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Pretty on the Inside
Pretty on the Inside
Studio album by Hole
Released	September 17, 1991
Recorded	March 1991
Studio	Music Box Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genre	Punk rock; noise rock; art punk;
Length	38:26
Label	Caroline (United States); City Slang (Europe);
Producer	Kim Gordon; Don Fleming;
Hole chronology
Singles from Pretty on the Inside
	"Teenage Whore"; Released: September 23, 1991;

Pretty on the Inside is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band Hole, released on September 17, 1991, in the United States on Caroline Records. Produced by Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon, and Gumball frontman Don Fleming, the album was Hole's first major label release after the band's formation in 1989 by vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist Courtney Love and lead guitarist Eric Erlandson.

Blending elements of punk rock and sludge metal, the album features distorted and alternating guitar compositions, screaming vocals from Love, and "sloppy punk ethics",^[4] a style which the band would later distance themselves from, opting for a less abrasive sound on subsequent releases. Love's lyrics on the album are often presented in an abstract narrative form, and describe disparate scenes of graphic violence, death, and female sexuality. The record was dedicated to Rob Ritter of the Los Angeles punk rock acts the Bags and The Gun Club.

Upon release, Pretty on the Inside was well-received by alternative music critics, garnering favorable reviews that drew comparisons to the works of Black Sabbath and Patti Smith. It was met with considerable commercial success in the United Kingdom, where the record's lead single, "Teenage Whore", entered the UK Indie Chart at number one in September 1991. It has sold over 200,000 copies in the United States^[5] and gained a contemporary cult following among punk rock fans, and has been cited as a seminal influence for songwriters and musicians such as Brody Dalle and Scout Niblett. Despite its critical acclaim, frontwoman Courtney Love went on to refer to the album as "unlistenable" in later years, though her stance on it eventually shifted, as she commented in 2021 that she had "really put the album down," and that making it was a "transformative" experience for her. Vinyl LP versions of the album have been reissued several times.

^ Carson, Lewis & Shaw 2004, p. 90.
^ Anderson 2007, p. 213.
^ Johnson, Sunni. "Kinderwhore And Courtney Love: A Retrospective". Bust. Archived from the original on December 8, 2018.
^ Thompson 2000, p. 418.
^ Newman, Melinda (2003). "Courtney Cuts the Drama: Love Leaves Woe Behind". Billboard. No. July 19, 2003. p. 61. Archived from the original on February 21, 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2012 – via Google Books.

[FOOTNOTECarsonLewisShaw200490-1] Carson, Lewis & Shaw 2004, p. 90.

[FOOTNOTEAnderson2007213-2] Anderson 2007, p. 213.

[3] Johnson, Sunni. "Kinderwhore And Courtney Love: A Retrospective". Bust. Archived from the original on December 8, 2018.

[FOOTNOTEThompson2000418-4] Thompson 2000, p. 418.

[5] Newman, Melinda (2003). "Courtney Cuts the Drama: Love Leaves Woe Behind". Billboard. No. July 19, 2003. p. 61. Archived from the original on February 21, 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2012 – via Google Books.

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