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Hole
"Live Through This"
© DGC Records
Year of Release: 1994
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track listing
Violet
Miss World
Plump
Asking For It
Jennifer's Body
Doll Parts
Credit In The
Straight World
Softer Softest
She Walks On Me
I Think That
I Would Die
Gutless
Rock Star
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Hole
"Live Through This"
Courtney Love, wife of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, was to emerge on the
punk/grunge scene at the peak of Nirvana's success. But unfortunately, right
before their major label release Live Through This, the shock came when
Cobain had committed suicide. Courtney Love has been an "interesting"
character since Cobain's death, as she had develop her own mark on the music
scene, and her personality, by handling the loss of her husband and raising
their daughter on her own, likewise a drug addiction. With all that on her
plate, Courtney Love has always been in the public eye, with her unusual
style of character, and her music with Hole and beyond may be entertaining to
some, and unappealing to others.
Simply put, Hole's music on Live Through This continued the success
of Grunge, which was inspired by Nirvana. Throughout this release, there are
easy comparisons to the unique "gut-wrenching" vocal style of Courtney Love,
to that of her late husband and Nirvana. Another comparison is that of
Smashing Pumpkins, a band that would also be one of the popular bands to come
out of the Grunge/Alternative scene.
Songs such as "Miss World" and "Asking For It" has the
style compared to Billy Corgan and crew, yet it also defines Hole's sound in
their own style. Grunge does have Hole's music defined on the opening track,
"Violet," and "Doll Parts" has a mellow sound, yet they define the
style that would become a popular trend in music for the 1990s decade, Grunge.
"Softer, Softest" is compared again to Smashing Pumpkins, being accoustic
and mellow.
The remaining songs defintely relates to Nirvana, with its raw sound,
and to Cobain's rough vocal style. Songs such as "Plump," and "She Walks
On Me" has the hard grunge raw sound and power, as heard in Nirvana.
Likewise the last three songs, "I Think That I Would Die," "Gutless," and
"Rock Star" all have the qualities of Nirvana, and we could easily see
that Love knew the Grunge style would be overcoming the music scene, just as
popular as it did for her husband's band.
The grunge style is definitely heard throughout this album, likewise the
punk rock style mixed with grunge are easily heard in such songs as
"Jennifer's Body" and "Credit In The Straight World."
Hole is for the true fan of Grunge. Where it may be entertaining to some
or not, Courtney Love proves that life goes on without her husband, Kurt Cobain.
Where it would of been interesting if he was still alive, we could of seen the
two of them recording together. Hole's second album, Celebrity Skin
received 3 Grammy nominations. Not hearing this release, I'm very curious in
hearing it, as it was praised highly, receiving music's highest award
credibility.
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