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Sonoko F. from MONTCLAIR, NJ
Reviewed on 12/4/2006...

NOT edited version - explicit content

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The Best Album of 2004 - Courtney Love's Finest Album

J. Stewart | Hattiesburg, MS USA | 11/09/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This CD picks up were Celebrity Skin left off, with one delightful surprise, it is twice as loud. It is nice to hear a real Rock N Roll cd in an age when wannabe pop stars like The Strokes and Britney Spears are spitting out pop garbage and lardassed record executives are promoting them as Rock, or even more scary, "Newer Rock". Not since 1994's "Live Through This" has Love produced such a cd with both pop rock appeal and some guitar work loud enough to wake the dead. The songs are as well crafted as on "Celebrity Skin", and this CD seems to start where "Celebrity Skin" left off, with more punktastic appeal. The CD opens with "Mono" a sonic punch, similar to "Celbrity Skin"s

opening track "Celebrity Skin". With the second track, it's another Sonic assult with "But Julian Im A Little Bit Older Than You". The next two songs "Hold On To Me" and "Sunset Strip" sound like they could have been on Celebrity Skin with that perfect mix of acoustic and electric edge that only Courtny Love or Robert Plant and Jimmy Page really can pull off without a hitch. "All The Drugs" is another sonic tune your sure to groove to. "Almost Golden" is classic Hole - Love acoustic electric style song but with one catch, Courtney Love has evolved her style since Hole and you can appreciate it with this tune. The rest of the CD continues with this sweet and loud mix of stories about life and mixing up the acoustic/ electric and electric/sonic masterpieces. One of my favorites is "I'll Do Anything", a classic Courtney Love style song with sprinklings of Courtney's own self styled catchprhases here and there. "Zeplin Song" seems to be a hilarious story about that pesky guitar miestro that everyone knows who tries to be Page, EVERY NIGHT, and another one of my favorite tracks "Hello", a great upbeat rock song with some sexy lyrics. This CD is strong, loud, delicate, and consistant with its delivery from the first to the last track. All the nerds that gave this CD less than stellar ratings need to get off thier buts and move out of thier moms basements or go to a punk show or something, because only the most square anti-feminist macho males seemed to be irritated by this CD! And Linda Perry?, the producer who did not seem like this CD at all, well what do you expect from the Britney Spears camp, an endorsement? Matt Serletic did a fantiastic job of producding this album, it is as professional as any Led Zeppelin or Rolling Stones album. This CD is as loud as THE VOICE OF GOD! Don't let any little greasy four eyed computer geek nerd's review or any Britney Spears fan make your choices for you, not with this CD! Many critics are NERDS anyway, they hate Punk Rock! If you liked Hole, you will love this CD. If you like Courtney Love, you will love this CD. It is almost 2007 and in the last 7 years I still have yet to see another rock and roll cd that kicks out the jams like this one! Five Stars Courtney you came through for us yet again!"