Amazon.com: This whole album is filled with scathing fury, mostly directed at the impossible situation that confronts women when they are asked to be both wild sources of pleasure and unblemished mother figures. Live Through This uses the same recipe of punk and metal wrapped around pop melodies that made Nirvana so captivating, but Hole uses the methodology in a more conventional manner. The metal ingredient tends to dominate, perhaps because it's the simplest to master, and too often the album resembles early Heart or late Joan Jett--particularly when Courtney Love opens up with her big, wailing voice. Love externalizes her anger, blaming all her problems on the rest of the world. Self-confrontation makes for far more interesting songs. --Geoffrey Himes
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Rating: - An essential and epic time capsule
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2BMQPTYB4W189 My name is Jeremy Gloff. I am a musician (check me out on Amazon!) and retro music enthusiast. If you enjoyed this review make sure to check ... Read More
Rating: - Her best
This CD is the best Hole as to offer in my opinion. The songs are a bit more grunge/alt inspired and less polished than later offerings and the lyrics are less indulgent and more real. Fame changed Love ... Read More
Rating: - Grunk
This is a pretty good album and which I've described as "grunk" in the header because it fuses grunge music with some pretty punk sounding tracks/guitars. Usually I review albums after listening to them ... Read More
Rating: - Even if she did do it....
I'm a huge Nirvana fan. I found them before I ever heard of Hole or Courtney or anything, and way before I ever heard there were questions about Kurt's death, I ended up finding about Courtney having been his ... Read More
Rating: - Worth a listen or two
Years ago (and I mean years ago) when I first heard this cd driving down to the snow I thought "what is this garbage with all the screaming etc" but by the time we came home the following week with a 5 hour drive ... Read More
- An essential and epic time capsule
- Grunk