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Fuchsia | United States | 04/18/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Strangly enough Pretty on the Inside has always been my favorite album of Holes. I love and know all the words to Live Through This but Pretty On the Inside is more wild, less commercial, it has more raw beauty and Courtney holds nothing back. This is the album that helped get me through my high school years also. There are more hidden jewels in Pretty on the Inside and the lyrics are wonderful. On Live Through This the songs were more individual and controlled but Pretty on the Inside is one wild, fantastic, beautiful mess. If you liked Celebrity Skin you may not like this album but you should at least give it a try."

Raw, witty, real and angry

Robin Orlowski | United States | 07/18/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Even though she is tailed by an endless string of allegations that she is not a good musician in her own right, Asking For It proves that Hole can and does rock, Blissfuly unpolished, the selections take us through rejection, acceptance, life and death. As with all other albuns, concepts and ideas of what modern womanhood really means is woven through out the tracks. The fact that it is not top 40 and/or mass media friendly is the whole point of this album and people who continue to gripe about the so-called sloppy work are missing the point entirely. Courtney and Hole were stars of their own right even before the world was caught up in Nirvana mania. No grrrl should be without this CD"

Hole owns you

Riot GRRRL | USA | 08/30/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Oh my god. This is about my favorite album of all time, along with American Thighs by Veruca Salt, Nevermind by Nirvana, and England by the Sex Pistols. The lyrics are incredibly raw and you're sucked in by "Garbage Man." Seriously, if you do not own this, you should. This was a pivotal moment for feminist punk-rockers everywhere. I love Hole to death, and Pretty on the Inside is my favorite of their albums, though I like Live Through This as well. On Celebrity Skin, they were all caught up in ego and fame, not to mention MTV airwaves. I blame Celebrity Skin for Hole's breakup, because they could not have attempted any harder to sell out. When you go that mainstream, there's nowhere to go but the downward spiral. Back in the day when Pretty on the Inside was released, they were just up there, and it was all about the music. Pretty on the Inside is a perfect combination of grunge, punk, and tell it like it is, raw to the bone, slap in the face lyrics. It should be a crime for anyone to not own this album, it was a truly pivotal moment for women in rock everywhere.

KURT COBAIN LIVES ON!

Courtney Love... you rock, thank you for making my day a full ten times better

Mwah! Hope this review helped!"