I brought Hole's "Live Through This" into work today for a colleague, and figured while I had the CD here, I may as well rip it to my itunes. I started listening to it and remembered just how great of an album it is.
I don't think it's necessarily underrated, as anyone who likes this kind of music seems to agree that the album is pretty good. From the ragged heaviness of Violet and Rock Star, to the cracked vunerability of Doll Parts, to the urgency of Plump and Gutless, there's a great range of music. It's surprisingly diverse for an album that doesn't differ a whole lot in terms of style, if that makes sense.
It's generally accepted that Kurt wrote most of the album, since it has almost nothing in common with the album that preceded it (the very dissonant "Pretty on the Inside") or the one that came next (the incredibly polished "Celebrity Skin", which was allegedly mainly written by Billy Corgan). I remember a great Dave Grohl quote, when an interviewer asked him which was his favourite Hole album, he replied "Pretty on the Inside, because I know Courtney wrote that one herself" in a not-so-subtle dig towards her. Even if Kurt did write most of the album, I actually think it's better and more consistent than anything Nirvana ever did.
Anyway, these days when we mostly remember Courtney as being certifiably-crazy, it's easy to forget how fantastic this album is.
For those of you who may have forgotten, a reminder . . . .
Violet
Doll Parts
Plump
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