Live Through This, Hole, 1993, :38
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
The original riot girl feminist grunge rock. Hole tackles issues like body image, sexual politics, romance, and abuse throughout. Sounds like a harder-hitting Liz Phair, or an angrier Breeders. I don't think there's any point to the hoary and fairly misogynistic debate over how much of a hand, if any, Cobain had in this material. Even if, as I don't think he did, he wrote all the songs, this is still Love's vision and performance. There's definitely signs of a Cobain influence in the writing, but the emotion and the muscle is all Love's. Again, I'd say that this is one of those four-star albums that doesn't have too many extraordinary moments, but is successful at what it sets out to do throughout. Favorite tracks: "Violet," "Miss World," "Doll Parts."
