mixed reception. Commercial performance America's Sweetheart is usually regarded as a commercial failure. In the US, the album debuted at number fifty-three on the Billboard 200, selling 33,000 copies. This figure was significantly lower than Love's last album, Hole's Celebrity Skin, which debuted at number nine. In its first three months, the album sold 86,000 copies, which was equivalent to Celebrity Skin's first week sales. The first single taken from the album, "Mono", was released in February 2004 and the song experienced some radio airplay, peaking at number 18 in the Billboard charts and number 41 in the UK. The album's second single, "Hold on to Me", peaked at number 39 on the billboard Modern Rock Tracks, and was a minor hit in several countries. Reception Critical response to America's Sweetheart was mixed. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic stated that "since her solo debut is so sloppy and predictable [...] it suggests her music is more bluster than meaning" and that "[Love is] trying to snarl like it's 1994, yet wrapping herself in a glossy production from 1998 while relying on songs that are an amalgam of bad L.A. punk and bad L.A. metal." NME also published a mixed review stating that the album "sounds slight and rather ragged" but "never less than compelling" and that "the production covers everything in a superficial glosshile." Pitchfork Media reacted negatively to the album stating that "America's Sweetheart demonstrates a fairly monstrous decline in both quality and conviction" and that it was "retaining all the dated grunge crunch." Similarly, Rolling Stone magazine's Rob Sheffield suggested that, "for people who enjoy watching celebrities fall apart, America's Sweetheart should be more fun than an Osbournes marathon." In The Village Voice, Robert Christgau wrote positively of the record, believing Love had "delivered an album as invigorating in its contempt for rock professionalism as Neil Young's Tonight's the Night." Spin critic Charles Aaron was also impressed by the album, referring to it as a "jaw-dropping act of artistic will", while Caroline Sullivan from The Guardian'' noted the lyrics as the strong point of the album calling them "hedonistic to the last" and "some of the baldest ever recorded." Track listing Personnel Courtney Love – vocals, guitars, drawings, additional production Scott McCloud – guitars Lisa Leveridge – additional guitars Brody Dalle – additional guitars (uncredited) Jerry Best – bass guitar Patty Schemel – drums Samantha Maloney – additional