The discography of Hole, a Los Angeles–based American alternative rock band, consists of four studio albums, one compilation album, three extended plays, and 16 singles.
Hole was formed in 1989 by vocalist and rhythm guitarist Courtney Love and lead guitarist Eric Erlandson. The band went through a number of line-up changes before recruiting bassist Jill Emery and drummer Caroline Rue in early 1990. The band signed to the independent label Caroline Records and its European subsidiary City Slang, and released its debut studio album, Pretty on the Inside, in September 1991. Pretty on the Inside was a critical success, especially in the United Kingdom, where the album's lead single, "Teenage Whore", peaked at number 1 in the UK Indie Chart.
Following negotiations with a number of major labels, Hole signed a seven-album contract with DGC Records in 1992. Due to creative differences, Emery and Rue left the band prior to the deal and were replaced by Kristen Pfaff and Patty Schemel, respectively. Hole released its major label debut Live Through This in April 1994. A critical and commercial success, Live Through This was released a week after the death of Love's husband, Kurt Cobain, and two months prior to the death of bassist Kristen Pfaff. The band postponed the album's supporting tour and recruited bassist Melissa Auf der Maur. After constant touring in support of Live Through Thiss release, Hole went on a hiatus in 1995. In 1998, the band released its third studio album, Celebrity Skin, which debuted at number 9 on the Billboard 200. Following the tour in support of the album, Auf der Maur left the band and joined The Smashing Pumpkins in 2000, and Love and Erlandson disbanded Hole in May 2002.
In 2009, Love announced that her second studio album, Nobody's Daughter, was due to be released as Hole's fourth studio album and announced the band's reformation. Although Erlandson claimed that no reformation was possible for legal reasons, Hole released Nobody's Daughter worldwide on April 23, 2010. The album received mixed critical response and was a commercial failure. In 2013, Love announced that Hole was "dead", and that she was abandoning the moniker and returning to recording and performing as a solo artist.
Hole's studio albums alone have sold over 3 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Live Through This and Celebrity Skin have been certified platinum in the United States and Canada, and certified gold in Australia. "Malibu", a single from Celebrity Skin, has also been certified gold in Australia.
Albums Studio albums Title Details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications(sales thresholds) US AUSAustralian (ARIA) peaks: Top 50 peaks: Top 100 peaks until December 2010: "Miss World": N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached. "Softer, Softest": "Doll Parts" and "Violet": All ARIA peaks to April 7, 2024: N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart. AUT CANPeak chart positions for Hole in Canada: FRA GER NLD SWE SWI UKUK chart peaks: Top 100 peaks except "Teenage Whore": N.B. This site contains compressed chart peaks (singles with sales decreases exceeding 20% on the previous week are excluded from the chart below number 75) for singles charting between number 76 and 100. The site is missing positions 76–100 from the second week of April 1991 through to January 1994 inclusive; hence, the peak for "Teenage Whore" is not listed here. "Teenage Whore": Top 200 peaks from November 1994 to December 2010: N.B. This site contains uncompressed (no exclusions below number 75) chart peaks between numbers 76 and 200. Some peaks will therefore be lower than those on the Official Charts site. Pretty on the InsideReleased: September 17, 1991 Label: Caroline Format: CD, CS — — — — — — — — — 59US: 200,000 Live Through ThisReleased: April 12, 1994 Label: DGC Format: CD, CS 52 13 — 29 — 39 29 22 — 13US: 1.6 million Worldwide: 2 millionRIAA: Platinum ARIA: Platinum BPI: Gold N.B. User must define search parameters. Enter "Hole" into Keywords, select "Artist" from Search by and click search. MC: Platinum Celebrity SkinReleased: September 8, 1998 Label: Geffen Format: CD, CS, LP 9 4 15 3 24 21 62 10 26 11US: 1.4 million CAN: 150,000RIAA: Platinum ARIA: 2× Platinum BPI: Gold MC: Platinum Nobody's DaughterReleased: April 23, 2010 Label: Mercury/Island Def Jam Format: CD, DI, LP 15 50 45 11 44 61 — 25 37 46US: 33,000 "—" denotes a release that did not chart.
Compilation albums Title Details Peak chart positions UK My Body, the Hand GrenadeReleased: October 28, 1997 Label: City Slang (04995-2) Formats: CD, LP 82
Live albums Title Details Grease Your HipsReleased: January 22, 2016 Label: Let Them Eat Vinyl (LETV399LP) Formats: CD, LP
Extended plays Title Details Peak chart positions US AUS Ask for ItReleased: September 12, 1995 Label: Caroline (1470-1), Virgin (20025) Format: CD, LP, CS 172 183 The First SessionReleased: August 26, 1997 Label: Sympathy (053) Format: CD — — Awful: Australian Tour EPReleased: 1999 Label: Geffen (97058) Format: CD — 44 "—" denotes a release that did not chart.
Promotional extended plays Title Details Selections from Live Through ThisReleased: March 1994 Label: Geffen (4635) Format: CS Extracts from Celebrity SkinReleased: August 1998 Label: Geffen (SAM155) Format: CD Sampler 5 TitresReleased: March 2010 Label: Mercury Format: CD
I Virgin Records released "Ask for It" in Japan and Canada. II Only released in France.
Singles Year Song Peak chart positions Certifications B/W Album US USAlt. USMain. AUS CANPeak chart positions for singles in Canada: "Miss World": "Doll Parts": "Malibu": FRA NLD NZL SWE UK 1990 "Retard Girl" — — — — — — — — — — "Phonebill Song"/"Johnnie's in the Bathroom" Non-album single 1991 "Dicknail" — — — — — — — — — — "Burn Black" "Teenage Whore" — — — — — — — — — 80 "Drown Soda"/"Burn Black" Pretty on the Inside 1993 "Beautiful Son" — — — — — — — — — 54 "20 Years in the Dakota"/"Old Age" Non-album single 1994 "Miss World" — 13 — 57 89 — — — — 64 "Rock Star" (alternate mix) Live Through This "Doll Parts" 58 4 — 136 75 45 — — — 16 RIAA: Gold "The Void" 1995 "Violet" — 29 — 110 — — 45 — — 17 RIAA: Gold "Old Age" "Softer, Softest" — 32 — 90 — — — — — — "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)" 1996 "Gold Dust Woman" — 31 — 87 — — — — — — The Crow: City of Angels soundtrack 1998 "Celebrity Skin" 85 1 4 24 1 64 — 33 43 19RIAA: Platinum BPI: Gold "Best Sunday Dress" Celebrity Skin "Malibu" 81 3 16 11 16 — 38 — 22ARIA: Gold"Drag" 1999 "Awful" — 13 — 44 — — — — — 39 2000 "Be a Man" — — — 102 — — — — — — Any Given Sunday soundtrack 2010 "Skinny Little Bitch" — 19 35 180 — — — — — — "Codine" Nobody's Daughter "Pacific Coast Highway" — — — — — — — — — — "Letter to God" — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a release that did not chart.
Split singles + Year Single Other artist Notes 1994 "Circle One / Shutdown" Monkeywrench Hole are credited as "The Holez" 1996 "Gold Dust Woman/Spit" NY Loose 1998 "Celebrity Skin/Closing Time" Semisonic "Malibu/Tropicalia" Beck "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)/Malibu" Marilyn Manson
Other charted songs Year Song Peak chart positions Album USAlt. 1995 "Asking for It" 36 Live Through This
Music videos Year Title Director(s) 1991 "Garbage Man" 1993 "Beautiful Son" 1994 "Miss World" Sophie Muller "Doll Parts" Samuel Bayer1995 "Violet" Mark Seliger and Fred Woodward1996 "Gold Dust Woman" Matt Mahurin 1998 "Celebrity Skin" Nancy Bardawil "Malibu" Paul Hunter 1999 "Awful" Jeff Richter 2000 "Be a Man" Joseph Kahn and Joe Rey 2011 "Samantha" Alphan Eseli
I Unreleased music video recorded in early 1993, featuring Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. II Two edits of "Doll Parts" exist, the second being known as the "Producer's Version."
Miscellaneous Year Song Album Notes 1992 "Dicknail""[ Revolution Come and Gone]". Allmusic. Retrieved on 5 November 2007. Revolution Come and Gone Previously released as 1991 single, "Dicknail" 1993 "Over the Edge""[ Eight Songs for Greg Sage and the Wipers]". Allmusic. Retrieved on 30 March 2016. Eight Songs for Greg Sage and the Wipers Cover of a song by the Wipers. Later featured on Ask for It EP. 1994 "Beautiful Son"Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "[ DGC Rarities, Vol. 1]". Allmusic. Retrieved on 5 November 2007. DGC Rarities, Vol. 1 Previously released as 1992 single, "Beautiful Son" Jabberjaw Compilation: Good to the Last Drop This song is an alternate mix of "Olympia", referred to as "Rock Star" here to match the printing mistake on Live Through This 1995 "Drown Soda"Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "[ Tank Girl]". Allmusic. Retrieved on 5 November 2007. Tank Girl (soundtrack) 1991 Peel session recording of the song, also released on the Ask for It EP. The original studio version was first released on the 1991 "Teenage Whore" single, and a live version was released on the compilation album My Body, the Hand Grenade. 1996 "Gold Dust Woman""[ Crow/Crow: City of Angels]". Allmusic. Retrieved on 5 November 2007.Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. [ The Crow: City of Angels Original Soundtrack.] Allmusic. Retrieved on 5 November 2007. The Crow: City of Angels (soundtrack) Cover of a 1977 Fleetwood Mac song. Released as a single and included on The Crow: City of Angels soundtrack. Later released as a split single with NY Loose track "Spit". "Circle One" A Small Circle of Friends: Germs (Tribute) Cover of 1978 track by The Germs from their EP Lexicon Devil. Hole appears on the album as "The Holez", and Love plays bass on the track instead of guitar. Also released as a split single with "Shutdown" by Monkeywrench. 1997 "Dicknail"Ankeny, Jason. "[ Nowhere]". Allmusic. Retrieved on 5 November 2007. Nowhere (soundtrack) Previously released as 1991 single, "Dicknail". 1998 "Phonebill Song"Kaups, Robert. "[ Their Sympathetic Majesties Request]". Allmusic. Retrieved on 5 November 2007. Their Sympathetic Majesties Request: A Decade of Obscurity and Obsolescence (1988–1998) Previously released as B-side of "Retard Girl" single, and on The First Session and My Body, the Hand Grenade. 1999 "Retard Girl"Flota, Brian. "[ Alright, This Time Just the Girls]". Allmusic. Retrieved on 5 November 2007. Alright, This Time Just the Girls Previously released as 1990 single, "Retard Girl". "Heaven Tonight" Never Been Kissed (soundtrack) Previously released on Celebrity Skin. "Doll Parts" (live)Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "[ The Best of KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas]". Allmusic. Retrieved on 5 November 2007. The Best of KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas Live version of the song. "Best Sunday Dress""[ Much at Edgefest 1999]". Allmusic. Retrieved on 5 November 2007. Much at Edgefest 1999 Previously released on "Celebrity Skin" single and the Japanese edition of Celebrity Skin; was originally written in 1985 in Love's band The Pagan Babies with Kat Bjelland. 2000 "Be a Man"Phares, Heather. "[ Any Given Sunday]". Allmusic. Retrieved on 5 November 2007. Any Given Sunday (soundtrack) Released as single, "Be a Man", and appeared on Any Given Sunday soundtrack "Malibu" (single) Cover of a 1965 Bob Dylan song, released on some editions of "Malibu" single. 2009 "Violet""Jennifer's Body". Jennifer's Body (soundtrack) Previously released on Live Through This.
Unofficial label releases Year Title Type Format Other artist(s) Label Notes 1992 Sugar and Spice Split album LP Babes in Toyland Foxcore Records 1993 "Kool Thing/Teenage Whore" (live) Split single LP Sonic Youth Snack Cake Discs and Desserts Released in Sweden, titled Gooey on the Inside 1995 MTV Unplugged & Even More Album CD UP01 Recorded at Hole's MTV Unplugged performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on February 14, 1995 2013 Hole and Courtney Love' Greatest Fucking Hits (1991–2010) Album CD, digital download Courtney Love Hellbound Records
See also Courtney Love discography Melissa Auf der Maur discography
References
External links Hole at Geffen Records