Live Through This

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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 --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Live Through This
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Love it
  • Amazing Girl Rock Album
  • oh, courtney
  • The Perfect Combination...
  • Hello Amazon, Your Editorial Review is Embarrassing
 Live Through This
Hole
Manufacturer: Fontana Geffen
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1994-04-12

Tracks:

  1. Violet
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  4. Asking For It
  5. Jennifers Body
  6. Doll Parts
  7. Credit In The Straight World
  8. Softer, Softest
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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

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Love it.......2007-05-12

This CD remains to be one of my favorite angry girl CDs to this day!

5 out of 5 stars Amazing Girl Rock Album.......2007-05-07

Screw The Donnas, buy Hole instead. And Letters to Cleo. Now there is some real girl rock.

3 out of 5 stars oh, courtney.......2007-03-31

This reminds me of my youth and there for i love it!! Go turn it up and release some anger and throw yourself a pitty party!!!

5 out of 5 stars The Perfect Combination..........2006-12-02

Fronted by the ever provocative Courtney Love, Hole were always going to attract media attention even if their albums didn't sell well. This, their sophomore album is their most focused effort, not as commercial as "Celebrity Skin" or as underground as their Kim Gordon produced debut.

Many people regard Courtney Love as someone that is a bad role model and many call her a gold-digger and no, she did not murder her late husband Kurt Cobain as many would suggest. Aside from the consipracy theories and her frequent bad image care of the media, I regard Courtney as a very talented rock musician. A talented writer and a superb vocalist.

All of the latterly mentioned factors are factors that contribute to this album being so enjoyable. Courtney's vocals are very harsh, yet can still carry a good melody, also her vocals drew me in far more than Kurt's vocals ever did.

From first listen this album was amazing, clear standouts are "Violet", "Doll Parts", "Asking For It" and "Miss World". However, all the songs are on equal par with each other.

Overall, Hole are in a way the perfect band. They have a superb lead guitarist in Eric Erlandson whose riff carrying is superb, Courtney Love whose vocals are enchanting and pure rock, Patty Schemel who reminds me of a female Dave Grohl and finally Kristen Pfaff who sadly died shortly after this album was released, she was a brilliant bass player and superb back up vocalist.

Don't let Courtney's public perception deter you from indulging in this album, because once you do, you will be a Hole convert. This is easily one of the best albums I have ever heard in my lifetime.

5 out of 5 stars Hello Amazon, Your Editorial Review is Embarrassing.......2006-11-22

as you should be able to tell from these reviews, which I've been reading because I like to hear the reactions to Courtney and because this is an album that speaks to me more personally than maybe any other I've heard (even surpassing The Smiths' Hatful of Hollow, my teen angst survival record... or cassette, since I was of that generation).

Hmm... I'm not a Nirvana fan, as many Hole fans (and even more Hole haters) seem to be, although I should have been. My great generation-defining moment: I was 16, it was near the end of Grade 11, I was chatting with some friends (a very angsty "chat") while cutting class and smoking in a school stairwell, and some overexcited guy we didn't know came running down the stairs and shouted at us, "They're playing 'THAT SONG' in the gym and EVERYBODY's dancing to it!!!!!! Come on - YOU HAVE TO COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" And from where we were we could hear it now that we listened - it was "Smells Like Teen Spirit." If I'd heard the song before I hadn't paid attention to it. Anyway, this should have been a moment of all different cliques coming together and merging as one to the joyous angst of an era-defining song. But while my two friends 'into it - it can't be good," and stayed where I was. Um, alone. As the punchline, a few days later one of these friends (now an ex-friend) showed up at school in full grunge regalia - plaid shirt, jeans, army boots, no makeup. She looked horrible. There you go, my two reasons for not becoming a Nirvana fan: everybody liked them; and the style was horrible. (On the other hand, I loved Courtney's kinderwhore look - which was close to how I was dressing at the time anyway. Yes, that's right - Courtney stole her look from ME!)

I got to know 'Nevermind' (or was it 'In Utero'?) from hearing my younger sister play it over and over. This was a very baffling experience. I thought the music sounded good (nothing that would explain the hysteria though), but my sister had never displayed any interest in anything dark or "alternative" in her life - that was my area. Nirvana was simply the trendiest thing in the world for those years and I didn't want anything to do with it. Nope, I wasn't strong-minded enough to make it "about the music."

Although maybe I would have if Nirvana had been Hole. Although I occasionally noticed and was always intrigued by Courtney (videos, or interviews - where she said she'd read Camille Paglia's masterwork "Sexual Personae," which I'd also just read - and I have no trouble believing that Courtney has a genius IQ), and when I was briefly married my husband actually recommended "Live Through This" to me, for some reason I waited until I was 23 to check it out. It immediately shot into my all-time Top 10. Now I'm 31, and it sounds as good as ever, and the experience of listening to it just gets richer - now I respond more to the pain than to the rage, although don't get me wrong, I still love the rage.

Basically I would just endorse the most enthusiastic comments made by the other reviewers. Yes, the songs are great - pop/punk/rock/folk with just enough twists to them. Yes, the lyrics and Love's vocals are even better. And although it's a masterpiece no matter who you are, if you're a woman these lyrics will speak to you even more. Nobody gets it as right as Courtney - nobody. (Only a handful of Kate Bush lyrics come close.)

I'm on a big Hole and Courtney kick right now. In fact I'm so into Courtney, I might actually finally overcome my prejudice and get into Nirvana...

Unplugged & Burnt Out (A Benefit for the Victims of the Florida Fires of 1998)
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    		Unplugged & Burnt Out (A Benefit for the Victims of the Florida Fires of 1998)
    93 ONE THE KRO , 02 7 MARY 3 ID, 03 7 MARY 3 Peel, 04 CREED My Own Prison, 05 MIGHTY JOE PLUM Live Through This, 06 JARS OF CLAY Flood, 07 ALANIS MORISSETTE You Oughta Know, 01 FIRE SWAN SONG , and 09 FUEL Shimmer, 10 MATCHBOX 20 Busted, 11 NATALIE IMBRUGLIA Torn, 12 SEMISONIC Closing Time 08 LOCAL H Bound for the Floor
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    ASIN: B000RV7BUO

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    A Benefit for the Victims of the Florida Fires of 1998
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        5 out of 5 stars I was there!.......2006-10-22

        I don't know about the quality of this recording as of yet seeing as how I'm only just ordering it today, but I was there for this incredible moment in music. It was Grassroots fest 02' and Justin Hinds was to be on the line-up for the weekend but about a week before the festival, it was released that Justin wouldn't be there cause he wasn't allowed into the country. Needless to say, JBB hit the stage at midnight and began with 1 or 2 songs that would lead into an incredible set and then, out of nowhere, Hinds walks onto stage and we all went crazy. Hinds continued to lead the JBB set for the remainder of the evening and left us all with the feeling that we had just been a part of something amazing. For anyone who was there, this is a must have. For anyone else, this is still a must have.
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              5 out of 5 stars A Must Buy.......2003-10-28

              I was troduced to them in early '03 by a friend of mine and I must say, I was an instant fan. They're awesome. It's some of the most original music I've ever heard, and they're absolutely amazing live. This is a must have for any music lover. I know that they aren't a big name, but trust me, you won't be disappointed, in the least.

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              Where to start! I've been waiting for this album to be released ever since I first heard JSB live in Halifax over a year ago. From that very moment, I have been a devoted fan to this band, they never cease to amaze me, and this album was just another amazement to add to the list. Simply amazing! Every track is golden!
              Lord, I Can't Live Without You
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                		Lord, I Can't Live Without You
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