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Celebrity Skin is Hole's third and final album, released worldwide on September 7, 1998, and a day later, on September 8, 1998 in the United States.
The songs were written by the band, some with the help of Billy Corgan; however, Courtney Love penned all of the lyrics. The studio work took almost a year and a half, due to Love's rising movie career, fruitless recording attempts in New Orleans and Nashville in 1997, Corgan's involvement in songwriting and the actual album sessions, between Los Angeles, New York City, London and Miami.
According to Eric Erlandson's answers on Hole's ex-official bulletin board (KittyRadio.com) concerning the album's recording sessions, the musician stated that he played all the guitars on the entire work. Love was allegedly "not caring about" playing her instrument on the record, focusing only on singing and songwriting, and Billy Corgan, from whom further participation on the album was rumored, only played bass on "Hit So Hard". Erlandson also declared that Patty Schemel actually didn't play on the album, though she is credited as a Hole member on the sleeve. Schemel's departure from the band occurred during the recordings and photo shoots for the album. Her substitute was Samantha Maloney.
[edit] Track listing
All lyrics by Courtney Love; composition credits as shown below.
- "Celebrity Skin" (Corgan, Erlandson, Love) – 2:42
- "Awful" (Auf der Maur, Erlandson, Love, Schemel) – 3:16
- "Hit So Hard" (Corgan, Erlandson, Love) – 4:00
- "Malibu" (Corgan, Erlandson, Love) – 3:50
- "Reasons to Be Beautiful" (Auf der Maur, Caffey, Erlandson, Love, Zadorozny) – 5:19
- "Dying" (Corgan, Erlandson, Love) – 3:44
- "Use Once & Destroy" (Auf der Maur, Erlandson, Love, Schemel) – 5:04
- "Northern Star" (Erlandson, Love) – 4:58
- "Boys on the Radio" (Auf der Maur, Erlandson, Love) – 5:09
- "Heaven Tonight" (Erlandson, Love) – 3:31
- "Playing Your Song" (Erlandson, Love) – 3:21
- "Petals" (Corgan, Erlandson, Love) – 5:29
- "Best Sunday Dress" (Kat Bjelland, Erlandson, Love) (Japanese bonus track) – 5:29
- "Celebrity Skin"
- "Boys on the Radio"
- "Hit So Hard"
- "Malibu"
- "Reasons to Be Beautiful"
- "Dying"
- "Awful"
- "Use Once & Destroy"
- "Northern Star"
- "Heaven Tonight"
- "Playing Your Song"
- "Petals"
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Production
- Producer: Michael Beinhorn
- Additional producer: Eric Erlandson
- Engineers: Paul Northfield, Rob Eaton, Joe Barresi, Frank Filipetti
- Assistant engineers: John Nelson, Ben Holt, Ann Mincieli, Paul Walton, Jan Kybert
- Mixing: Tom Lord-Alge, Chris Lord-Alge (Malibu, Reasons To Be Beautiful, Northern Star, Heaven Tonight), Jack Joseph Puig (Hit So Hard)
- Mixing assistants: Leo Ferrera, Femio Hernandez, Rob Hoffman, Mike Dy, Jim Champagne
- Mastering: Ted Jensen
- Strings: David Campbell (Northern Star), Craig Armstrong (Petals, Dying)
- Programming: Michael Beinhorn, Paul DeCarli, Max Risenhower, Chris Vrenna, Nick Franglen
- Studio Tech: Chris Whitemyer (guitars and drums)
- A&R: Jim Barber
- Art direction: Joe-Mama Nitzberg, Janet Wolsborn
- Front cover: Guzman
- Back cover: Ophelia by Paul Steck, 1895 (Giraudon/Art Resource, New York)
- Photography: Maggie Hallahan, Robert Dawson, Richard Prince
[edit] Charts
| Year |
Chart |
Position |
| 1998 |
The Billboard 200 |
9 |
| 1998 |
Top Canadian Albums |
3 |
| 1998 |
Top UK chart |
11 |
| 1998 |
New Zealand RIANZ Top 40 |
15 |
[edit] Singles
| Year |
Single |
Chart |
Position |
| 1998 |
"Celebrity Skin" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks |
4 |
| 1998 |
"Celebrity Skin" |
Modern Rock Tracks |
1 |
| 1998 |
"Celebrity Skin" |
The Billboard Hot 100 |
85 |
| 1998 |
"Celebrity Skin" |
New Zealand RIANZ Top 40 |
33 |
| 1999 |
"Awful" |
Modern Rock Tracks |
13 |
| 1998 |
"Malibu" |
Modern Rock Tracks |
3 |
| 1999 |
"Malibu" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks |
18 |
| 1999 |
"Malibu" |
The Billboard Hot 100 |
81 |
| 1999 |
"Malibu" |
New Zealand RIANZ Top 40 |
38 |
