On Saturday, when you're sitting by your above-ground pool slamming cans of Busch heavy while your kids remind you of everything you could have been, I want you to think about the fact that Hole released their third album, Celebrity Skin, twenty years ago.
After the band's first two albums -- 1991's Pretty On The Inside and 1994's Live Through This -- which were very grungy and angry, the band decided to go in a little bit of a different direction on Celebrity Skin. It's more polished, and the songs are definitely more radio-friendly. Courtney Love cleaned up her look, going from scary and druggy with smeared makeup to presentable and attractive with appropriately applied makeup.
I'm not making any comment one way or another on whether that's a good or bad thing, as I like both phases of the band. Celebrity Skin went to #9 on the Billboard album charts -- by far the band's best-charting album -- and it has gone platinum in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. The title track is my favorite Hole song. It was co-written by Love, Hole guitarist Eric Erlandson, and Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, and it hit #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. Here's the video, with the aforementioned presentable Love.
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