Hole includes: Courtney Love, Eric Erlandson, Kristen Pfaff, Patty Schlemel, Caroline Rue, Jill Emery, Melissa Auf Du Maur.
Producers include: Hole, Paul Q. Colderie, Sean Slade, Hal Wilner.
Compilation producer: Eric Erlandson.
Engineers include: Jack Endino, Pat McCarthy, Miti.
Recorded between 1990 and 1995. Includes liner notes by C.E.
Audio Mixers: Eric Erlandson; Barry Goldberg .
Audio Remixers: Eric Erlandson; Barry Goldberg .
Liner Note Author: C.E.
Recording information: Ariola Ltda BMG, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (03/1990-08/1995); RadioTokyo LA (03/1990-08/1995); Rudy's Rising Star (03/1990-08/1995); Triclops Studios, Atla (03/1990-08/1995); Word Of Mouth, Seattle, WA (03/1990-08/1995).
Photographers: Mark Seliger; Stephane Sednaoui; Vicki Berndt.
MY BODY THE HAND GRENADE is a grab-bag collection of rarities, outtakes, and live cuts, mostly from the earlier phase of the group's career (i.e., before they cared much about pop hooks). It's uneven, as you would imagine; in fact, there are times when lead singer Courtney Love's incessant yammering over a backdrop of sludge guitars verges on genre parody. But "Burn Black" and "Dicknail" in particular are powerful helpings of vintage riot grrrl, and the live cuts (from an appearance on "MTV Unplugged") are terrific, in particular the conceptual coup of covering the sickest girl-group song of the '60s, Carole King's masochistic "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)." Rock criticism doesn't come any neater. minimize