Hole discography
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{{Infobox artist discography
| Artist = Hole
| Image = Hole Live at Public Assembly NYC April 2013.jpg
| Caption = Hole performing live in 2012.
| Alt = A five-piece rock band performing live on stage. A red sign behinds them reads "SPIN 20" in white lettering.
| Studio = 4
| Compilation = 1
| Music videos = 12
| EP = 3
| Singles = 16
| 1Option = 15
| 1Option name = Miscellaneous
| 2Option = 4
| 2Option name = Unofficial label releases
}}
The discography of Hole, a Los Angeles–based American alternative rock band, consists of four studio albums, one compilation album, three extended plays, and 16 singles.
Hole was formed in 1989 by vocalist and rhythm guitarist Courtney Love and lead guitarist Eric Erlandson.{{cite magazine|last=Cohen|first=Jason|title=Hole: Life in a Band with Courtney Love, Rock's Wildest Diva|magazine=Rolling Stone|year=1995|issue=August 24, 1995|page=66}} The band went through a number of line-up changes before recruiting bassist Jill Emery and drummer Caroline Rue in early 1990. The band signed to the independent label Caroline Records and its European subsidiary City Slang,{{cite episode|title=Courtney Love|series=Behind the Music|series-link=Behind the Music|network=VH1|date=2010}} and released its debut studio album, Pretty on the Inside, in August 1991. Pretty on the Inside was a critical success,{{cite book|last=Brite|first=Poppy Z.|author-link=Poppy Z. Brite|title=Courtney Love: The Real Story|page=117|publisher=Simon & Schuster|isbn=978-0-684-84800-6|date=December 1998}} especially in the United Kingdom, where the album's lead single, "Teenage Whore", peaked at number 1 in the UK Indie Chart.{{cite episode|title=Indie Charts: September 28, 1991|series=The ITV Chart Show|network=Channel 4|date=28 September 1991}}
Following negotiations with a number of major labels, Hole signed a seven-album contract with DGC Records in 1992.{{cite book|last=Cross|first=Charles R.|author-link=Charles R. Cross|title=Heavier Than Heaven: The Biography of Kurt Cobain|page=224|publisher=Spectre|isbn=978-0-340-73939-6|year=2002}} Due to creative differences, Emery and Rue left the band prior to the deal and were replaced by Kristen Pfaff and Patty Schemel, respectively. Hole released its major label debut Live Through This in April 1994. A critical and commercial success, Live Through This was released a week after the death of Love's husband, Kurt Cobain, and two months prior to the death of bassist Kristen Pfaff. The band postponed the album's supporting tour and recruited bassist Melissa Auf der Maur. After constant touring in support of Live Through This{{'}}s release, Hole went on a hiatus in 1995. In 1998, the band released its third studio album, Celebrity Skin, which debuted at number 9 on the Billboard 200. Following the tour in support of the album, Auf der Maur left the band and joined The Smashing Pumpkins in 2000, and Love and Erlandson disbanded Hole in May 2002.
In 2009, Love announced that her second studio album, Nobody's Daughter, was due to be released as Hole's fourth studio album and announced the band's reformation.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&title=the_return_of_hole_courtney_love_s_in_th |title=The Return of Hole – Courtney Love's In-the-Studio Video Diary |work=NME |last=Martin |first=Dan |date=June 17, 2009 |access-date=August 16, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=Jennica |fix-attempted=yes }} Although Erlandson claimed that no reformation was possible for legal reasons,{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2009/07/qa-holes-eric-erlandson/ |title=Q&A: Hole's Eric Erlandson |work=Spin |last=Peisner |first=David |date=July 9, 2010 |access-date=August 16, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011154155/https://www.spin.com/2009/07/qa-holes-eric-erlandson/ |archive-date=October 11, 2012 }} Hole released Nobody's Daughter worldwide on April 23, 2010. The album received mixed critical response and was a commercial failure.{{cite web|url=http://phoenix.metromix.com/music/standard_photo_gallery/the-20-biggest-flops/2377236/content |title=The 20 Biggest Flops of 2010 |publisher=Metromix |access-date=August 16, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904083351/http://phoenix.metromix.com/music/standard_photo_gallery/the-20-biggest-flops/2377236/content |archive-date=September 4, 2012 }} In 2013, Love announced that Hole was "dead", and that she was abandoning the moniker and returning to recording and performing as a solo artist.
Hole's studio albums alone have sold over 3 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Live Through This and Celebrity Skin have been certified platinum in the United States and Canada, and certified gold in Australia. "Malibu", a single from Celebrity Skin, has also been certified gold in Australia.
Albums
=Studio albums=
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! rowspan="2"| Title ! rowspan="2"| Details ! colspan="10"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Sales ! rowspan="2"| Certifications |
style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| US {{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/hole/chart-history/tlp/ |title=Hole Chart History: Billboard 200 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=2020-07-19}} !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| AUS
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| AUT !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| CAN
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| FRA !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| GER !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| NLD !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| SWE !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| SWI !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| UK
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scope="row"| Pretty on the Inside
| |align="center"| — |align="center"| — |align="center"| — |align="center"| — |align="center"| — |align="center"| — |align="center"| — |align="center"| — |align="center"| — |align="center"| 59 |
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scope="row"| Live Through This
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|align="center"| 52 |align="center"| 13 |align="center"| — |align="center"| 29 |align="center"| — |align="center"| 39 |align="center"| 29 |align="center"| 22 |align="center"| — |align="center"| 13 |
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scope="row"| Celebrity Skin
| |align="center"| 9 |align="center"| 4 |align="center"| 15 |align="center"| 3 |align="center"| 24 |align="center"| 21 |align="center"| 62 |align="center"| 10 |align="center"| 26 |align="center"| 11 |
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scope="row"| Nobody's Daughter
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|align="center"| 15 |align="center"| 50 |align="center"| 45 |align="center"| 11 |align="center"| 44 |align="center"| 61 |align="center"| — |align="center"| 25 |align="center"| 37 |align="center"| 46 | | |
align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size: 8pt"| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
=Compilation albums=
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! rowspan="2"| Title ! rowspan="2" width="220"| Details ! colspan="1"| Peak chart positions |
style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| UK {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/19971026/131/|work=The Official Charts Company|title=Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 (26 October 1997 – 1 November 1997)|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company|access-date=May 4, 2017}} |
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scope="row"| My Body, the Hand Grenade
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|align="center"| 82 |
=Live albums=
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! Title ! width="220"| Details |
scope="row"| Grease Your Hips
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Extended plays
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! rowspan="2"| Title ! rowspan="2"| Details ! colspan="2"| Peak chart positions |
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scope="row"| Ask for It
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|align="center"| 172 |align="center"| 183 |
scope="row"| The First Session
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|align="center"| — |align="center"| — |
scope="row"| Awful: Australian Tour EP
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|align="center"| — |align="center"| 44 |
align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size: 8pt"| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
=Promotional extended plays=
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! Title ! width="220"| Details |
scope="row"| Selections from Live Through This
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scope="row"| Extracts from Celebrity Skin
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scope="row"| Sampler 5 Titres{{ref label|Sampler|II}}
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- I {{Note|Virgin}} Virgin Records released "Ask for It" in Japan and Canada.
- II {{Note|Sampler}} Only released in France.
Singles
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! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Song ! colspan="10"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Certifications ! rowspan="2"| B/W ! rowspan="2"| Album |
style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| US {{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/hole/chart-history/hsi/ |title=Hole Chart History: Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=2020-07-20}} !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| US !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| US !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| AUS !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| CAN
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| FRA !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| NLD !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| NZL !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| SWE !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| UK |
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1990
| "Retard Girl" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | | "Phonebill Song"/"Johnnie's in the Bathroom" | rowspan="2"| Non-album single |
rowspan="2"| 1991
| "Dicknail" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | | "Burn Black" |
"Teenage Whore"
| align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| 80 | | "Drown Soda"/"Burn Black" | Pretty on the Inside |
1993
| "Beautiful Son" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| 54 | | "20 Years in the Dakota"/"Old Age" | Non-album single |
rowspan="2"| 1994
| "Miss World" | align="center"| — | align="center"| 13 | align="center"| — | align="center"| 57 | align="center"| 89 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| 64 | | "Rock Star" (alternate mix) | rowspan="4"| Live Through This |
"Doll Parts"
| align="center"| 58 | align="center"| 4 | align="center"| — | align="center"| 136 | align="center"| 75 | align="center"| 45 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| 16 | | "The Void" |
rowspan="2"| 1995
| "Violet" | align="center"| — | align="center"| 29 | align="center"| — | align="center"| 110 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| 45 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| 17 | | "Old Age" |
"Softer, Softest"
| align="center"| — | align="center"| 32 | align="center"| — | align="center"| 90 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | |
1996
| "Gold Dust Woman" | align="center"| — | align="center"| 31 | align="center"| — | align="center"| 87 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | | |
rowspan="2"| 1998
| "Celebrity Skin" | align="center"| 85 | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 4 | align="center"| 24 | align="center"| — | align="center"| 64 | align="center"| — | align="center"| 33 | align="center"| 43 | align="center"| 19 | | "Best Sunday Dress" | rowspan="3"| Celebrity Skin |
"Malibu"
| align="center"| 81 | align="center"| 3 | align="center"| 16 | align="center"| 11 | align="center"| 40 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| 38 | align="center"| — | align="center"| 22 | |"Drag" |
1999
| "Awful" | align="center"| — | align="center"| 13 | align="center"| — | align="center"| 44 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| 39 | |
2000
| "Be a Man" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| 102 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | | |
rowspan="3"| 2010
| align="center"| — | align="center"| 19 | align="center"| 35 | align="center"| 180 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | | "Codine" | rowspan="3"| Nobody's Daughter |
"Pacific Coast Highway"
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"Letter to God"
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align="center" colspan="16" style="font-size: 8pt"| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
=Split singles=
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|+ ! Year ! Single ! Other artist ! Notes |
1994
| Monkeywrench | Hole are credited as "The Holez" |
1996
| "Gold Dust Woman/Spit" | NY Loose |https://www.discogs.com/release/2407652-Hole-2-NY-Loose-Gold-Dust-Woman-Spit |
rowspan="3" | 1998
| "Celebrity Skin/Closing Time" | |
"Malibu/Tropicalia"
| Beck | |
"I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)/Malibu"
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Other charted songs
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1995
| "Asking for It" | align="center"| 36 | Live Through This |
Music videos
- I {{Note|Beautiful Son}} Unreleased music video recorded in early 1993, featuring Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.{{cite book|last=True|first=Everett|title=NIRVANA: The True Story|pages=459–460|publisher=Omnibus Press|year=2006|isbn=978-1844496402}}
- II {{Note|Doll Parts}} Two edits of "Doll Parts" exist, the second being known as the "Producer's Version."{{cite web|title=iTunes - Music Videos - Doll Parts (Producer's Version) by Hole |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/doll-parts-producers-version/id450506181 |work=iTunes |access-date=April 20, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125015753/https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/doll-parts-producers-version/id450506181 |archive-date=November 25, 2012 }}
Miscellaneous
Unofficial label releases
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! Year ! Title ! Type ! Format ! Other artist(s) ! Label ! Notes |
1992
| Sugar and Spice | LP | Foxcore Records | |
1993
| "Kool Thing/Teenage Whore" (live) | Split single | LP | Snack Cake Discs and Desserts | Released in Sweden, titled Gooey on the Inside |
1995
| MTV Unplugged & Even More | Album | CD | | UP01 | Recorded at Hole's MTV Unplugged performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on February 14, 1995 |
2013
| Hole and Courtney Love' Greatest Fucking Hits (1991–2010) | Album | CD, digital download | Hellbound Records | |
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930171253/http://www.geffen.com/hole Hole] at Geffen Records
- {{Discogs artist|artist=Hole|name=Hole}}
- {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p13208|label=Hole}}
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