Nobody's Daughter
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Nobody's Daughter is the fourth studio album by alternative rock band Hole
, released worldwide on April 27, 2010 (see release history) through Mercury Records
. The album was originally conceived by Hole frontwoman Courtney Love
as a solo project titled How Dirty Girls Get Clean, following her poorly-received solo debut America's Sweetheart (2004). Much of the material featured on Nobody's Daughter originated from studio sessions of How Dirty Girls Get Clean, which was conceived in 2006 after various legal issues and rehabilitation
sentences—stemming from several years of cocaine
and opiate
addiction— which had left her "suicidal".
In 2009, Love announced that the album would be released under the band name Hole, along with guitarist Micko Larkin
, bassist Shawn Dailey and drummer Stu Fisher
. It is the first Hole album to be released in twelve years, since 1998's Celebrity Skin
, and also the group's first release to, aside from Love, not feature any of the original band members.
magazine that her "hand-eye coordination was so bad, [she] didn't even know chords anymore. It was like [her] fingers were frozen. And [she] wasn't allowed to make noise [in rehab]." She also told of how she would "sit there and try to quietly write and struggle", as well as her negative mindset. "I never thought I would work again. 'No one is ever going to talk to me. I'm never going to get a record deal. I'm never going to get on stage again.' So, I just kept writing. This is a very personal album."
Only a few days after her release in November 2005, Love dubbed "The Rehab Tapes" demos
with Perry and Billy Corgan
. After having returned for the third time to her Nichiren Buddhist
practice, Love allegedly started writing a song a day (according to her, the tune "Pacific Coast Highway" was written in a Los Angeles hotel on Christmas Eve, and "Never Go Hungry" was penned in the same day she got out of rehab). In a sequel, the trio put together a back-up band to Love—including guitarist Paul Thorn, bassist Paul Ill and drummer Nathan Washington — and started recording the actual album, with Linda Perry in charge of production and Corgan as a guitarist and arranger. Anthony Rossomando
of Dirty Pretty Things
and Ben Gordon of The Dead 60s
were also said to be present on the work as guest musicians. Love and her band then began rehearsing at a studio in West Hollywood. Many of these rehearsals, as well as various other studio sessions, were featured in the 2006 documentary, The Return of Courtney Love.
In a September 2006 interview, Love declared that the album would be mixed in London by Danton Supple, best known for his work with Coldplay
, and was predicted to be released in February 2007. Love did not release the record at that time and continued to issue new release dates which also were not adhered to. The working title How Dirty Girls Get Clean was changed to Nobody's Daughter. Later in November, Love listed the songs that would not make the album, "Wildfire", "The Depths of My Despair", "Sad But True", "Good In Bed" (adding that they "really tried" to make the latest two work) and "My Bedroom Walls", though the lyrics of this one were used on another. The song "How Dirty Girls Get Clean" (which also was the working title of the album) was reworked and was then confirmed not to be featured on the release. Later, she also confessed that she felt the album needed one more song for the work, which apparently had been written in January. Courtney described the tune, which carried the working title of "Can You Make Me Cry", as being influenced by White Stripes, and she would be "fine-toothing" the lyrics and finishing it with Linda Perry in the following days. In the same month, Moby
, was rumored to be involved in the album's production in the early stages, told Billboard
: "Courtney sent me a CD of demos and I thought the music was remarkably good, it reminded me of Irish protest songs or old Bob Dylan
. It was just her with an acoustic guitar." Besides Dylan, -- mainly the album Blood on the Tracks
-- Love had confirmed R.E.M., Radiohead
, U2
and Fleetwood Mac
as influences on the album.
More information regarding possible songs to be featured on the album were leaked in early February 2007. According to Love, there were another five songs that could be on the album, named "I See Red", "Too Much Dope", "In My Gutters", "Samantha" and "Honey". Love later stated that these songs were mostly demos, except "Samantha", which was the last song to be recorded in late March 2007 and was being considered as a possible first single. In the January 2009 issue of Elle Magazine, Love announced that the album would be released as a digital download
on her official website on January 1, 2009. However, this did not happen. On January 2, Love's MySpace administrator posted a blog entry on the site explaining that with much regret the album had again been delayed, in part, due to technical sound issues at the studio where the album was recorded.
On April 29, 2006, Love performed at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center Benefit at the Henry Fonda Theater in Los Angeles. With Billy Corgan and Linda Perry, she played acoustic versions of "Sunset Marquis" and "Pacific Coast Highway", as well as a one-time performance of Fleetwood Mac
's "Rhiannon". Love later invited NME journalists to a private acoustic performance of more songs in her London hotel room, "Stand Up Motherfucker", "Good in Bed" and "Dirty Girls". Love played four songs from her new album at the Los Angeles House of Blues
on June 1, 2007 as a special guest of Linda Perry. Perry played acoustic guitar and sang backup.
In July 2006, Perry talked again about working with Love in an interview with rock journalist Morley Seaver, from RocknWorld.com. Between comments about Courtney's musical abilities, she revealed "working on this record has been just a pleasure" and "a slow process because we've been really horning in on a vibe."
A month later - with her new backing band consisting of Micko Larkin, bassist Patricia "Pato" Vidal, drummer Stu Fisher
, pianist Bethia Beadman and guitarist Liam Wade - on July 4, Love performed in Paris
, France and on July 9, 2007, performed a "secret" birthday show at London's Bush Hall. Love's final two shows of 2007 were held in the Hiro Ballroom in New York on July 12 and the famous Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood on July 17. Her performance at the Hiro Ballroom was recorded by music website IMEEM and footage from the show was released on Love's official IMEEM page. Love's performance at the Roxy Theatre was also recorded partially by MySpace
.com and six songs were posted on Love's official page a few days after the show.
For her final solo dates before Hole's reunion shows, Love performed at Carnegie Hall
as part of the (RED) Nights concert series on October 4, 2009 - which benefited the (RED) Campaign
- and on December 31, 2009 at New York's Standard Hotel's Boom Boom Room as part of its New Year celebration.
On September 27, 2006, a documentary entitled The Return Of Courtney Love was aired on More4
in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Directed by Will Yapp, the documentary followed Love while she recorded How Dirty Girls Get Clean, the original incarnation of Nobody's Daughter, as well as how Love was coping with life after rehab. Throughout the documentary excerpts of new songs were played, which included "How Dirty Girls Get Clean", "Sunset Marquis", "Letter to God", "Pacific Coast Highway" and "Stand Up Motherfucker", as well as others which remain unidentified.
In October 2006, during an interview for Rolling Stone
concerning Dirty Blonde, Love played an impromptu and "raspy, absurdly awesome" version of "Never Go Hungry", which at the time was titled "Never Go Hungry Again." The comments were pleasant, noting that "this proud confessional combines simple folk-rock soundcraft with the guttural scream and lyrical fire of a never-to-be-retired riot grrrl
[...] it's 1994 all over again." In November, a rough recording of "Never Go Hungry" was released from a podcast interview for The Times
and later the same month, Love exclusively played two separate clips of "Pacific Coast Highway" from the unmixed album on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour
and Russell Brand
's radio show. Love later appeared on Brand's show for a second time and performed an acoustic version of "Sunset Marquis."
and Linda Perry
were the principal personnel involved in the recording of the original version of the album, Courtney Love
's How Dirty Girls Get Clean. Corgan helped Love lay down some demo tracks at Los Angeles studio Village Recorder in 2006 and assumed the role of guitar player on most of the songs, as well as writing the main riff to "Samantha
", while Perry co-wrote a number of songs and headed production. In a May 2006 interview, Perry stated that her "dedication right now is to bring back the queen of rock and roll, and that's Courtney Love... my job now is to make that rock and roll record that everybody's gonna love."
However, after many failed attempts at recording the album throughout 2006-2008, Michael Beinhorn
was hired as a producer in late 2008, along with an assistant producer, Owen Lewis. Love had stated in a blog post that her "final producer on this record is very strong as a man and has opinions very strongly- he did Celebrity Skin." Recording for the album began in Glenwood Place Studios in Burbank, California in January 2009 and continued there for a number of months. Further recording was done at Henson Recording Studios
, where "Skinny Little Bitch
", "Samantha" and the title track "Nobody's Daughter" are known to have been recorded. Prior to the second sessions for the album, Beinhorn departed from the project leaving guitarist Micko Larkin
in charge of additional production.
Final sessions for the album began at New York's famous Electric Lady Studios
in August 2009 and lasted until December. Of all three recording sessions, the band's stay at Electric Lady Studios was the shortest and most concerned with additional overdubs (on the likes of "Never Go Hungry") and production. Around that time, Love stated that the record was finished with the completion of the song "Honey", "the widow song" she never wanted to record, but is extremely pleased with.
's label, Custard Records
as a solo artist for the release. Subsequently Universal Music, which Love as part of Hole had sued to get out of their contract became the record label. On the subject of being under Universal again, Love declared she was "not holding any grudges about it".
At the end of January 2007, Love signed with The Firm
, a notorious Californian management company, for representing her on the sale of the upcoming album and on August 7, Love claimed to have struck a distribution deal with Universal Records
sub label W14 Music, a London-based label, although Love was still signed directly to Perry's Custard Records. On January 5, 2009, Love claimed the album was endorsed by a tequila and menstrual brand. According to Love's MySpace administrator, the sponsorship accounts for more than 30 million dollars.
Later in 2009, Love denied rumors that she had signed a deal with Custard Records
. Information from social networking site Facebook
stated that Nobody's Daughter would be released by "CherryForever on various majors internationally." Love hired Stoked PR to handle her public relations across the U.K. and Europe in an attempt to raise awareness of the upcoming release of Nobody's Daughter. At this time it was announced the record would be released under the Hole moniker.
In February 2010, record deal negotiations were mentioned on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
. Hole signed with Universal Records
' Island Def Jam Music Group subsidiary Mercury Records
. Hole also announced that the band are being managed by Crush Management
.
posted two in-depth blogs and two interviews of Courtney Love and Micko Larkin announcing the reunion of Hole. The article was primarily focused on Nobody's Daughter, which was up until then a Courtney Love record, and claimed with the "rock Courtney back in action, this music could only come out under one name, HOLE." According to the NME's posts, former Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur
would re-join the band as a bassist with Micko Larkin replacing co-founder Eric Erlandson
, however, a drummer was not mentioned. There was also mention of "tours next year." Erlandson later suggested in an interview with SPIN
magazine that no reunion can take place without mutual involvement between himself and Love, as stated in a contract signed when the band initially split.
In response to Erlandson's statements, Love stated that Hole is "MY Band MY name and MY Trademark" suggesting that she was the legal owner of the name and not Erlandson. Amidst this, some fans speculated whether or not Nobody's Daughter would be a Hole or Courtney Love record. Love later stated that Auf der Maur did not end up being a part of the album or the band, despite her earlier statement in an interview with an NME journalist, saying that "Melissa is a darling girl, she never came down and sang, she was as touring and she has feelings." Hole opened a Facebook page and new website promoting Nobody's Daughter on January 1, 2010.
On April 14, 2010 - shortly before the release of Nobody's Daughter - Erlandson confirmed to GrungeReport.net that the contract that he had mentioned in SPIN in 2009, stating that "in the agreement, she agreed that she would not use the name Hole commercially without [Eric]'s approval. She was intent on using her name at that point, figuring it had more value than the name Hole." He also claimed that "[Courtney]'s management convinced me that it was all hot air and that she would never be able to finish her album. Now I’m left in an uncomfortable position" and disputed claims that he and Love reached a financial settlement over the name Hole, stating that "[they] haven’t settled the issue. There’s been no financial settlement. [Eric is] sure what she meant to say is that she hoped for a settlement in the future. But nothing’s happened yet. Courtney and her management continue to roll along with their plans to, in [Eric's] opinion, ruin the Hole legacy, just for some cheap thrills." Despite this, Nobody's Daughter was released under the name Hole and the band have also toured under the name.
chart, selling approximately 22,000 copies in its first week in the United States. By its third week of release it had sold 33,000 copies in total. The album has been viewed as one of the biggest commercial flops of 2010, having undersold Love's previous solo album, America's Sweetheart (also considered a commercial failure).
Critical reaction to the album has been mixed. The score on review website Metacritic
is 58 indicating mixed or average reviews. Allmusic writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine
gave it 2 out of 5 stars and expressed a mixed response towards its "inward-leaning singer/songwriter roots", stating "it’s impossible to disguise the turgid tuneless folk-rock swirl at the heart of Nobody’s Daughter".
" on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
on February 12, 2010. Love was also interviewed prior to the performance. The band also performed their first show since their reunion at London's 02 Shepherd's Bush Empire on February 17, 2010. The band performed two other European dates at Milan's Magazzini Generali, and Amsterdam's Paradiso
on February 19 and February 21, 2010, respectively.
"Samantha
" and "Skinny Little Bitch
" were performed at the NME Awards
at London's 02 Academy Brixton on February 24, 2010. Highlights from the show, including a shortened version of "Samantha", were broadcast on February 26, 2010 on Channel 4
in the United Kingdom
and Ireland
. Love also appeared on Alan Carr: Chatty Man
on February 25, 2010 to promote the album.
For promotion in the United States, Hole performed at Spin
s annual South by Southwest
music festival in Austin
, Texas
on March 19 and 20, 2010. The shows were the band's first tour dates in the U.S. since their final tour in 1999. Further U.S. dates were added the Henry Fonda Theater
in Los Angeles
on April 22, 2010 and Terminal 5
in New York City
on April 27, 2010. Love was also the lead guest on the Late Show with David Letterman
on April 27, 2010 and Hole performed "Skinny Little Bitch." Two days later, Hole performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
venues. Hole will resume their tour in Moscow, Russia at the Afisha Picnic Festival on July 23, 2011 and continue on to perform at Soundwave Revolution in Australia September–October 2011.
(*) denotes engineer at Henson Recording Studios
(**) denotes engineer at Electric Lady Studios
(*) denotes additional production
Hole (band)
Hole is an American alternative rock band that originally formed in Los Angeles in 1989. The band is fronted by vocalist/songwriter and rhythm guitarist Courtney Love, who co-founded Hole with former songwriter/lead guitarist Eric Erlandson...
, released worldwide on April 27, 2010 (see release history) through Mercury Records
Mercury Records
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. The album was originally conceived by Hole frontwoman Courtney Love
Courtney Love
Courtney Michelle Love is an American rock musician. Love is the lead vocalist, lyricist, and rhythm guitarist for alternative rock band Hole, which she formed in 1989, and is an actress who has moved from bit parts in Alex Cox films to significant and acclaimed roles in The People vs...
as a solo project titled How Dirty Girls Get Clean, following her poorly-received solo debut America's Sweetheart (2004). Much of the material featured on Nobody's Daughter originated from studio sessions of How Dirty Girls Get Clean, which was conceived in 2006 after various legal issues and rehabilitation
Drug rehabilitation
Drug rehabilitation is a term for the processes of medical or psychotherapeutic treatment, for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and so-called street drugs such as cocaine, heroin or amphetamines...
sentences—stemming from several years of cocaine
Cocaine
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and opiate
Opiate
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addiction— which had left her "suicidal".
In 2009, Love announced that the album would be released under the band name Hole, along with guitarist Micko Larkin
Micko Larkin
Michael Joseph "Micko" Larkin is an English musician of Irish background, most notable as the lead guitarist of the indie rock band Larrikin Love and more recently, Hole.-Early life and career :...
, bassist Shawn Dailey and drummer Stu Fisher
Stu Fisher
Stuart "Stu" Fisher is an English musician, notable for being the current drummer of alternative rock band Hole. Prior to becoming a member of Hole, Fisher was also the drummer of English psychedelic rock band Ozric Tentacles and also Fingermonster...
. It is the first Hole album to be released in twelve years, since 1998's Celebrity Skin
Celebrity Skin
Celebrity Skin is the third studio album by American alternative rock band Hole, released worldwide by Geffen Records on September 7, 1998 and one day later in the United States...
, and also the group's first release to, aside from Love, not feature any of the original band members.
Background and development
In September 2005, after violating a legal drug probation, Courtney Love was sentenced to a six-month program in a lock-down rehabilitation center, Beau Monde, from which she was released after one half of the sentenced time and completed the other three months under house arrest. During the period in rehab Linda Perry visited Love and supported her by encouraging to write new songs, giving Love a Martin acoustic guitar. The musician then borrowed a Panasonic compact-cassette recorder and penned eight songs during her time in rehab, among them "My Bedroom Walls", "The Depths of My Despair", "Sad But True" and "How Dirty Girls Get Clean." Love later told BillboardBillboard (magazine)
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magazine that her "hand-eye coordination was so bad, [she] didn't even know chords anymore. It was like [her] fingers were frozen. And [she] wasn't allowed to make noise [in rehab]." She also told of how she would "sit there and try to quietly write and struggle", as well as her negative mindset. "I never thought I would work again. 'No one is ever going to talk to me. I'm never going to get a record deal. I'm never going to get on stage again.' So, I just kept writing. This is a very personal album."
Only a few days after her release in November 2005, Love dubbed "The Rehab Tapes" demos
Demo (music)
A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
with Perry and Billy Corgan
Billy Corgan
William Patrick "Billy" Corgan, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional poet best known as the frontman and sole permanent member of The Smashing Pumpkins. Formed by Corgan and guitarist James Iha in Chicago, Illinois in 1987, the band quickly gained steam with the...
. After having returned for the third time to her Nichiren Buddhist
Nichiren Buddhism
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practice, Love allegedly started writing a song a day (according to her, the tune "Pacific Coast Highway" was written in a Los Angeles hotel on Christmas Eve, and "Never Go Hungry" was penned in the same day she got out of rehab). In a sequel, the trio put together a back-up band to Love—including guitarist Paul Thorn, bassist Paul Ill and drummer Nathan Washington — and started recording the actual album, with Linda Perry in charge of production and Corgan as a guitarist and arranger. Anthony Rossomando
Anthony Rossomando
Anthony Pasquale Rossomando is a guitarist, most recently with Carl Barat's rock band Dirty Pretty Things. He previously stood in for Pete Doherty in The Libertines, after Doherty was first suspended from the band and then sacked due to his drug habits...
of Dirty Pretty Things
Dirty Pretty Things (band)
Dirty Pretty Things were an English band fronted by Carl Barât, a member of The Libertines. The formation of the band was announced in September 2005, after a dispute between Barât and Pete Doherty led to the breakup of The Libertines in 2004. Barât had worked with Vertigo Records and had...
and Ben Gordon of The Dead 60s
The Dead 60s
The Dead 60s were an English ska punk band from Liverpool. The band's sound is a mixture of punk rock, ska, dub and reggae. They have taken influences from artists such as King Tubby, Jackie Mittoo, Gang of Four and A Certain Ratio.-Band members:...
were also said to be present on the work as guest musicians. Love and her band then began rehearsing at a studio in West Hollywood. Many of these rehearsals, as well as various other studio sessions, were featured in the 2006 documentary, The Return of Courtney Love.
In a September 2006 interview, Love declared that the album would be mixed in London by Danton Supple, best known for his work with Coldplay
Coldplay
Coldplay are a British alternative rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London. After they formed Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish. Will Champion joined as a...
, and was predicted to be released in February 2007. Love did not release the record at that time and continued to issue new release dates which also were not adhered to. The working title How Dirty Girls Get Clean was changed to Nobody's Daughter. Later in November, Love listed the songs that would not make the album, "Wildfire", "The Depths of My Despair", "Sad But True", "Good In Bed" (adding that they "really tried" to make the latest two work) and "My Bedroom Walls", though the lyrics of this one were used on another. The song "How Dirty Girls Get Clean" (which also was the working title of the album) was reworked and was then confirmed not to be featured on the release. Later, she also confessed that she felt the album needed one more song for the work, which apparently had been written in January. Courtney described the tune, which carried the working title of "Can You Make Me Cry", as being influenced by White Stripes, and she would be "fine-toothing" the lyrics and finishing it with Linda Perry in the following days. In the same month, Moby
Moby
Richard Melville Hall , better known by his stage name Moby, is an American musician, DJ, and photographer. He is known mainly for his sample-based electronic music and his outspoken liberal political views, including his support of veganism and animal rights.Moby gained attention in the early...
, was rumored to be involved in the album's production in the early stages, told Billboard
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: "Courtney sent me a CD of demos and I thought the music was remarkably good, it reminded me of Irish protest songs or old Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
. It was just her with an acoustic guitar." Besides Dylan, -- mainly the album Blood on the Tracks
Blood on the Tracks
Blood on the Tracks is Bob Dylan's 15th studio album, released by Columbia Records in January 1975. The album marked Dylan's return to Columbia after a two-album stint with Asylum Records....
-- Love had confirmed R.E.M., Radiohead
Radiohead
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, U2
U2
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
and Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British–American rock band formed in 1967 in London.The only original member present in the band is its eponymous drummer, Mick Fleetwood...
as influences on the album.
More information regarding possible songs to be featured on the album were leaked in early February 2007. According to Love, there were another five songs that could be on the album, named "I See Red", "Too Much Dope", "In My Gutters", "Samantha" and "Honey". Love later stated that these songs were mostly demos, except "Samantha", which was the last song to be recorded in late March 2007 and was being considered as a possible first single. In the January 2009 issue of Elle Magazine, Love announced that the album would be released as a digital download
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
on her official website on January 1, 2009. However, this did not happen. On January 2, Love's MySpace administrator posted a blog entry on the site explaining that with much regret the album had again been delayed, in part, due to technical sound issues at the studio where the album was recorded.
On April 29, 2006, Love performed at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center Benefit at the Henry Fonda Theater in Los Angeles. With Billy Corgan and Linda Perry, she played acoustic versions of "Sunset Marquis" and "Pacific Coast Highway", as well as a one-time performance of Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British–American rock band formed in 1967 in London.The only original member present in the band is its eponymous drummer, Mick Fleetwood...
's "Rhiannon". Love later invited NME journalists to a private acoustic performance of more songs in her London hotel room, "Stand Up Motherfucker", "Good in Bed" and "Dirty Girls". Love played four songs from her new album at the Los Angeles House of Blues
House of Blues
House of Blues is a chain of 13 live music concert halls and restaurants in major markets throughout the United States. House of Blues first location was in Cambridge's Harvard Square. It was opened in 1992 by Isaac Tigrett, co-founder of Hard Rock Cafe, and Dan Aykroyd, star of The Blues Brothers...
on June 1, 2007 as a special guest of Linda Perry. Perry played acoustic guitar and sang backup.
In July 2006, Perry talked again about working with Love in an interview with rock journalist Morley Seaver, from RocknWorld.com. Between comments about Courtney's musical abilities, she revealed "working on this record has been just a pleasure" and "a slow process because we've been really horning in on a vibe."
A month later - with her new backing band consisting of Micko Larkin, bassist Patricia "Pato" Vidal, drummer Stu Fisher
Stu Fisher
Stuart "Stu" Fisher is an English musician, notable for being the current drummer of alternative rock band Hole. Prior to becoming a member of Hole, Fisher was also the drummer of English psychedelic rock band Ozric Tentacles and also Fingermonster...
, pianist Bethia Beadman and guitarist Liam Wade - on July 4, Love performed in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France and on July 9, 2007, performed a "secret" birthday show at London's Bush Hall. Love's final two shows of 2007 were held in the Hiro Ballroom in New York on July 12 and the famous Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood on July 17. Her performance at the Hiro Ballroom was recorded by music website IMEEM and footage from the show was released on Love's official IMEEM page. Love's performance at the Roxy Theatre was also recorded partially by MySpace
MySpace
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.com and six songs were posted on Love's official page a few days after the show.
For her final solo dates before Hole's reunion shows, Love performed at Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
as part of the (RED) Nights concert series on October 4, 2009 - which benefited the (RED) Campaign
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- and on December 31, 2009 at New York's Standard Hotel's Boom Boom Room as part of its New Year celebration.
On September 27, 2006, a documentary entitled The Return Of Courtney Love was aired on More4
More4
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in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Directed by Will Yapp, the documentary followed Love while she recorded How Dirty Girls Get Clean, the original incarnation of Nobody's Daughter, as well as how Love was coping with life after rehab. Throughout the documentary excerpts of new songs were played, which included "How Dirty Girls Get Clean", "Sunset Marquis", "Letter to God", "Pacific Coast Highway" and "Stand Up Motherfucker", as well as others which remain unidentified.
In October 2006, during an interview for Rolling Stone
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concerning Dirty Blonde, Love played an impromptu and "raspy, absurdly awesome" version of "Never Go Hungry", which at the time was titled "Never Go Hungry Again." The comments were pleasant, noting that "this proud confessional combines simple folk-rock soundcraft with the guttural scream and lyrical fire of a never-to-be-retired riot grrrl
Riot grrrl
Riot grrrl was an underground feminist punk movement based in Washington, DC, Olympia, Washington, Portland, Oregon, and the greater Pacific Northwest which existed in the early to mid-1990s, and it is often associated with third-wave feminism...
[...] it's 1994 all over again." In November, a rough recording of "Never Go Hungry" was released from a podcast interview for The Times
The Times
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and later the same month, Love exclusively played two separate clips of "Pacific Coast Highway" from the unmixed album on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour
Woman's Hour
Woman's Hour is a radio magazine programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom.-History:Created by Norman Collins and originally presented by Alan Ivimey the programme was first broadcast on 7 October 1946 on the BBC's Light Programme . It was transferred to its current home in 1973...
and Russell Brand
Russell Brand
Russell Edward Brand is an English comedian, actor, columnist, singer, author and radio/television presenter.Brand achieved mainstream fame in the UK in 2004 for his role as host of Big Brother spin-off, Big Brother's Big Mouth. His first major film role was in the 2007 film St Trinians...
's radio show. Love later appeared on Brand's show for a second time and performed an acoustic version of "Sunset Marquis."
Recording process
Billy CorganBilly Corgan
William Patrick "Billy" Corgan, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional poet best known as the frontman and sole permanent member of The Smashing Pumpkins. Formed by Corgan and guitarist James Iha in Chicago, Illinois in 1987, the band quickly gained steam with the...
and Linda Perry
Linda Perry
Linda Perry is an American rock musician, songwriter, and record producer. Once best known as the lead singer and primary songwriter of 4 Non Blondes, Perry has founded two record labels and has become a major songwriter and producer...
were the principal personnel involved in the recording of the original version of the album, Courtney Love
Courtney Love
Courtney Michelle Love is an American rock musician. Love is the lead vocalist, lyricist, and rhythm guitarist for alternative rock band Hole, which she formed in 1989, and is an actress who has moved from bit parts in Alex Cox films to significant and acclaimed roles in The People vs...
's How Dirty Girls Get Clean. Corgan helped Love lay down some demo tracks at Los Angeles studio Village Recorder in 2006 and assumed the role of guitar player on most of the songs, as well as writing the main riff to "Samantha
Samantha (Hole song)
"Samantha" is a song by alternative rock band Hole, written by vocalist Courtney Love, The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan and music producer Linda Perry. The song was featured on the band's fourth studio album, Nobody's Daughter, in 2010...
", while Perry co-wrote a number of songs and headed production. In a May 2006 interview, Perry stated that her "dedication right now is to bring back the queen of rock and roll, and that's Courtney Love... my job now is to make that rock and roll record that everybody's gonna love."
However, after many failed attempts at recording the album throughout 2006-2008, Michael Beinhorn
Michael Beinhorn
Michael Beinhorn is an American musician and record producer.Beinhorn started his professional career as a musician, playing keyboards in Bill Laswell's Material during the 1980s...
was hired as a producer in late 2008, along with an assistant producer, Owen Lewis. Love had stated in a blog post that her "final producer on this record is very strong as a man and has opinions very strongly- he did Celebrity Skin." Recording for the album began in Glenwood Place Studios in Burbank, California in January 2009 and continued there for a number of months. Further recording was done at Henson Recording Studios
Henson Recording Studios
Henson Recording Studios was established in 2000 at the former A&M Studios. The remake of We Are the World was recorded at Henson Recording Studios in February 2010 to benefit the Haiti earthquake victims....
, where "Skinny Little Bitch
Skinny Little Bitch
"Skinny Little Bitch" is the fourteenth single from alternative rock group Hole. It is their first single in ten years and lead single from fourth studio album Nobody's Daughter. The single also marks the first release by Hole not to feature founding member Eric Erlandson...
", "Samantha" and the title track "Nobody's Daughter" are known to have been recorded. Prior to the second sessions for the album, Beinhorn departed from the project leaving guitarist Micko Larkin
Micko Larkin
Michael Joseph "Micko" Larkin is an English musician of Irish background, most notable as the lead guitarist of the indie rock band Larrikin Love and more recently, Hole.-Early life and career :...
in charge of additional production.
Final sessions for the album began at New York's famous Electric Lady Studios
Electric Lady Studios
Electric Lady Studios, at 52 West 8th Street, in New York City's Greenwich Village, is a recording studio originally built by Jimi Hendrix and designed by John Storyk in 1970...
in August 2009 and lasted until December. Of all three recording sessions, the band's stay at Electric Lady Studios was the shortest and most concerned with additional overdubs (on the likes of "Never Go Hungry") and production. Around that time, Love stated that the record was finished with the completion of the song "Honey", "the widow song" she never wanted to record, but is extremely pleased with.
Record and management deal
At first Love was rumored to have signed with Linda PerryLinda Perry
Linda Perry is an American rock musician, songwriter, and record producer. Once best known as the lead singer and primary songwriter of 4 Non Blondes, Perry has founded two record labels and has become a major songwriter and producer...
's label, Custard Records
Custard Records
Custard Records is an American record label, best known for its success with English singer-songwriter and Number 1 recording artist James Blunt...
as a solo artist for the release. Subsequently Universal Music, which Love as part of Hole had sued to get out of their contract became the record label. On the subject of being under Universal again, Love declared she was "not holding any grudges about it".
At the end of January 2007, Love signed with The Firm
The Firm, Inc.
The Firm is an artist and talent management company in Beverly Hills, California in the United States.Founded in 1997 by Jeff Kwatinetz and partner Michael Green , The Firm had, at times, divisions devoted to TV and film production, brand management, apparel licensing, beverages, video games and...
, a notorious Californian management company, for representing her on the sale of the upcoming album and on August 7, Love claimed to have struck a distribution deal with Universal Records
Universal Records
Universal Records was a record label owned by Universal Music Group, and it is now owned by Manny Patino and Michael Jackson, and operated as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group.-History:...
sub label W14 Music, a London-based label, although Love was still signed directly to Perry's Custard Records. On January 5, 2009, Love claimed the album was endorsed by a tequila and menstrual brand. According to Love's MySpace administrator, the sponsorship accounts for more than 30 million dollars.
Later in 2009, Love denied rumors that she had signed a deal with Custard Records
Custard Records
Custard Records is an American record label, best known for its success with English singer-songwriter and Number 1 recording artist James Blunt...
. Information from social networking site Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
stated that Nobody's Daughter would be released by "CherryForever on various majors internationally." Love hired Stoked PR to handle her public relations across the U.K. and Europe in an attempt to raise awareness of the upcoming release of Nobody's Daughter. At this time it was announced the record would be released under the Hole moniker.
In February 2010, record deal negotiations were mentioned on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross was a British comedy chat show presented by Jonathan Ross. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 2 November 2001. The programme featured Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from both a guest music group and the house band...
. Hole signed with Universal Records
Universal Records
Universal Records was a record label owned by Universal Music Group, and it is now owned by Manny Patino and Michael Jackson, and operated as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group.-History:...
' Island Def Jam Music Group subsidiary Mercury Records
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...
. Hole also announced that the band are being managed by Crush Management
Crush Management
Crush Management is a New York City-based musician management company, who manages Hole, Train, Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, Travie McCoy/Gym Class Heroes and Cobra Starship amongst others. The company was founded by Jonathan Daniel, formerly of several glam rock bands , and Bob McLynn,...
.
Disputes over artist's title (Hole/Courtney Love)
On June 17, 2009, English music magazine NMENME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
posted two in-depth blogs and two interviews of Courtney Love and Micko Larkin announcing the reunion of Hole. The article was primarily focused on Nobody's Daughter, which was up until then a Courtney Love record, and claimed with the "rock Courtney back in action, this music could only come out under one name, HOLE." According to the NME's posts, former Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur
Melissa Auf der Maur
Melissa Auf der Maur is a Canadian rock musician from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Her career has included 5 years as bassist with the band Hole and she later toured with The Smashing Pumpkins for their 2000 tour. Her second solo album, Out of Our Minds, was released on March 30, 2010. She is also a...
would re-join the band as a bassist with Micko Larkin replacing co-founder Eric Erlandson
Eric Erlandson
Eric Erlandson is an American musician known as the co-founder, former songwriter and lead guitarist of alternative rock band Hole.-Early life and career:...
, however, a drummer was not mentioned. There was also mention of "tours next year." Erlandson later suggested in an interview with SPIN
Spin (magazine)
Spin is a music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr.-History:In its early years, the magazine was noted for its broad music coverage with an emphasis on college-oriented rock music and on the ongoing emergence of hip-hop. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard...
magazine that no reunion can take place without mutual involvement between himself and Love, as stated in a contract signed when the band initially split.
In response to Erlandson's statements, Love stated that Hole is "MY Band MY name and MY Trademark" suggesting that she was the legal owner of the name and not Erlandson. Amidst this, some fans speculated whether or not Nobody's Daughter would be a Hole or Courtney Love record. Love later stated that Auf der Maur did not end up being a part of the album or the band, despite her earlier statement in an interview with an NME journalist, saying that "Melissa is a darling girl, she never came down and sang, she was as touring and she has feelings." Hole opened a Facebook page and new website promoting Nobody's Daughter on January 1, 2010.
On April 14, 2010 - shortly before the release of Nobody's Daughter - Erlandson confirmed to GrungeReport.net that the contract that he had mentioned in SPIN in 2009, stating that "in the agreement, she agreed that she would not use the name Hole commercially without [Eric]'s approval. She was intent on using her name at that point, figuring it had more value than the name Hole." He also claimed that "[Courtney]'s management convinced me that it was all hot air and that she would never be able to finish her album. Now I’m left in an uncomfortable position" and disputed claims that he and Love reached a financial settlement over the name Hole, stating that "[they] haven’t settled the issue. There’s been no financial settlement. [Eric is] sure what she meant to say is that she hoped for a settlement in the future. But nothing’s happened yet. Courtney and her management continue to roll along with their plans to, in [Eric's] opinion, ruin the Hole legacy, just for some cheap thrills." Despite this, Nobody's Daughter was released under the name Hole and the band have also toured under the name.
Reception
The album debuted at number 15 on the Billboard 200Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
chart, selling approximately 22,000 copies in its first week in the United States. By its third week of release it had sold 33,000 copies in total. The album has been viewed as one of the biggest commercial flops of 2010, having undersold Love's previous solo album, America's Sweetheart (also considered a commercial failure).
Critical reaction to the album has been mixed. The score on review website Metacritic
Metacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
is 58 indicating mixed or average reviews. Allmusic writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Stephen Thomas Erlewine is a senior editor for Allmusic. He is the author of many artist biographies and record reviews for Allmusic, as well as a freelance writer, occasionally contributing liner notes. He is also frontman and guitarist for the Ann Arbor-based band Who Dat?Erlewine is the nephew...
gave it 2 out of 5 stars and expressed a mixed response towards its "inward-leaning singer/songwriter roots", stating "it’s impossible to disguise the turgid tuneless folk-rock swirl at the heart of Nobody’s Daughter".
Promotion
To promote the album, Hole, with the line-up of Love, Micko Larkin, Shawn Dailey (bass) and Stu Fisher (drums) performed "SamanthaSamantha (Hole song)
"Samantha" is a song by alternative rock band Hole, written by vocalist Courtney Love, The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan and music producer Linda Perry. The song was featured on the band's fourth studio album, Nobody's Daughter, in 2010...
" on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross was a British comedy chat show presented by Jonathan Ross. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 2 November 2001. The programme featured Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from both a guest music group and the house band...
on February 12, 2010. Love was also interviewed prior to the performance. The band also performed their first show since their reunion at London's 02 Shepherd's Bush Empire on February 17, 2010. The band performed two other European dates at Milan's Magazzini Generali, and Amsterdam's Paradiso
Paradiso (Amsterdam)
Paradiso is an iconic rock music venue and cultural center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.-History:It is housed in a converted former church building that dates from the nineteenth century and that was used until 1965 as the meeting hall for a liberal Dutch religious group known as the "Vrije...
on February 19 and February 21, 2010, respectively.
"Samantha
Samantha (Hole song)
"Samantha" is a song by alternative rock band Hole, written by vocalist Courtney Love, The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan and music producer Linda Perry. The song was featured on the band's fourth studio album, Nobody's Daughter, in 2010...
" and "Skinny Little Bitch
Skinny Little Bitch
"Skinny Little Bitch" is the fourteenth single from alternative rock group Hole. It is their first single in ten years and lead single from fourth studio album Nobody's Daughter. The single also marks the first release by Hole not to feature founding member Eric Erlandson...
" were performed at the NME Awards
NME Awards
The NME Awards is an annual music awards show in the United Kingdom, founded by the music magazine, NME .The first awards show was held in 1953 as the NME Poll Winners Concerts, shortly after the founding of the magazine....
at London's 02 Academy Brixton on February 24, 2010. Highlights from the show, including a shortened version of "Samantha", were broadcast on February 26, 2010 on Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. Love also appeared on Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Alan Carr: Chatty Man is a British comedy chat show presented by comedian Alan Carr. The award-winning show is on Channel 4. The show features interviews with celebrity guests, sketches, topical chat and music....
on February 25, 2010 to promote the album.
For promotion in the United States, Hole performed at Spin
Spin (magazine)
Spin is a music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr.-History:In its early years, the magazine was noted for its broad music coverage with an emphasis on college-oriented rock music and on the ongoing emergence of hip-hop. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard...
s annual South by Southwest
South by Southwest
South by Southwest is an Austin, Texas based company dedicated to planning conferences, trade shows, festivals and other events. Their current roster of annual events include: SXSW Music, SXSW Film, SXSW Interactive, SXSWedu, and SXSWeco and take place every spring in Austin, Texas, United States...
music festival in Austin
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
on March 19 and 20, 2010. The shows were the band's first tour dates in the U.S. since their final tour in 1999. Further U.S. dates were added the Henry Fonda Theater
Music Box Theater (Los Angeles)
The Music Box is a concert venue in Los Angeles, California. It was previously called the Henry Fonda Theater, after the actor Henry Fonda....
in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
on April 22, 2010 and Terminal 5
Terminal 5 (venue)
Terminal 5 is a New York City music venue in Hell's Kitchen, located at 610 West 56th Street, west of 11th Avenue. It has a multi-level event site with five distinct room environments. It has a capacity of 3,000 people....
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
on April 27, 2010. Love was also the lead guest on the Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman is a U.S. late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and is produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated. The show's music director and band-leader of the house band, the CBS Orchestra, is...
on April 27, 2010 and Hole performed "Skinny Little Bitch." Two days later, Hole performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
Tour dates
Hole was supposed to tour extensively through Europe during the summer in support of the album, however, due to an unspecified "legal matter", all European dates outside of the United Kingdom were canceled and replaced with North AmericanNorth American
North American generally refers to an entity, people, group, or attribute of North America, especially of the United States and Canada together.-Culture:*North American English, a collective term used to describe American English and Canadian English...
venues. Hole will resume their tour in Moscow, Russia at the Afisha Picnic Festival on July 23, 2011 and continue on to perform at Soundwave Revolution in Australia September–October 2011.
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| February 17, 2010 | London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... |
United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
O2 Shepherds Bush Empire | |
| February 19, 2010 | Milan Milan Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,... |
Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
Magazzini Generali | |
| February 21, 2010 | Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population... |
Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... |
Paradiso Paradiso (Amsterdam) Paradiso is an iconic rock music venue and cultural center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.-History:It is housed in a converted former church building that dates from the nineteenth century and that was used until 1965 as the meeting hall for a liberal Dutch religious group known as the "Vrije... |
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| February 24, 2010 | London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... |
United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
O2 Academy Brixton (NME Awards NME Awards The NME Awards is an annual music awards show in the United Kingdom, founded by the music magazine, NME .The first awards show was held in 1953 as the NME Poll Winners Concerts, shortly after the founding of the magazine.... ) |
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| March 19, 2010 | Austin Austin Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas.Austin may also refer to:-In the United States:*Austin, Arkansas*Austin, Colorado*Austin, Chicago, Illinois*Austin, Indiana*Austin, Minnesota*Austin, Nevada*Austin, Oregon... |
United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Stubb's Bar-B-Q (SXSW South by Southwest South by Southwest is an Austin, Texas based company dedicated to planning conferences, trade shows, festivals and other events. Their current roster of annual events include: SXSW Music, SXSW Film, SXSW Interactive, SXSWedu, and SXSWeco and take place every spring in Austin, Texas, United States... - Spin Spin (magazine) Spin is a music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr.-History:In its early years, the magazine was noted for its broad music coverage with an emphasis on college-oriented rock music and on the ongoing emergence of hip-hop. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard... Magazine Party) |
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| March 20, 2010 | Dirty Dog Bar (SXSW - Crush Showcase) |
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| April 22, 2010 | Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... |
Henry Fonda Theater | ||
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| April 27, 2010 | New York New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east... |
Terminal 5 Terminal 5 (venue) Terminal 5 is a New York City music venue in Hell's Kitchen, located at 610 West 56th Street, west of 11th Avenue. It has a multi-level event site with five distinct room environments. It has a capacity of 3,000 people.... |
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| May 3, 2010 | Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands... |
United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
O2 Academy Glasgow | |
| May 5, 2010 | London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... |
O2 Academy Brixton | ||
| May 7, 2010 | Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater... |
Manchester Academy Manchester Academy Manchester Academy is a brand name used by the University of Manchester Students' Union for its four concert venues in Manchester, England, which reside on Oxford Road both within and adjacent to the main Students' Union building.... |
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| May 9, 2010 | Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... |
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| June 3, 2010 | San Diego | United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
4th & B Concert Theater | |
| June 22, 2010 | Philadelphia | Electric Factory Electric Factory The Electric Factory is a concert venue in Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaThe original "Electric Factory" venue was a converted tire warehouse at 22nd and Arch Streets, which opened in 1968. The first performers, on February 2, 1968, were the Chambers Brothers... |
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| June 23, 2010 | Boston Boston Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had... |
House of Blues House of Blues House of Blues is a chain of 13 live music concert halls and restaurants in major markets throughout the United States. House of Blues first location was in Cambridge's Harvard Square. It was opened in 1992 by Isaac Tigrett, co-founder of Hard Rock Cafe, and Dan Aykroyd, star of The Blues Brothers... |
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| June 25, 2010 | Montclair, New Jersey Montclair, New Jersey -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 38,977 people, 15,020 households, and 9,687 families residing in the township. The population density was 6,183.6 people per square mile . There were 15,531 housing units at an average density of 2,464.0 per square mile... |
Wellmont Theatre Wellmont Theatre The Wellmont Theatre, at 5 Seymour Street and Bloomfield Avenue, is a theater and music venue in downtown Montclair, New Jersey.-History:The theatre opened in 1922 for live entertainment then switched to movies in 1929. In 2008 it completed a $3 million renovation and became a music venue. The... |
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| June 26, 2010 | Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach.... |
Norva Theatre Norva Theatre The NorVa is a performing theatre located in Norfolk, Virginia. The NorVa's name consists of an abbreviation relating to its location.The NorVa was the brainchild of local music venue entrepreneurs Bill Reid and Rick Mersel, who have also developed the NTelos Wireless Pavilion and have ties to the... |
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| June 27, 2010 | Washington, DC | 9:30 Club 9:30 Club Foo Fighters Promise to come back to D.C. and play the 9:30 ClubNightclub 9:30 is a nightclub and concert venue in Washington, D.C. Originally located at 930 F Street, NW, Washington, D.C., in the 1970s it was called the "Atlantis Club", and hosted primarily rock, New Wave, and punk bands... |
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| June 29, 2010 | Nashville | Ryman Auditorium Ryman Auditorium The Ryman Auditorium is a 2,362-seat live performance venue, located at 115 5th Avenue North, in Nashville, Tennessee and is best known as the historic home of the Grand Ole Opry.... |
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| June 30, 2010 | Atlanta | The Tabernacle The Tabernacle The Tabernacle, informally known as The Tabby, is a mid-size concert hall, in the U.S. city of Atlanta, currently managed by concert promoter Live Nation... |
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| July 2, 2010 | Miami | The Fillmore Miami Beach (Jackie Gleason Theater) | ||
| July 6, 2010 | Houston | House of Blues House of Blues House of Blues is a chain of 13 live music concert halls and restaurants in major markets throughout the United States. House of Blues first location was in Cambridge's Harvard Square. It was opened in 1992 by Isaac Tigrett, co-founder of Hard Rock Cafe, and Dan Aykroyd, star of The Blues Brothers... |
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| July 7, 2010 | Dallas | House of Blues House of Blues House of Blues is a chain of 13 live music concert halls and restaurants in major markets throughout the United States. House of Blues first location was in Cambridge's Harvard Square. It was opened in 1992 by Isaac Tigrett, co-founder of Hard Rock Cafe, and Dan Aykroyd, star of The Blues Brothers... |
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| July 9, 2010 | Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario... |
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Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest | |
| July 10, 2010 | Toronto Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... |
Sound Academy | ||
| July 11, 2010 | Detroit | United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
The Fillmore Detroit The Fillmore Detroit The Fillmore Detroit is a mixed-use entertainment venue operated by Live Nation. The Detroit Music Awards are held annually at The Fillmore Detroit in April. Built in 1925, the Fillmore Detroit was known for most of its history as the State Theatre, and prior to that as the Palms Theatre... |
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| July 13, 2010 | St. Louis, MO | The Pageant The Pageant The Pageant, sometimes called The Pageant Concert NightClub, is a music venue in the Delmar Loop district, located on the western edge of Saint Louis, Missouri, just east of the University City half of the loop area.... |
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| July 14, 2010 | Chicago Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles... |
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| August 7, 2010 | Chiba Chiba, Chiba is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is located approximately 40 km east of the center of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay. Chiba City became a government designated city in 1992. Its population as of 2008 is approximately 960,000.... |
Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
Chiba Marine Stadium Chiba Marine Stadium is a stadium in Chiba City, Japan. It opened in 1990 and holds 30,000 people.The official opening of the stadium was held on April 13, 1990, when popstar Madonna opened her Blond Ambition Tour at the venue... (Summer Sonic Festival Summer Sonic Festival The Summer Sonic Festival is an annual two or three-days rock festival held at the same time in Osaka and Chiba. The majority of the bands playing in Osaka the first day go to Chiba the following day and vice versa.... ) |
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| August 25, 2010 | Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... |
France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
Bataclan Bataclan (theatre) The Bataclan is a "salle de spectacle" at 50 boulevard Voltaire in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. It was built in 1864 by the architect Charles Duval. Its name refers to Ba-Ta-Clan, an operetta by Offenbach... |
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| August 27, 2010 | Zurich Zürich Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich... |
Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
Open Air Festival | |
| August 28, 2010 | Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most... |
Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... |
Orange Warsaw Festival | |
| August 30, 2010 | Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... |
Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
Atlantico Live | |
| August 31, 2010 | Padova | Gran Teatro | ||
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| September 5, 2010 | Seattle Seattle, Washington Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country... |
United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Bumbershoot Festival Bumbershoot Bumbershoot is an annual international music and arts festival held in Seattle, Washington. One of North America's largest such festivals, it takes place every Labor Day weekend at the 74-acre Seattle Center, which was built for the 1962 World's Fair. Seattle Center includes indoor theaters,... |
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Track listing
The track listing was revealed by holerock.net.Musicians
- Courtney LoveCourtney LoveCourtney Michelle Love is an American rock musician. Love is the lead vocalist, lyricist, and rhythm guitarist for alternative rock band Hole, which she formed in 1989, and is an actress who has moved from bit parts in Alex Cox films to significant and acclaimed roles in The People vs...
- vocals, guitar - Micko LarkinMicko LarkinMichael Joseph "Micko" Larkin is an English musician of Irish background, most notable as the lead guitarist of the indie rock band Larrikin Love and more recently, Hole.-Early life and career :...
- guitar - Shawn Dailey - bass
- Stu FisherStu FisherStuart "Stu" Fisher is an English musician, notable for being the current drummer of alternative rock band Hole. Prior to becoming a member of Hole, Fisher was also the drummer of English psychedelic rock band Ozric Tentacles and also Fingermonster...
- drums
- Linda PerryLinda PerryLinda Perry is an American rock musician, songwriter, and record producer. Once best known as the lead singer and primary songwriter of 4 Non Blondes, Perry has founded two record labels and has become a major songwriter and producer...
- electric guitar, acoustic guitar (on "Letter to GodLetter to God (song)"Letter to God" is a song by alternative rock band Hole, written solely by music producer Linda Perry. The song was released as the band's sixteenth single, and third and final single from their fourth studio album Nobody's Daughter, on April 20, 2010, as a digital download...
" and "Never Go Hungry") - Peter Thorn - electric guitar, acoustic guitar (on "Letter to God")
- Paul Ill - bass (on "Letter to God")
- Kellii Scott - drums (on "Letter to God")
- Jack IronsJack IronsJack Steven Irons is an American musician who is best known as the original drummer of the American rock band The Red Hot Chili Peppers, as well as the former drummer for Eleven and Pearl Jam. He has also worked with Joe Strummer and The Latino Rockabilly War, Redd Kross, Raging Slab, Spinnerette...
- additional drums - Damon Fox - piano (on "Letter to God")
- Peter Levin - piano/keys (on "Someone Else's Bed")
- Thomas Bartlett - piano (on "Happy Ending Story")
- Erik Friedlander - cello (on "Nobody's Daughter, "Honey", "SamanthaSamantha (Hole song)"Samantha" is a song by alternative rock band Hole, written by vocalist Courtney Love, The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan and music producer Linda Perry. The song was featured on the band's fourth studio album, Nobody's Daughter, in 2010...
", "Someone Else's Bed, "For Once in Your Life", "Letter to God" and "Happy Ending Story") - Jenni Muldaur - backing vocals (on "Nobody's Daughter", "Pacific Coast HighwayPacific Coast Highway (song)"Pacific Coast Highway" is the fifteenth single from alternative rock group Hole. It is the second single from the band's fourth studio album Nobody's Daughter...
" and "For Once in Your Life") - Martha WainwrightMartha WainwrightMartha Wainwright is a Canadian-American folk-rock singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of American folk singer and actor Loudon Wainwright III and Canadian folk singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle...
- backing vocals (on "Nobody's Daughter" and "Pacific Coast Highway")
Personnel
- Michael BeinhornMichael BeinhornMichael Beinhorn is an American musician and record producer.Beinhorn started his professional career as a musician, playing keyboards in Bill Laswell's Material during the 1980s...
- producer - Micko Larkin - additional producer
- Linda Perry - producer (on "Letter to God" and "Never Go Hungry"), engineer (on "Letter to God")
- Owen Lewis - assistant producer
- Karl Egsieker - engineer (*)
- Nico Essig - additional engineer (*)
- Tom Syrowski - additional engineer (*)
- Noah Goldstein - engineer (**)
- Ryan Gilligan - additional engineer (**)
- Ian Shea - additional engineer (**)
- Pete Bischof - additional engineer (**)
- D. Sardy - mixer
- John O'Mahoney - mixer (on "Skinny Little BitchSkinny Little Bitch"Skinny Little Bitch" is the fourteenth single from alternative rock group Hole. It is their first single in ten years and lead single from fourth studio album Nobody's Daughter. The single also marks the first release by Hole not to feature founding member Eric Erlandson...
") - Andy Brohard - mix engineer
- Alec Gomez - additional mix engineer
- Cameron Barton - additional mix engineer
- John Schmersal - additional mix engineer
- Dave McNair - masterer
- Patrick Hegart - art design
- Front cover: Marie AntoinetteMarie AntoinetteMarie Antoinette ; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was an Archduchess of Austria and the Queen of France and of Navarre. She was the fifteenth and penultimate child of Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I....
by Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, 1783 - Back cover: Anne BoleynAnne BoleynAnne Boleyn ;c.1501/1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of Henry VIII of England and Marquess of Pembroke in her own right. Henry's marriage to Anne, and her subsequent execution, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that was the...
by anonymous, 16th century - Interior panel: Accident by Gretchen Ryan
- Inlay: The Execution of Lady Jane Grey by Paul Delaroche, 1834
- Front cover: Marie Antoinette
(*) denotes engineer at Henson Recording Studios
(**) denotes engineer at Electric Lady Studios
(*) denotes additional production
Singles
- "Skinny Little BitchSkinny Little Bitch"Skinny Little Bitch" is the fourteenth single from alternative rock group Hole. It is their first single in ten years and lead single from fourth studio album Nobody's Daughter. The single also marks the first release by Hole not to feature founding member Eric Erlandson...
" (released on March 16, 2010 as a digital downloadMusic downloadA music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
and a limited vinyl on April 13) - "Pacific Coast HighwayPacific Coast Highway (song)"Pacific Coast Highway" is the fifteenth single from alternative rock group Hole. It is the second single from the band's fourth studio album Nobody's Daughter...
" (released on April 6, 2010 as a digital download) - "Letter to GodLetter to God (song)"Letter to God" is a song by alternative rock band Hole, written solely by music producer Linda Perry. The song was released as the band's sixteenth single, and third and final single from their fourth studio album Nobody's Daughter, on April 20, 2010, as a digital download...
" (released on April 20, 2010 as a digital download)
Unreleased tracks
The following is a list of songs that have been recorded or mentioned - either by Courtney Love or Hole - during the Nobody's Daughter sessions and have not been released commercially.- "Amen" (Larkin)
- "Can You Make Me Cry"
- "Car Crash" (Love, Thorn)
- "Don't You (Forget About Me)Don't You (Forget About Me)"Don't You " is a song known for its being in the soundtrack to the film The Breakfast Club and performed by the band Simple Minds in 1985. The songwriters were producer Keith Forsey "Don't You (Forget About Me)" is a song known for its being in the soundtrack to the film The Breakfast Club and...
" (ForseyKeith ForseyKeith Forsey is an English soundtrack composer, drummer, songwriter and record producer.-Biography:Forsey's first recordings were as the younger member of the group The Spectrum, better known for the end title theme for Gerry Anderson's Captain Scarlet, but hit makers across Europe in their own...
, Schiff) - "The Depths of My Despair"
- "Everything I Touch"
- "Good in Bed"
- "How Dirty Girls Get Clean" candy version (Love, Perry, Corgan)
- "I See Red"
- "I'll Keep It With MineI'll Keep It with Mine"I'll Keep It with Mine" is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1964, first officially released by folk singer Judy Collins as a single in 1965. Dylan attempted to record the song for his 1966 album Blonde on Blonde.-Dylan's Version:...
" (DylanBob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
) - "In My Gutters"
- "Bette Davis EyesBette Davis Eyes"Bette Davis Eyes" is a song written in 1974 by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon and made popular by American singer-songwriter Kim Carnes.-History:...
" (DeShannonJackie DeShannonJackie DeShannon is an American singer-songwriter with a string of hit song credits from the 1960s onwards. She was one of the first female singer-songwriters of the rock 'n' roll period.- Life and early career :...
, CarnesKim CarnesKim Carnes is an American singer-songwriter. She is a two-time Grammy Award winner noted for her distinctive raspy vocal style. Some people have called her "The Female Rod Stewart" due to her raspy voice....
) - "Last Will and Testament"
- "Leading Man"
- "The Light"
- "My Bedroom Walls"
- "Nobody's Daughter" original version (Love, Perry, Washington, Ill, Thorn)
- "Number One Genius"
- "Pretty Your Whole Life" incorporates elements from "Too Much Dope"
- "Sad But True"
- "Stand Up Motherfucker"
- "Suffer Little ChildrenSuffer Little Children"Suffer Little Children" is a song by the Manchester band, The Smiths, that was included on their eponymous debut album in 1984. The song is about the Moors murders that took place on Saddleworth Moor in the West Riding of Yorkshire between 1963 and 1965...
" (MarrJohnny MarrJohnny Marr is an English musician and songwriter. Marr rose to fame in the 1980s as the guitarist in The Smiths, with whom he formed a prolific songwriting partnership with Morrissey. Marr has been a member of Electronic, The The, and Modest Mouse...
, MorrisseyMorrisseySteven Patrick Morrissey , known as Morrissey, is an English singer and lyricist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the alternative rock band The Smiths. The band was highly successful in the United Kingdom but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career,...
) - "Sunset Marquis" (Love, Perry, Corgan)
- "Too Much Dope"
- "Wildfire"
Chart positions
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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| Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
15 |
| Billboard Top Alternative Albums | 2 |
| Billboard Top Rock Albums | 4 |
| Billboard Top Digital Albums | 8 |
| Austria Albums Chart Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann... |
45 |
| Australian ARIA Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
50 |
| Belgian Wallonia Albums Chart Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... |
95 |
| Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS... |
11 |
| Greek Album Charts IFPI Greece International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Greece or IFPI Greece is the Greek branch of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and is the official charts provider and recording sales certification body for Greece. Currently two charts are compiled, one for sales of... |
11 |
| Irish Album Charts | 93 |
| French Album Charts Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
44 |
| Swedish Music Charts Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
25 |
| Swiss Music Charts Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
37 |
| UK Album Charts | 46 |
Release history
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| Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
April 23, 2010 | CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , vinyl Gramophone record A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove... , digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
| Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
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| Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
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| Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... |
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| Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... |
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| World World World is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth.... |
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| United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
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| Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
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| United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
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| Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
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| Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... |