Acknowledgements 1. Violet 2. Miss World 3. Asking for It 4. Credit in the Straight World 5. Softer, Softest 6. I Think That I Would Die 7. Rock Star Notes Bibliography
A positive, feminist reading of Hole's landmark 1994 album and its controversial creator, Courtney Love, which explores womanhood, desire, disgust, self-destruction, survival, and fame.
Anwen Crawford is an Australian writer. She is the music critic for The Monthly magazine, and her essays have appeared in publications including Frieze, Overland and Loops: Writing Music.
While many may not admit to it immediately, it's probably a safe
bet that your average rock fan from the ’90s keeps Hole's Live
Through This in their collection. And why not? … The immensely
successful 33 1/3 series from Bloomsbury examines the album
track-by-track through the eyes of writer Anwen Crawford (The
Monthly), giving both a historical frame of mind to the album, as
well as deconstructing the themes behind seven tracks … If you
haven't had a chance to experience this album, give it a listen,
then give this book a read, and then give the album a second shot …
it will definitely give you an appreciation for what Hole was
trying to make and the impact they had on grunge.
*SLUG Magazine*
Crawford's book in the 33 1/3 series about Hole's Live Through This
is passionate, thoughtful, empathetic and well-argued, an
explanation of what the album meant to smart suburban teenagers
trying to figure out where they fit into the world.
*The Vine*
This book made me care about an artist I had long ago written off.
Yes, Courtney Love has pretty much retired from making meaningful
music, but for Anwen Crawford, an Australian journalist and critic,
that only makes Hole’s 1994 album Live Through This all the more
compelling. As she chronicles the decisions that produced the
band’s grunge-era breakthrough—which was released just days after
Kurt Cobain’s suicide—Crawford writes movingly about the effect
these songs had on herself and on other women around the world … In
that regard, the album’s anger and ferocious self-determination
haven’t diminished in two decades.
*Pitchfork*
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