and punk music fans. The Trouser Press Guide to '90s Rock called the album a "surly milkshake of broken rock shards ... from the artistic misspellings of song titles to the lyric collage on the inner sleeve and the abrasive, abstract guitar noises on the songs, Pretty on the Inside reveals the band's fascination with the New York no wave art and music scene of the '80s." According to Billboard, the album had sold 27,000 copies by 1994, when the band released their wildly popular follow-up album, Live Through This. In more recent years, frontwoman Love stated that the album contains "nothing melodic". In a 2011 interview for Hit So Hard (2011), a documentary on later Hole drummer Patty Schemel, Love referred to Pretty on the Inside as "unlistenable", going on to say: "That record was a calling card for rock critics and hardcorers, [saying] 'This is what I do, and I am not going to back down from it. I am announcing my persona as a cunt. Thank you very much.'" Love's attitude toward the album shifted in the subsequent years, as she commented in 2021: "I've really put that record down as being beneath my songwriting capacity, but I really don't put it down anymore at all, because it was so transformative." In October 2016, lead guitarist Eric Erlandson oversaw an orchestral live performance of the entire album in Los Angeles, entitled Pretty Looking Back. Track listing Reissues In June 2011, Plain Recordings, an independent American record label specializing in cult album re-issues, announced that a 180 gram vinyl re-release of Pretty on the Inside was being introduced to their catalogue; it was released on August 2, 2011. On October 20, 2017, a second reissue of the LP was released by Plain Recordings, pressed on pink vinyl. Personnel All personnel credits adapted from the album's liner notes.HoleCourtney Love – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Eric Erlandson – lead guitar Jill Emery – bass guitar Caroline Rue – drums, percussionTechnical personnelKim Gordon – producer Don Fleming – producer Brian Foxworthy – engineerArt personnel''' Courtney Love – art direction Vicki Berndt – photography Pizz – typography Jill Emery – painting Charts Notes References Sources External links at Discogs Footage of Hole performing material from Pretty on the Inside'' in Boston, 1991 1991 debut albums Hole (band) albums albums produced by Don Fleming (musician) Caroline Records albums City Slang albums Punk rock