Year of Release : 1998
Catalogue No : GED-25164
Record Label : Geffen
Tracks :
1. Celebrity Skin *
2. Awful
3. Hit So Hard *
4. Malibu *
5. Reasons To Be Beautiful
6. Dying *
7. Use Once And Destroy
8. Northern Star
9. Boys On The Radio
10. Heaven Tonight
11. Playing Your Song
12. Petals *
Notes :
Engineer: Paul Northfield
Producer: Michael Beinhorn
* = Track Co-written by Billy Corgan
Rolling Stone - Quote :
So Billy Corgan, Hole's other major collaborator, who co-wrote five superb songs on Skin, makes real sense here. By advocating structure in '92 with the Smashing Pumpkins, Corgan stood firm for the L.A. tradition of closely considered studio rock as an avenue to freedom. The songs he worked on here include "Hit So Hard," an unhurried groove about full-on crushes that never lays back; "Dying," a slightly electronicized ballad where Love reveals her need to be "under your skin"; and "Petals," whose subtle minor-key remembrances and grand demands build to a spectacular climax. Clearly, Corgan has shown Hole how to relax and go for it.