentation a bit too unvaried, and overall disappointing.
Grungy and raw. I certainly hear the similarities to Nirvana. It wasn't bad, but I don't see coming back to this album again.
It is good, but I have heard these songs before and completely forgot they exist. I imagine I will forget again.
Aqui tem um problema pessoal: o álbum é até legal mas eu não tenho muito saco pra grunge... Algumas músicas são boas, tipo Doll Parts e Violet. Mas algumas me dão a vontade de ficar olhando pra parede em agonia enquanto não acaba logo
I like very few Hole songs, and none of them are on this album. It's almost self-parodyingly grunge in every aspect: buzzy (but crisply-produced) riffs, snarlingly theatrical vocals. Nothing jumped out at me and I'm probably not revisiting.
Courtney Love qui chante. Pas mauvais, mais les chansons sont trop répétitives comme les Ramones. Est-ce que Kurt Cobain a ghostwrite sur cet album? On le saura jamais hein.
Ihan jees ysärisoundit muttei mitenkään tajuntaa räjäyttänyt. 2/5
Shouty and stressful. I really don’t like her tone.
This kind of thing is not my jam. I'm not into that whole apathy/anger/angst/disassociated/progressive grunge type of music. I didn't hate it but didn't enjoy it either. A one and done-r.
certainly an album
Not my style
Grunge rock, speciel vokal, noget om gud
A lot better than I expected, though still not my thing. The album is varied enough, grungey, and sounds very well constructed.
Meh. Early grunge
The album is, unlike a lot of ”Celebrity Skin” characterized by its raw, intense and emotional sound, with lyrics that touch on love, loss, and betrayal. I was quite critical about Courtney Love’s vocal performance on my last Hole review and whilst it’s not amazing on this album, it’s way better surrounded by the more raw sound. Her powerful singing style are on full display throughout the record. Kicking drums and explosive guitar work are mainstay on this record and the influences of Nirvana are clear both instrumentally and most definitely in the vocal performance. I still have some problems with Love’s vocals even though they are a better listen on this album. The sound also fails to feel authentic and I just don’t see any point in listening to this album rather than any other 90s metal
I just have a mental block with punk, I can’t get into it.
Well, I lived through this. I didn't like it then, and I don't like it now. That said, always mad respect to Courtney Love for calling out Harvey Weinstein before it was cool, so to speak.
It’s similar to Sonic Youth. It’s the super yelly side of grunge that never quite clicked with me. It’s not terrible, it’s just not good either.
Vähän liian grunge-remuamista, myöhempi tuotanto iskee muhun enemmän. Tosi hyvä kansi
Paikoin todella lupaavaa, ja laulaja tulkitsee isolla T:llä, mikä on suoraan sanottuna aivan helvetin hyvän kuuloista. En siltikään täysin syty. Jonkinlainen määrä-laatu suhde keikahtaa vielä vaa'an väärälle puolelle.
I just posted that "there's too much grunge on this list" after receiving Mudhoney yesterday and then this comes up. I think Courtney's voice is slightly more suited to grunge than say Mark Arm of Mudhoney, Cobain or Chris Cornell, but this genre still doesn't grab me.
Nope
It's like a bad version of Nirvana
Meh. So angry..
Vocal style is not for me.
Violet is kinda fun but I didn't care for all the other tracks. Courtney's screaming gets annoying pretty quickly.
It wouldn't be so bad if Courtney was on key from time to time
Tried to listen to it a few times but found it far too aggressive for me. Felt anxious.
Answered a question for me. Never knew Courtney Cox had an album. Not really a fan though.
Not my taste. Only a couple songs I enjoyed.
buraco mesmo
Courtney Love (Kurt Cobain backups). Controversial. It’s okay grunge
not really bothered about this
Got the decibels, but doesn’t deliver on the brilliance department.
Hljótt svo hátt. Gól.
I can think of a thousand albums to recommend hearing, and Hole wouldn't be TWO of them! I'm only 100 albums in and this really makes me doubt the credibility of this list. But whatever, neither album are that bad. Just not too memorable.
Meh
I feel the need to preempt this review with a note that I'm not a Courtney Love hater. I'd consider myself ambivalent. But as I know she's got her detractors and this is not a positive review, I thought it worth spelling that out. My dislike of this album comes down to one thing: as a vocalist, Courtney Love is a one-trick pony and that wears thin real quick. If there were some variation on the theme of overwrought, out-of-tune, predictable verse melody to shouty shouty amped-up chorus, maybe it would work. But there isn't. So it doesn't. It all leads up to this feeling more like a concept of a band that was willed into existence than an organic collection of players that produced this flavor of music. In the end, that doesn't even matter. It's boring when it's supposed to be arresting. Or something. It ain't. I disagree with this album's inclusion on the list of must-listens. Two stars because Love is better than most at shouting.
This is a 2 all day long, same as Celebrity Skin. Like that album there's a few decent standouts but it's really nothing special
Pas mon truc le punk rock Qualité ignoble même si c’est sûrement voulu Drogue
Unpleasant vocals. Finally female though. Can't digest anything. Highlights: -
Competent, by the numbers. You know, like Uptown jazz.
Violet is her best song and she's retiring it. What's left?
It's OK! Not my jam. Has some decent stuff but as an album not my favourite. Giving 2
I’ve always disregarded this album for fairly superficial reasons, and really based on one song—Doll Parts. First, Courtney Love is just not a great singer technically. Listening to the album now, I can see how her voice works better in more aggressive, punk-leaning songs. But totally exposed on “Doll Parts” I always found her voice annoying. Second, the rhythm of the guitar and vocal on Doll Parts are so simplistic and awkward, it always sounded to me like something a band of junior high kids would turn out. And to be honest the lyrics are just dumb. I was surprised by the more sophisticated music on the rest of the album. I didn’t hate it to be honest. But I think the flaws of Doll Parts are there in the rest of the record too, and they’re enough to make this something I probably won’t listen to again. This melodic, softer version of Hole needs a stronger vocalist than Courtney Love to pull it off. And I think some of the songs are mixed to give more space to her vocals in a way that makes them feel a bit neutered. I’m probably too old now to be hearing the rest of these lyrics for the first time, but a lot of them are pretty dumb.
Her voice is beautifull and the music is complex but satisfying as a whole. For me it’s a little too aggressive as i’m usually not a fan of the hard nature of drum sounds.
I don’t think grunge is for me, the instrumentals are fine but I don’t like the vocal performances
I don’t really get the grunge genre. So often it’s the same tune of whirring guitars and intentionally sloppy vocals. Nirvana had some melody and venom in their music but that’s really not the case here. 4/10
Shithole
This is the kind of grunge-infused, angsty rock music that could only have come out in the 90s. This comes especially as no surprise as the singer is Curt Cobains wife. But apart from this, the album is not only uninteresting, but tedious and exhausting. Every song sounds like every one else. 2/5
Not to my taste so a harsh 2
Leuk maar het is ook niet meer dan dat
Album was meh maar daamn de backstory
Has that you will ache like I ache song but the rest of the album was pretty meh. Lots of better grunge out there.
Nothing exceptional, but ok solid indie/garage rock
gonna sound weird but courtney love makes hole sound shit. i know they basically wouldn't have existed without her and she's a big reason why they were popular but her singing is really really really really shit. the music behind her is pretty good and would probably be decent live, but you'd have to put up with her drunk woo girl screaming. and the standout funniest thing about Love is that Alan Partridge Boinked her. A-HA!
Pretty uninteresting 90's rock music.
I’m sorry, I just can’t get into Courtney Love at all. I don’t really vibe with her music or attitude… and I feel the same way about Kurt. These are formative records that I have little use for. D
Not my bag
Looking at the ratings of others I see so many people either love it or hate it (5's and 1's). Personally, I can't say it is either for me. I guess Courtney Love just had a bad rep and I never gave her music a chance, but then again, I have never heard any of these songs - even accidentally on the radio. That being said, listening to this, now nearly 30 years after its release, I think it isn't too bad. I'd definitely listen to it again in the future. For a rating, it is just a 2.5 of 5
The Hole album isn't anything special, obviously full of angst, decent gym listening but not memorable.
Not my thing
There was too much repetition within each song and I didn’t enjoy the vocals much.
I appreciate her punk attitude, but while this wasn't completely unlistenable, I didn't enjoy it much. This is some weird mix of late 90s punk and Seattle grunge, but without the interesting musicality.
It's ok. I feel like the songs themselves just generally aren't that great. I honestly think that Courtney Love (despite her polarizing personality) could be a better front person with better material. Maybe one of the other albums would be more appealing to me? Could've been a 3 maybe but gonna vote 2 because she is what she is.
Szczerze? Nie byłem w stanie przesłuchać albumu do końca, nie wiem czy miałem jakiś gorszy dzień czy coś, ale głos wokalistki byl na maksa wkurzający, a amuzyka zbyt agresywna.
Live Through This, does that mean while listening to this sludge?
Listened to on 3/28/22 2/5 Favorite song: Softer, softest I don’t hate this album but I also never need to hear it again. BIG 90s grunge energy- it makes me want to be emo and smashing drums in my parent’s garage
Poor in comparison to celebrity skin.
not for me
Плавная музыка невнушающая доверие
It's a boring album. all the songs seems to sound the same.
Ощущение будто альбом состоит из одной длинной песни. А Кортни Лав всегда мне казалась подозрительной. 5/10
I found this quite a poor album. I tried to like it, but it felt a bit forced; more like a covers band, or a band trying to create something from “10 years ago”. And failing.
It's fine
Remembering who Courtney Love is from the time that this album came out made the experience even less enjoyable. I have heard tracks from Hole before, but this was a entirely new album to me. There are moments of musicality, but for the majority of the time Love falls back into her default vocal delivery. "She Walks on Me" and "Rock Star" are particularly heinous. I don't need to listen to a bunch of screaming over music that ALMOST "okay".
More Hole -- how did these albums get on here? They're enjoyable, but how is Courtney Love on this top 1001 albums list TWICE? That just makes no sense.
Interesting grunge dive. Can’t help but feel they aped Nirvana a bit.
Meh.
This album would be the top of my list of I just got broken up with
bleh
I prefer my vocalists to be able to sing in tune. The pitiful vocals ruin these songs for me.
Very angsty but not in any good way
Eh. Music is decent. Vocals are boring.
meh
I enjoyed the angry grunge for a bit, but it's all a bit facile and superficially teen angst, and made me wonder how much of being in a band like this is having the rock star image.
An album I never really listened to because I thought grunge was boring. I still think it's boring. I'd probably have appreciated this more if I was listening to it (a) played live (b) with an ear to the lyrics. But I wasn't, so I didn't.
Girl Nirvana but not as good
Prima rock album, alleen de stem staat me niet aan
It’s alright. Kinda feels like a weaker Nirvana
Not for my taste. mostly meh
1st September 2021 Listened on my phone while working in the flat. Went to the theatre in the evening to watch constellations with Anna maxwell Martin and Chris o'dowd. Enjoyed the grungier, 90s aspects to this less so the punk rage but Courtney love undoubtedly a star.
Some great stuff but too much cry baby screaming
After first having listened to Celebrity Skin, Live Through This sounds fairly similar, and is about as good. The main difference is that Live Through This sound more spiteful and angry, which does not always result in an enjoyable listening experience. In my opinion, Courtney is not a particularly compelling vocalist and Hole's best songs are the ones that stray the furthest from grunge and more towards formulaic catchy pop/rock-tunes. I honestly find very little to enjoy here, as I think Celebrity Skin is a superior record in almost every way. 2/5.
This is a hard one because knowing of the background of the band and all of the rumors about authorship it will probably bring it down a star more than it would be normally.
Eh.
Better than Celebrity Skin, but same issues for me.
Sounds like a band you would hear playing a local bar. Overall very average, not sure why they got famous other bring pretty of the grunge wave.
Oh shit this is Courtney Love yikes 😬 Nah not my thing, apparently this album was a bit more significant cus it was a prominent band with a woman as the lead which was rare at the time? Think it’s more of an American thing too. You can see how they’re similar to Nirvana. Not my kinda stuff.
Some songs were alright, others I couldn't stand. 2/5 stars.
Didn't really dig this, a couple of decent tracks but nothing that made me want to listen again.
Fuck Courtney Love. Best track: Violet
Ich wollte es gerne mögen. Aber irgendwie, ist mir das zu krawallig - 1-2 Stücke in die Fre*** gern mal, aber am Stück nicht meins.
Nothing special.
Hab glaube ich kein einziges Lied durchgehört. Nicht mein Ding.
screamy no thank u
Pretty fun, Courtney's got great pipes. Not good enough to keep Kurt alive.
oh ok
Did not enjoy this at all on first listen. Gave it a second chance based on positive comments from my esteemed AOTD colleagues and it improved slightly
I don’t know, punk 90s music?
Couple of catchy tunes but bit shouty
4/10. Not awful, but nothing stood out to me as being especially good.
no me gusto
Some of the highs hurt. Violet coloured glasses needed to see past the fairly recycled song format
Cleaned up grunge chic
Meh. Alright. Kind of outstayed its welcome a bit towards the end.
2/5. Sounds like generic 90's rock to me
TV commercial punk
Nope
no. they are the worst -1
The black symbiote suit of conservatism engulfs my body when I hear whiny white children of affluent neighborhoods start banging on the cymbals and screaming with angst. I’m screaming at the top of my lungs because of punk. If I were an adult in the 90s, I’d kill the music store clerk because I would’ve listened to The Chronic and this, knowing my luck.
Hate her
Refuse to listen, not supporting Courtney Love
Didn’t enjoy the vocals that much or the sound of the songs but the lyrics were good.
Grunge was a mistake
come on.1
If you like punk music, I suppose you might like this album. There is some punk I like, but in general, I can't relate. And I really can't relate to the caterwauling of Courtney Love. This was a torturous listen to me, truly awful music.
Album consistente, mas para a época e para o gênero, há diversos iguais ou melhores. Para uma lista de 1001 antes de morrer, na minha não entraria.
Love killed Kurt! Fuck her!
Empty metal-inflected alt rock that strings together a bunch of power chords and pretends it's a song. Courtney Love theatrically oversings her way through the tracks on this record which only underscores how emotionally hollow this pantomime is.
ughhh
This is horrible.
I don't know the album or the artist, but it sounds good.
This is just not my thing. I like some pop and some punk and lots of grunge. But this is a mixtrue of the three that seems to be the worst of all worlds. Do not recommend.
Nope
I now understand why Kurt shot himself in the face
is this a joke? this is the second time I get a hole album...
A lazy copy of Nirvana. Courtney added nothing to the formula and got famous ripping off her husband. Their first album has a lot more personality and energy to it. Way better than this piece of shit. I also just hate Courtney Love as a person. Her and Cobain's kid - Frances - deserved a better mother than this narcassistic drug addict. Just look at what was happening in '03 and '04. Drug related arrests meant she had to give up custody of Frances. And the allegations of her using heroin while pregnant? What a fucked up woman. Anyway, this album was a bore. Only stand out tracks were Plump and She Walks On Me. Everything else felt like Love wasn't fully comitting to trying to imitate what Kurt laid down with Nirvana. 1/5
I think I would like it better with a different singer
You cannot give less than one star so this album has a star it does not deserve who is doing the list of 1001 albums includes this drekk
Hole sucks
This album sucks and so does Courtney Love
En vaan siedä Courtney Loven ääntä yhtään. Ymmärrän, että yrittää varmaan olla joku fem Kurt Cobain, mutta tulee vaan joku yläasteen musiikintunti mieleen soitannan ja laulannan sekamelskasta. Ei jatkoon tämäkään levy. Ihan jotain yksittäisiä pieniä hetkiä oli kun vokaalit ja soitto kohtasi, mutta pääasiassa vaan puudutti todella pahasti
fuck this album. I can not stand her fucking voice. 1/5
In my opinion I did not like this.
Nothing like an okay enough grunge rock album ruined by shrieking vocals every song to completely take me out of it. The crazy thing is I actually think Courtney Love is a good singer, but the screaming is so unnecessary and really detracts from whatever interest I might have had. Not at all for me
1.5
Meh
Feels like the female interpretation of Nirvana which would be awesome if I was just more of a Nirvana fan
Like many holes I’ve encountered in my life, this Hole is full of shit. Live through this? I really didn’t want to.
Råare och skramligare än det andra Hole-albumet som slumpades. Men visst fanns det åtminstone 100 band som lät exakt så här 1994? Det hamras på trummor, bas och gitarr utan mening eller riktning. Courtney Loves skriksång klarar jag mig utan. Efter en genomlyssning har jag fått nog. Något bättre än Celebrity Skin, men det når inte upp till godkänt.
Din't like it. She has as ok voice when singing, but the screaming parts didn't really do it for me. The tone is way to dark for me at times, I don't mind anger in music (think punk, or things like ratm) but this just felt like screaming for the sake of it. It probably didn't help that I didn't really get the lyrics as well. "Your milk has a dick" like wtf is that all about?
Awful! Maybe because I know it’s Courtney Love, but her voice is horrible.
Not for me. Banshee screaming. Very annoying.
Not really for me
I have no intention of listening to this and giving Courtney Love even one four-thousandth of a penny. I’ve heard her trash enough times back in the nineties to know I can’t stand her or her voice. The band might be ok, but I’ll never listen to it with her fronting it. A terrible human being and an awful singer.
Rocky american Evelina vibes No para mi
This was an eclectic pick. I’m not a huge fan unfortunately.
Very screamy, not very musical. This was not up my alley at all, but was blessedly short
Nooooooooo! I've intensely disliked Hole for as long as I can remember. Still boggles my mind how anyone likes this.
I forgot to rate this the other day but I remember being way happier when it ended and it started autoplaying real music
I wanted to give Live a chance based on the radio singles I had heard. I am unimpressed. This was another album that I forgot as I was listening to it. Multiple times I had to remind myself that I was supposed to be listening to this album for the project. I don’t think this is a must hear, or culturally relevant.
Gave me nothing
Nirvana were great. A shot in the arm for rock music when it was starting to sound like the musical equivalent of deja vu all over again. But copyists, who were always going to come along, needed to be especially talented to make this style of music anything other than a tribute. And serial star fucker supreme, Courtney Love, was always going to struggle on that front. Could have been made by Nirvana with a female singer. Apart from the fact that it's rubbish. Next.
1. violet - 1.5 2. uuorld - 1 3. plump - 1 4. Asking -1.5 5. Body - 1.5 6. Doll - 1.5 7. Credit - 1 8. Softer -1.5 9. Me -1 10. Die -1 11. Gut -1 12. Star - 1.5
I think I just don't like Grunge. Nothing against the artists personally though.
not my cup of tea
Wack
Not my thing. Band sounded good, didn't like the vocals.
Terrible. Can’t sing. No great songs.
Let's get this out of the way right now. 1. Courtney Love Killed Kurt Cobain 2. Kurt Cobain wrote most of this album just like Billy Corgan wrote a substantial portion of Celebrity Skin. Violet sounds exactly like a song that Nirvana would write the rest of the album is kind of meh in my opinion for me the biggest shame is that most of this was overshadowed by Cobain's death/murder just a few months before. I remember learning that he was dead and then just a few days later this album came out and made Courtney Love a lot of money all for the price of killing one of the greatest musicians of my generation. If you're thinking that this has more to do about Cobain than the album that's because the only thing worth a shit about Courtney Love is Kurt Cobain.
Courtney Love is not a talented musician, and that fact is highlighted on this album. It's hard to listen to her sing.
It doesn't matter how good the music and lyrics are, she just can't sing - and I love women who scream-sing.
I hate Hole the way I hate Foo Fighters. The difference is Courtney Love on her worst day as a million times better of a human being than Dave Grohl on his best.
What on earth is this album, like seriously. I'd reckon this would make a great parody album, with the painfully bad lyrics and all. But I suspect that it unfortunately it isn't. The lyrics seriously bring this album down quite a lot, I usually can try to ignore bad lyrics and try to focus on the instruments and the vocal delivery instead. But with this one I'd have to ignore the entire album, as I find the songs instrumentally and vocals a bit obnoxious. So yeah, I thought maybe Hole wasn't that bad prior to listening to this album. If this is them when they are poppy, I don't think I could stand to listen to their non-poppy stuff for more than a minute; it'd be completely un-listenable. I would like to be proven wrong. But we'll see if I stand them, should I listen to an other album of theirs.
I couldn’t tell if this was good because she was shouting.
Honestly didn't really grab me this one. 1/2 stars.
Whiney, uninspired, lazy album.
Unremarkable. A lot of ideas masquerading as songs. It was the trend at the time to put a band together with different characters and present them as a group. Hole are an example of this. Riding on the coattails of other more talented groups of the same ilk. Doll parts is ok but that's it.
Haven’t listened to this since I was around 14-15 years old. Around 1995 I now know why I’ve left it decades. The desperate angst is very tired after one song
1/10…grunge
Angry and screaming. Did I miss something? I wasn’t a fan of Hole back in the day, and I’m still not a fan
Total garbage
bit biased here, but not my cup of tea tbh
Unlistenable
Cant say I care much for this'n
How this is on the list is beyond me. What a giant piece of shit.
I'd rather have Kurt.
Courtney Love is a cold, warmed over hot mess and I just won't support her in any way. For the longest time, I assumed this was released in Kurt's aftermath as a marketing gimmick and shameless self-promotion pushed by Courtney Love. "Live Through This" ... ? C'mon. Of course it was. As much as I wanted to, it was really difficult to ignore this album. It was as if Kurt unalived himself, the king of grunge, and handed it to his wife to take the reins. Her exposure in Ppl vs. Larry Flynt, the awards and accolades for her performance that followed and all the hobnobbing that went along, getting away from CL was really difficult in the 90s. But she grew on me, I mean, I've heard this album many times and it's a great album. Recently, I finished Rebel Girl by Kathleen Hannah of Bikini Kill. The book spends a lot of time in Olympia during the 90s. It goes into some of her interactions with CL and even touched on Mary Lou Lord's. I also read Dave Grohl's Storyteller which also centers around the same time period and neither of these books paint a flattering portrait of CL. So, here it is. I'm not Jewish, but I am a kid of the 90's and Hole, Live Through This is my Kanye. So, reluctantly yes, this a great album. But enthusiastically, no. I will not support this.
You’re killing me. There’s only two reason this band got airtime; Kurt, and Kurt’s death. Seriously… she’s an awful singer, pitiful guitarist, and a terrible human. You do know they used to just turn her amp off during live shows? I saw her live a few times… that’s what you did growing up in Seattle. And I was at the fountain to mourn Kurt, listening to her slobber about how hard she tried to help him. Goddamn, what a load of horseshit! The rest is history. What a horrible skank.
Not for me this one. First I’ve not finished.
Uff no
Courtney Love's not great.
The lyrics aren't intended for me, so I am not surprised that they don't land with me. From a sound and vibe point of view it is hard not to notice the similarities to another famous grunge/punk band at that time that was led by her deceased husband. Girl Nirvana. While there is nothing inherently wrong with that, it does come off as fairly derivative, and therefore not the kind of groundbreaking I would hope to hear on this list. Didn't like it 1994, don't enjoy it now. Honestly, I would not have picked Hole for this list. If I were going to pick a riot grrl pioneer, I would haven chosen Joan Jett, The Runaways, or even Suzi Quattro, among many others. "Doll Parts" was the only track I sort of enjoyed.
I never liked gru ge before and proba ly never will
It was a chore to make it all the way through this, like being trapped in a hospital elevator with a malignant narcissist on her way to get her deviated septum fixed. Seriously, please blow your nose. She sounds congested. I also wish she had taken some singing lessons - some people can get away with singing out of tune, but she is not one of them. I also wish she sang with some vulnerability - I feel like she is trying to prove how cool she is, but that's not interesting for very long. And does every single lyric begin with "I" ? I know they were a big band at one point but I still don't see the appeal. I worked at a record store when this record came out and every time someone brought it to the counter I wanted to surreptitiously swap it out for Bikini Kill. Live through this? I'm dyin' ovah heah!
Not a fan of Hole.
Not my thing