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Title: Even my parents like this CD (is that good sign, or bad?)
Review: This is a great guitar pop album and I don't care about Courtney Love's image of the week or who wrote the music. The lyrics get a little repetitive (I dare anyone to count the amount of times the words candy, tonight, drown, cold, and under my/your skin appear) but most of the songs have great hooks. Perhaps the sound of the album can best be described by my parents' reaction (they are big geeks who worship gordon lightfoot and joan biaz). My dad:'Who IS that?' My mom: 'THAT'S COURTNEY LOVE?!?!?' Now I have to suffer the indignity of hearing my mom humming 'Malibu' and my dad bobbing his head to 'Heaven Tonight'. Even my younger sister, who's a Lilith fair junkie, likes this album and has been seen air guitaring to 'Dying'. That's how catchy Celebrity Skin is. Hole may have lost die hard punk/grunge fans, but they've obliviously broadened their fan base with this little number. I like the old Hole better, but this is still great stuff.
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