http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5894&rws=%2Fhole%2Fdiscography.rss<I>Pretty on the Inside</I>, Hole's 1991 debut, is a blistering heat rash of an album, full of ragged guitars, tabloid-sensational lyrics, and vocals that cut like cat claws. In all of Riot Grrrl-dom, there's not an album that has held up as well. <I>Live Through This</I>, the '94 follow-up, dropped the combative stance for more mature and more vulnerable moments of self-appraisal. The album's most memorable track, "Doll Parts," sounds like a last confession given at the point of exhaustion and performed without any hope of salvation. Courtney Love, for once, sounded like she was actually singing instead of just venting. A third album, 1998's <I>Celebrity Skin</I>, showcased yet another side of the band, emerging this time dappled in the Technicolor sunshine of '60s/'70s California pop. A public grown accustomed to a crowd-baiting Courtney arrayed in dirty laundry didn't know what to make of the new image and sales were never better than tepid. After a series of personal breakdowns in public, a rotating door policy at Betty Ford and the growing up of daughter Francis Bean, Love dissolved Hole completely in 2004. - Mike ClowardGrungeen720Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:31:46 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5894&rws=%2Fhole%2Fdiscography.rss <I>Pretty on the Inside</I>, Hole's 1991 debut, is a blistering heat rash of an album, full of ragged guitars, tabloid-sensational lyrics, and vocals that cut like cat claws. In all of Riot Grrrl-dom, there's not an album that has held up as well. <I>Live Through This</I>, the '94 follow-up, dropped the combative stance for more mature and more vulnerable moments of self-appraisal. The album's most memorable track, "Doll Parts," sounds like a last confession given at the point of exhaustion and performed without any hope of salvation. Courtney Love, for once, sounded like she was actually singing instead of just venting. A third album, 1998's <I>Celebrity Skin</I>, showcased yet another side of the band, emerging this time dappled in the Technicolor sunshine of '60s/'70s California pop. A public grown accustomed to a crowd-baiting Courtney arrayed in dirty laundry didn't know what to make of the new image and sales were never better than tepid. After a series of personal breakdowns in public, a rotating door policy at Betty Ford and the growing up of daughter Francis Bean, Love dissolved Hole completely in 2004. - Mike Cloward http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.227169&rws=%2Fhole%2Fdiscography.rss Grunge Tue, 8 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700 Hole Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.227169 alb.227169 Hole art.5894 9.99 Celebrity Skin alb.227169 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/4/9/5/1075940_170x170.jpg 1998-09-08 00:00:00.0 1998-01-01 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.227169&rws=%2Fhole%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.227169&variant=data&rws=%2Fhole%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.309676&rws=%2Fhole%2Fdiscography.rss Grunge Fri, 22 Aug 1997 00:00:00 -0700 Hole Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.309676 alb.309676 Hole art.5894 3.99 The First Session alb.309676 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/5/9/9/1769959_170x170.jpg 1997-08-22 00:00:00.0 1997-08-22 00:00:00.0 true false single http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.309676&rws=%2Fhole%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.309676&variant=data&rws=%2Fhole%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.115220&rws=%2Fhole%2Fdiscography.rss Grunge Tue, 12 Apr 1994 00:00:00 -0700 Hole Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.115220 alb.115220 Hole art.5894 9.99 Live Through This alb.115220 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/0/2/2/1082206_170x170.jpg 1994-04-12 00:00:00.0 1994-04-12 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.115220&rws=%2Fhole%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.115220&variant=data&rws=%2Fhole%2Fdiscography.rss