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Hole-Celebrity Skin (1998)

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Artist: Hole Title:  C elebrity Skin Label: DGC Format: CD Cat #: DGCD 25164 Year of Release: 1998 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1998 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 4/20/25 Sell Price: $3.33 Discogs Last Sold: 4/18/25 VG+/VG+ $3.00 Low: $1.49 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.87 High: $11.49 Current low price: $2.27 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 41 Have/Want: 36980/457 Where Sold: Belleville, NJ Time it took to sell: 12 years Where and When Bought:  new NYC either Tower or Sounds Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No The 3rd Hole full length album Celebrity Skin was a mainstream "outsider" artist turning toward the mainstream.  Gone was the cute nose and baby fat.  Instead we got Billy Corgan, blocky late 90's mastering and a concept album "dedicated to all the stolen water of Los Angeles.   In hindsight, Courtney achieved greater success getting away from "punk rock" or "indie rock" or whathaveyou than say, Liz Phair around th...

Hole-Live Through This (1994)

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  Artist: Hole Title: Live Through This Label: DGC Format: CD Cat #: DGCD 24631 Year of Release: 1994 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US reissue Pickneyville, IL Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 4/20/25 Sell Price: $7.43 Discogs Last Sold: 12/16/24 NM/VG+ $8.89 Low: $0.39 Median: $6.98 Average: $6.11 High: $9.99 Current low price: $5.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 45/107 Where Sold: Belleville, NJ Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought:  Facebook Marketplace $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No I always considered Live Through This by Hole the last Nirvana record, even if Nirvana didn't pla y on it or have any sort of official role on the record.  This was recorded in Kurt's lifetime, and it came out right after his death, so it had the feeling of a "voice from the camp" since it was his wife doing the voicing.  It was very different from the other great Hole album, Pretty On The Inside.  That one covered ...