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- Live Through This
- - 400,983 plays
  - 287 favs
  - 83 shares
Hole
Released 1994

Doll Parts
03:31
89,698 plays

Violet
03:24
86,606 plays

Miss World
02:59
40,890 plays

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- 1
- Violet
- 03:24
- 86,606 plays

- 2
- Miss World
- 02:59
- 40,890 plays

- 3
- Plump
- 02:34
- 22,380 plays

- 4
- Asking For It
- 03:29
- 24,276 plays

- 5
- Jennifer's Body
- 03:41
- 23,946 plays

- 6
- Doll Parts
- 03:31
- 89,698 plays

- 7
- Credit In The Straight World
- 03:11
- 18,815 plays

- 8
- Softer, Softest
- 03:27
- 19,761 plays

- 9
- She Walks On Me
- 03:23
- 17,481 plays

- 10
- I Think That I Would Die
- 03:36
- 17,556 plays

- 11
- Gutless
- 02:15
- 16,709 plays

- 12
- Rock Star
- 02:41
- 22,870 plays

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album review

Courtney Love completely revamped Hole before recording their second album, keeping only Eric Erlandson in the lineup. That is one of the reasons why Live Through This sounds so shockingly different from Pretty on the Inside, but the real reason is Love's desire to compete in the same commercial alternative rock arena as her husband, Kurt Cobain. In fact, many rumors have claimed that Cobain ghostwrote a substantial chunk of the album, and while that's unlikely, there's no denying that his patented stop-start dynamics, bare chords, and punk-pop melodies provide the blueprint for Live Through This. Love adds her signature rage and feminist rhetoric to the formula, but the lyrics that truly resonate are the ones that unintentionally predict Cobain's suicide. For all the raw pain of the lyrics, Live Through This rarely sounds raw because of the shiny production and the carefully considered dynamics. Despite this flaw, the album retains its power because it was one of the few records patterned on Nevermind that gets the formula right, with a set of gripping hooks and melodies that retain their power even if they follow the predictable grunge pattern. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide