Listening again to Celebrity Skin, it's without a doubt my favorite Hole album and the best of the bunch. It's even more polished than that of Live Through This. Some would argue that it's also their "sell out" album in that it was written with radio in mind. Yes, it's got plenty of radio worthy singles. But I certainly wouldn't fault them because of this. I absolutely recommend Celebrity Skin. Check it out. You will not be disappointed.

Once again, Courtney Love and Eric Erlandson are the only returning band members on Celebrity Skin. Patty Schemel, the drummer on the last record did help write the songs here. But she left before recording began. The drum vacancy was filled in by Samantha Maloney (Motley Crue) in an uncredited capacity. Because Patty co-wrote the bulk of the album, she was given credit as writer and "current" Hole member. And new to the band on Bass was Melissa Auf der Maur. Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins) plays Bass on Hit So Hard in an uncredited role.

Fave Songs: All of 'em. But there are so many great songs here that it's really hard to pick a fave. So, I'll go with definite MVP worthy songs, which include Hit So Hard, Reasons To Be Beautiful and Use Once & Destroy. <--- Earworm. Listen to it once and your hooked. So fuuucking good.

Album cover is meh.