Live Through This
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| Live Through This | ||
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| Studio album by Hole | ||
| Released | April 12, 1994 | |
| Recorded | Triclops Studios, Atlanta, GA (September 1993) | |
| Genre | Grunge | |
| Length | 38:14 | |
| Label | DGC | |
| Producer(s) | Paul Q. Kolderie, Sean Slade |
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| Professional reviews | ||
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| Hole chronology | ||
| Pretty on the Inside (1991) |
Live Through This (1994) |
Ask for It (1995) |
Live Through This is the second album by the band Hole. It was released on April 12, 1994, just four days after the discovery of Kurt Cobain's body, Courtney's late husband, singer/songwriter of Grunge band Nirvana, (see 1994 in music). It was voted as the best album of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll. It also garnered the number 19 spot on Spin magazine's 100 best albums since 1985.
According to BMI's website, most of the songs credited collectively to Hole were officially written just by Courtney Love and Eric Erlandson; except "Doll Parts", written only by Love, and "I Think That I Would Die", written by Erlandson, Love and Kat Bjelland.
There have been unsubstantiated rumors regarding Cobain's involvement in this record, from alleged instrumental and songwriting contributions, to claims that he wrote the entire album. What is known is that Cobain sang background vocals for at least a few tracks; he can be heard in the bridge of the released version of "Asking For It", though his vocals are low in the mix. An alternate mix has surfaced which more prominently features his singing. He can also be heard towards the end of "Softer, Softest." A year earlier, a b-side track for Beautiful Son, "Old Age", was credited as being written by Hole, but had a more complex origin: the song had been recorded a year before by Cobain, but its lyrics were almost entirely different. Hole guitarist Eric Erlandson later clarified that the song had been given to Hole to re-write and record. An excerpt of "Old Age" is featured before the track "Credit in the Straight World" on the album.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 466 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
There is also an excellent Everett True book of the same name, titled after the Hole album, that details the rise and fall of the early grunge bands of the Nineties.
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[edit] Track listing
All songs by Hole unless noted otherwise
- "Violet" – 3:24
- "Miss World" – 3:00
- "Plump" – 2:34
- "Asking For It" – 3:29
- "Jennifer's Body" – 3:41
- "Doll Parts" – 3:32
- "Credit In The Straight World" (Stuart Moxham) – 3:11
- "Softer, Softest" – 3:27
- "She Walks On Me" – 3:23
- "I Think That I Would Die" (Hole, Kat Bjelland) – 3:36
- "Gutless" – 2:15
- "Rock Star" – 2:42
- This song is actually titled "Olympia." Initially, "Rock Star" was slated to close the album. This song is completely different from "Olympia" and features the lyric, "How'd you like to be Nirvana? So much fun to be Nirvana. Barrel of laughs to be Nirvana. Said you'd rather die." The song was removed from the final tracklist and was replaced with "Olympia," but not before the artwork had been printed. The original "Rock Star" can be found on bootlegs.
[edit] Samples
- "Doll Parts" (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- "Doll Parts" by Hole
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[edit] Personnel
- Courtney Love - guitar, vocals
- Eric Erlandson - guitar
- Kristen Pfaff - bass, piano, background vocals
- Patty Schemel - drums
- Dana Kletter - additional vocals
- Kurt Cobain - backing vocals on "Asking For It" and "Softer, Softest" (uncredited)
[edit] Production
- Producers & Engineers: Paul Q. Kolderie, Sean Slade
- Mixing: Scott Litt (Violet, Miss World, Asking For It, Jennifer's Body, Softer Softest), J Mascis (Gutless)
- Mastering: Bob Ludwig
- A&R: Mark Kates
- Creative Director: Robin Sloane
- Art Direction: Janet Wolsborn
- Photography: Margaret Morton, Frank Rodriguez, Juergen Teller, Ellen Von Unwerth
- Portraits: Ellen Von Unwerth
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1994 | The Billboard 200 | 52 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1994 | "Doll Parts" | Modern Rock Tracks | 4 |
| 1994 | "Doll Parts" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 58 |
| 1994 | "Miss World" | Modern Rock Tracks | 13 |
| 1995 | "Asking for It" | Modern Rock Tracks | 36 |
| 1995 | "Softer, Softest" | Modern Rock Tracks | 32 |
| 1995 | "Violet" | Modern Rock Tracks | 29 |
| Hole |
| Courtney Love | Eric Erlandson | Melissa Auf der Maur |
| Jill Emery | Leslie Hardy | Samantha Maloney | Kristen Pfaff | Lisa Roberts Gillan | Caroline Rue | Patty Schemel | Errol Stewert |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums and EPs: Pretty on the Inside | Live Through This | Ask for It | The First Session | My Body, the Hand Grenade | Celebrity Skin |
| Singles: "Retard Girl" | "Dicknail" | "Teenage Whore" | "Beautiful Son" | "Miss World" | "Doll Parts" | "Violet" | "Softer, Softest" | "Gold Dust Woman" | "Celebrity Skin" | "Malibu" | "Awful" | "Be a Man" |
| Related articles |
| Sympathy for the Record Industry | Kurt Cobain | Nirvana | Billy Corgan | Kat Bjelland | "Asking for It" | "Old Age" |
