Celebrity Skin released in the US on September 8, 1998! It is the third studio album by Hole. Billy Corgan co-wrote the arrangements for five of the songs and played bass on three. As a member of Hole, former Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf der Maur also performs on the album.
According to Courtney Love, her vision for the album was to "deconstruct the California Sound" in the L.A. tradition of bands like The Doors, The Beach Boys and The Byrds, but she was struggling with composing and felt she was "in a rut". After sending early demos to Billy Corgan, Corgan joined the band in the studio for 12 days. Love compared Corgan's presence to "a math teacher who wouldn't give you the answers but was making you solve the problems yourself", and said he had her study key changes, melodies and phrasing from songs by Frank Sinatra and The Beatles:
"What [Billy's] great at for me— what he did for me has nothing to do with Eric and Melissa. It has to do with me. I was in a rut, I could not even get out of bed. I didn't want to make this record, I didn't want do anything. I was dull, my blade was not sharp, and he's probably one of the only people on the planet that can challenge me. My craft was at this place and Eric and Melissa and Patty couldn't help me; they all have brilliance and craft, but because I'm in a band within a family context with them, they weren't outsiders enough to really just help me."
Of the album's 12 tracks, Corgan shares songwriting credits on five. The lead single "Celebrity Skin" was Hole's most successful, reaching #1 on the US Alternative chart. It was performed live by SP with Courtney Love at the 30th Anniversary Show in 2018. During banter before and after the performance, Love praises Corgan for him insisting that she pursue the song, calling him a career-maker, screaming "BILLY'S ALWAYS RIGHT!". The second single, "Malibu", was played extensively by SP during the In Plainsong tour.
Celebrity Skin became Hole's most successful album, peaking at #9 on the Billboard 200 and in the top 50 in a dozen other countries. It is certified Platinum in the US and Canada, and 2× platinum in Australia.
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Celebrity Skin released in the US on September 8, 1998! It is the third studio album by Hole. Billy Corgan co-wrote the arrangements for five of the songs and played bass on three. As a member of Hole, former Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf der Maur also performs on the album.
According to Courtney Love, her vision for the album was to "deconstruct the California Sound" in the L.A. tradition of bands like The Doors, The Beach Boys and The Byrds, but she was struggling with composing and felt she was "in a rut". After sending early demos to Billy Corgan, Corgan joined the band in the studio for 12 days. Love compared Corgan's presence to "a math teacher who wouldn't give you the answers but was making you solve the problems yourself", and said he had her study key changes, melodies and phrasing from songs by Frank Sinatra and The Beatles:
"What [Billy's] great at for me— what he did for me has nothing to do with Eric and Melissa. It has to do with me. I was in a rut, I could not even get out of bed. I didn't want to make this record, I didn't want do anything. I was dull, my blade was not sharp, and he's probably one of the only people on the planet that can challenge me. My craft was at this place and Eric and Melissa and Patty couldn't help me; they all have brilliance and craft, but because I'm in a band within a family context with them, they weren't outsiders enough to really just help me."
Of the album's 12 tracks, Corgan shares songwriting credits on five. The lead single "Celebrity Skin" was Hole's most successful, reaching #1 on the US Alternative chart. It was performed live by SP with Courtney Love at the 30th Anniversary Show in 2018. During banter before and after the performance, Love praises Corgan for him insisting that she pursue the song, calling him a career-maker, screaming "BILLY'S ALWAYS RIGHT!". The second single, "Malibu", was played extensively by SP during the In Plainsong tour.
Celebrity Skin became Hole's most successful album, peaking at #9 on the Billboard 200 and in the top 50 in a dozen other countries. It is certified Platinum in the US and Canada, and 2× platinum in Australia.
https://spcodex.wiki/Celebrity_Skin
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