Reviews (page 9 of 9)
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
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 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
I thought "this is not for me" as it chugged along its grungy shouty way. Meh. But that version of 'Credit In The Straight World' is a travesty and for this all copies of this album should be destroyed and all files deleted. Talk about missing the point. Subtle? No. Interesting? Also no.
good lyrics but too screamy
Please, please, please listen to the Breeders or L7 or even Hole’s first album instead. This album is as lazy, derivative, and unimaginative as it gets. The production is horrible as well. She walks on me and gutless are supposed to be ragers and hardcore but the production makes them sound like a mild green day song. These songs are barely songs, no form or structure to them. Do i even have to say who they’re ripping off from on this album?
I caught some provocative lyrics that I can appreciate. But ultimately, it was an exercise is perseverance to finish it his album. Screaming rock is just not my jam, and for every lyric that I found interesting, there were 4 more I found insipid or banal. Ick. Will not be repeating this album.
Ok
There are reasons to appreciate Courtney Love: as a woman in rock, as someone who went through the wringer, etc. But her music is not one of them.
So many albums to listen to. Not sure this was one of them has to be better albums that are not on this list
its also just fine ig but 1 star bc she was doing heroin while pregnant like tf
Not my genre, although I can appreciate the music, somewhat. I'm not a fan of that vocal styling. But I'm glad I listened. Now I have an informed opinion, instead of an uninformed opinion. There's that.
Perhaps I'm just grumpy because my dog died and perhaps I will lose my 90s membership card but I am not a fan of Hole and never have been. Sadly this album did not change my mind. For me personally 1 star at best.
No.
Can’t stand her voice
I can't believe I lived through this.
In a parallel universe, Kurt doesnt exist, and nobody care about Hole.
Nope
Big fan of grunge but Fuck Courtney Love. 2 thumbs down 👎. Hilariously it rolled into Nirvana after the album finished.🔪🔪🔪🔪Could of done without this one!!
Non il mio genere, alcune canzoni troppo hard rock Canzoni preferite 1. Violet 2. Doll Parts 3. Credit in The Straight World
This is terrible.
Not a fan
This is awful.
Still haven't forgiven her for Kurt's death.
Schreeuwerig
Nope, did not like at all
Not my taste at all
Totally embarrassing from start to finish!
meh, no
A female version of Nirvana - but I don't like their music either. Too shouty, no idea what most of the lyrics are about, but I'm not really interested anyway.
Loathe. Horrible. Overrated. Trash bag. Train wreck. Zero talent.
Hate punk as
Um, no thanks.
I did not enjoy this aural experience.
Il grunge mi fa cascare le palle. Si vede che la cantante ha grinta e uno stile personale, ma questo modo di cantare strascicato che mi fa venire voglia di uccidermi. L'accompagnamento è creativo, nei limiti del genere.
Was ok for grunge
Really, i have to hear this before I die
Might be a little harsh but as far as grunge albums go this one is pretty far down the list for me.
I really hated this back when it came out, but it's always good to give something a fresh try with hopefully more mature ears :) .... ...but less than a minute into "Miss World" and I want to take some of those kill-me pills C Love is screaming about. Vocals rarely "make" an album/song for me but they do often destroy it and this is a great example of the latter. If you like this style of punk vocals or it simply doesn't bother you, you might really like this album - some of the music is aggressive in a quintessential early 90s fashion and there is some room for quality melodies. Obvious similarities to ~Smashing Pumpkins, Juliana Hatfield. I almost feel like there's little middle-ground here, and for me mostly because of vocals I can guarantee I'll wait at least 20 years to voluntarily listen to this again. 2/10
terrible album, terrible band. do not listen
All the songs sound the same.
Never my cup of tea. Listened out of duty to the project.
Lepiej bym tego nie ujal, live through this, przez te dziure, na liscie, dawno nie bylo albumu tak nie na miejscu jak ten, banda praktycznie zenska, dodatkowo zony cobainowej, wiec wiadomo dlaczego sprzedaze sie zgadzaly, zwlaszcza patrzac na date wydania plyty, ktora praktycznie pokrywa sie z samobojem kobejnowym, ale co jest w ogole grane, oczywiscie nic innego jak alternatywny rok, tak alternatywny ze az grungowy, wiec walenie po lopatach i wyjce na calego przeplataja sie z kawalkami na ktorych wokalistka zwalnia i nistetety daje sie przysluchac liryce, bo nie ma za bardo na czym ucha zawiesic, album jest tak typowy jak tylko komercyjny alternatywny rok moze byc, nie udalo mi sie nawet wylowic czegos sluchablowego na plejke, a sam odsluch mocno wymeczylem, a jedyne co mi pewnie po nim zostanie to info, ze kobajnowa zona tez zrobila kariere w muzyce, dopiero po kobejnie rzecz jasna
Not for me
Overrated
Meh