Grease Your Hips
| Grease Your Hips | |
|---|---|
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| Live album by Hole | |
| Released | January 22, 2016 |
| Recorded |
Hollywood Palladium (Hollywood, California, November 9, 1994) Berkeley Community Theatre (Berkeley, California, December 9, 1994) |
| Genre | Alternative rock |
| Length | 69:01 |
| Label | Let Them Eat Vinyl |
Grease Your Hips is an unofficial live album by American alternative rock band Hole. The double album is composed of live radio broadcast performances by Hole in 1994 at the Hollywood Palladium and the Berkeley Community Theatre in Berkeley, California, in 1994. It is due for a vinyl release on January 22, 2016.[1]
Background
The tracks on Grease Your Hips originate from radio broadcasts of two Hole shows in 1994; first at the Hollywood Palladium in November, and second at the Berkeley Community Theatre in December. The title of the record is derived from lyrics in the track "Gutless."[2]
Release
The album was released initially on iTunes by Good Ship Funke Records, a United Kingdom-based label, on May 4, 2015.[3] It was released as a double LP on January 22, 2016 in the United Kingdom by Let Them Eat Vinyl, and on January 29 in North America.[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Plump" | Courtney Love, Eric Erlandson | 2:44 |
| 2. | "Beautiful Son" | Love, Erlandson, Patty Schemel | 2:52 |
| 3. | "Miss World" | Love, Erlandson | 3:04 |
| 4. | "Asking For It" | Love, Erlandson | 4:56 |
| 5. | "Hungry Like the Wolf" | Duran Duran | 1:41 |
| 6. | "Gutless" | Love, Erlandson | 2:44 |
| 7. | "Softer, Softest" | Love, Erlandson | 4:19 |
| 8. | "I Think That I Would Die" | Love, Erlandson | 4:22 |
| 9. | "Credit in the Straight World" | Stuart Moxham | 2:49 |
| 10. | "Teenage Whore" | Love, Erlandson, Caroline Rue, Jill Emery | 2:37 |
| 11. | "Violet" | Love, Erlandson | 5:06 |
| 12. | "Sugar Coma" | Love | 1:17 |
| 13. | "Miss World / We Three Kings" | Love, Erlandson / Hopkins, Jr. | 4:21 |
| 14. | "Asking For It" | Love, Erlandson | 5:24 |
| 15. | "He Hit Me (and It Felt like a Kiss) / Best Sunday Dress" | Carole King, Gerry Goffin / Love, Bjelland | 3:42 |
| 16. | "Doll Parts" | Love | 5:35 |
| 17. | "Violet" | Love, Erlandson | 4:01 |
| 18. | "Olympia" | Love, Erlandson | 3:42 |
| 19. | "Sugar Coma" (reprise) | Love | 2:48 |
| Total length: | 69:01 | ||
*Note: Tracks 1-11 recorded at the Hollywood Palladium, November 9, 1994; Tracks 12-19 recorded at the Berkeley Community Theatre, December 9, 1994
Personnel
- Courtney Love - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Eric Erlandson - lead guitar
- Melissa Auf der Maur - bass, backing vocals
- Patty Schemel - drums
References
- ↑ "Grease Your Hips". Plastichead. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
- ↑ Love, Courtney; Erlandson, Eric (1994). Live Through This (Compact disc). Geffen Records (DGC).
- ↑ "Grease Your Hips (Live) by Hole". iTunes. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
- ↑ "HOLE - GREASE YOUR HIPS". Rough Trade. Retrieved January 20, 2016.