{"product_id":"hole-celebrity-skin-376742","title":"Hole - Celebrity Skin","description":"\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRelease details\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTracklist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Description tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHole’s \u003cem\u003eCelebrity Skin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e was the band’s third album, arriving in 1998 after \u003cem\u003eLive Through This\u003c\/em\u003e had already pushed Courtney Love’s songwriting beyond the raw racket of \u003cem\u003ePretty on the Inside\u003c\/em\u003e. Here, Hole moved further into the mainstream, but not by sanding away their identity. The record turns California guitar rock into something gleaming and uneasy at once: big hooks, bright surfaces, and a sharp sense of what fame costs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title track became the album’s defining statement, pairing a chart-topping single with a vision of celebrity as performance, damage and commerce all at once. Elsewhere, “Malibu” brings in the album’s tuneful, sun-struck side, with a twangy, radio-ready pull that suits the record’s West Coast setting. Even as the sound grows cleaner and more melodic, the band keeps a restless edge that stops these songs from settling into simple pop-rock comfort.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat balance is what makes \u003cem\u003eCelebrity Skin\u003c\/em\u003e such a satisfying turn in Hole’s catalogue: a streamlined, accessible record that still feels complicated, tense and specific to Courtney Love’s voice as a writer. For listeners coming to Hole through the singles, it is the album that explains how they could sound larger and more polished without losing the bite that made them stand out in the first place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReviews\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cq\u003eHole cranked the dial on their “internal AM radio” and channeled 1970s California AOR tunes.\u003c\/q\u003e – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/hole-celebrity-skin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n    \n\n    \u003c!-- Genres --\u003e\n    \n      \u003cp\u003eGenre: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/alternative-rock-vinyl-records\"\u003ePunk \u0026amp; Alternative\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \n\n    \n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Release tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cdiv\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n          \n          \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat: \u003c\/strong\u003e LP\u003c\/div\u003e\n          \n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUnits: \u003c\/strong\u003e 1\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre: \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/alternative-rock-vinyl-records\"\u003ePunk \u0026amp; Alternative\u003c\/a\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Tracklist tab content --\u003e\n  \n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSide A                       \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Celebrity Skin\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Boys On The Radio\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Hit So Hard\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Malibu\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Reasons To Be Beautiful\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Dying\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSide B                       \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Awful\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Use Once \u0026amp; Destroy\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Northern Star\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Heaven Tonight\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Playing Your Song\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Petals\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n","brand":"Dutch Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44260957519937,"sku":"3911393","price":58.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1474\/5258\/files\/199957752671.jpg?v=1785117914","url":"https:\/\/www.dutchvinyl.com.au\/products\/hole-celebrity-skin-376742","provider":"Dutch Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}