Courtney Love (with Hole) - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Tracklist front / back album covers
1. "Celebrity Skin" 2:42
2. "Awful" 3:16
3. "Hit So Hard" 4:00
4. "Malibu" 3:50
5. "Reasons to Be Beautiful" 5:19
6. "Dying" 3:44
7. "Use Once & Destroy" 5:04
8. "Northern Star" 4:58
9. "Boys on the Radio" 5:09
10. "Heaven Tonight" 3:31
11. "Playing Your Song" 3:21
12. "Petals" 5:29
Total length: 50:23
Japanese edition bonus track
13. "Best Sunday Dress" 4:25
Total length: 54:48
Courtney Love (with Hole) Band Members / Musicians
Courtney Love – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Eric Erlandson – lead guitar
Melissa Auf der Maur – bass, backing vocals
Patty Schemel – drums
Deen Castronovo – drums (uncredited)
Billy Corgan – bass (3, 12)
Craig Armstrong – strings (6, 12)
David Campbell – strings (8)
Michael Beinhorn – producer, programming
Eric Erlandson – additional producer
Paul Northfield – engineer (at Conway Recording Studios)
Rob Eaton – engineer (at Quad Recording Studios)
Joe Barresi – engineer (at Record Plant West)
Frank Filipetti – engineer (at Olympic Studios)
John Nelson – additional engineer (at Conway Recording Studios)
Ben Holt – additional engineer
Ann Mincieli – additional engineer
Paul Walton – additional engineer
Tom Lord-Alge – mixing (1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12)
Chris Lord-Alge – mixing (4, 5, 8, 10)
Jack Joseph Puig – mixing (3)
Leo Ferrera – mixing assistant
Femio Hernandez – mixing assistant
Rob Hoffman – mixing assistant
Mike Dy – mixing assistant
Jim Champagne – mixing assistant
Ted Jensen – mastering
Paul DeCarli – programming
Max Risenhower – programming
Chris Vrenna – programming
Nick Franglen – programming
Chris Whitemyer – technician
Joe-Mama Nitzberg – art direction
Janet Wolsborn – art direction
Front cover: Guzman (Constance Hansen & Russell Peacock)
Back cover: Ophelia Drowning by Paul Steck, 1895 (Giraudon/Art Resource, New York)
Maggie Hallahan – photography
Robert Dawson – photography
Richard Prince – photography
Celebrity Skin is the 3rd studio album by American alternative rock band Hole, released on September 8, 1998, in the United States on DGC Records and internationally on Geffen Records. It was the last album released by the band before their dissolution in 2002. Hole intended for the record to diverge significantly from their previous noise and grunge-influenced sound as featured on Pretty on the Inside (1991) and Live Through This (1994). The band hired producer Michael Beinhorn to record Celebrity Skin over a nine-month period that included sessions in Los Angeles, New York City, and London. It was the band's only studio release to feature bassist Melissa Auf der Maur. Drummer Patty Schemel played the demos for the album, but was replaced by session drummer Deen Castronovo at the suggestion of producer Beinhorn. This issue created a rift between Schemel and the band, resulting in her dropping out of the tour and parting ways with the group, though she received the drumming credit on the album.
