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Hole - Celebrity Skin Audio CD

A fair review of the Hole "Celebrity Skin" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Hole reviews here, or go back to the Hole tabs.

Hole Band: Hole
Title: Celebrity Skin
Rating:
Release Date: 1998-09-01
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Celebrity Skin 2: Dying (Original Demo) 3: Best Sunday Dress

"Watching you burn..."
Too bad this band is together no more but hey we always have their great music to look back on. Celebrity Skin by Hole is a great single and excellent import. Courtney Love is a true rock queen, her voice is strong and distinctive. This import also contains a b-side, Best Sunday Dress and a demo version of Dying. All three tracks on this single-cd are fantastic, I still have this in my cd collection. Hole was a force to be reckon with, those were the days.


A single, a rarity and a demo
First is the title track and first single from the 1998 album _Celebrity Skin_. This single has three songs, two from the _Celebrity Skin_ era and one old unreleased track. It is the LP, radio version. No surprises or alternate version. The second song is the long awaited official release of the Hole rarity "Best Sunday Dress. " There have been many bootlegs of this song passed around, some live, some rough studio demos. When Hole played it during their 1995 MTV Unplugged performance, it became the one most circulated and many thought there would never be an "official" version. So finally, a CD-quality, official version. I don't like this set of lyrics as much as some of the others, but the tone of the original remains intact. The third song is the demo version of "Dying. " Unlike the LP version, this is not a rock or even a pop song. Courtney sings over a drum machine giving the lyrics full attention and the song a very stripped-down quality (even more than the album version!) Though it is annoying at first listen, it grows on you. It has an alternate set of lyrics than the LP version.

If you are a Hole fan, you will really appreciate this release. If you really liked _Live Through This_, but hated _Celebrity Skin_ this single will not change your mind. If you liked both of those albums or just _Celebrity Skin_ you will thoroughly enjoy this.


Good
I heard on Triple J Hottest 100 Volume 6. This is a good song from "Hole".


I reviewed Celebrity Skin and it was awesome
This single also contains Dying and the previously unreleased track Best Sunday Dress. Celebrity Skin is a great, catchy song, and one of the best of the year. If you like Courtney Love and you want to listen to something other than Live Through This, or Celeb. Skin, then this song would be a good choice.


The Newly Glamorous Courtney does it again...
One song "Awful" sounds like 1998 GoGo's gone angry. exploring the Hollywood dream from the top she scratched, bit and kicked to get to - it is a more radio friendly album with lots of vocal overlaps and big power chords, pretty harmonies and melodies but her biting sarcasm and excellent writing remains.


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