Hole - Live Through This album cover art for RSD Essential No. 105, a limited indie exclusive Pop Bottle Clear vinyl LP with remastered audio and original booklet.
Hole - Live Through This vinyl LP packshot for the 12-track 1994 Alternative Rock and Grunge album, newly remastered for the RSD Essentials collectible edition.
Hole - Live Through This album cover art for RSD Essential No. 105, a limited indie exclusive Pop Bottle Clear vinyl LP with remastered audio and original booklet.
Hole - Live Through This vinyl LP packshot for the 12-track 1994 Alternative Rock and Grunge album, newly remastered for the RSD Essentials collectible edition.
Hole

Hole - Live Through This [RSD Essentials, Pop Bottle Vinyl]

SKU: 0199957752572
$32.98

Product Details

  • Genre Collection Alternative
  • Genre / Style Alternative Rock / Grunge / Punk Rock
  • UPC 0199957752572
  • Record Label DGC Records
  • Edition RSD Essential
  • Format LP
  • Disc Quantity 1
  • Vinyl Color Blue
  • Vinyl Size 12"
  • Vinyl Weight Standard
  • Additional Info Limited Edition, Indie Exclusive, "Pop Bottle" Colored Vinyl, Booklet, Explicit.
  • Release Date 10/23/2026

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Courtney Love's confrontational vocals and Hole's guitar-driven songs define Live Through This, the band's widely acclaimed breakthrough. Recorded by Love, guitarist Eric Erlandson, bassist Kristen Pfaff, and drummer Patty Schemel, the album moves from the forceful opening of "Violet" to quieter passages that leave Love's words exposed. Produced by Paul Q. Kolderie and Sean Slade, it followed Pretty On The Inside and brought the band wider recognition.

"Violet" opens with restrained singing before the guitars and drums surge into its chorus, while "Miss World" pairs a memorable melody with lyrics about appearance and self-worth. "Doll Parts" uses a slower pace and plainspoken repetition to describe longing and insecurity. "Jennifer's Body" drives forward with a recurring guitar riff and a story of violence, and "Softer, Softest" starts quietly before becoming more forceful. The contrast between these performances is central to the album's approach.

Love's lyrics confront beauty standards, exploitation, motherhood, and personal relationships throughout Live Through This. Founding guitarist Eric Erlandson oversaw this newly remastered vinyl record edition, issued as RSD Essential No. 105 on Pop Bottle Clear vinyl. The restored packaging includes the complete original booklet, reproduced for a vinyl release for the first time.

  • Format: Vinyl LP
  • Standout tracks: Violet, Doll Parts
  • Pressing details: RSD Essentials No. 105, Indie Exclusive, Limited Edition, Pop Bottle Clear Vinyl, Newly Remastered, Restored Packaging, Original Booklet
  • Genre/style: Alternative Rock, Grunge, Punk Rock
  • UPC: 199957752572

"Asking For It" addresses public scrutiny and humiliation, while "I Think That I Would Die" turns a conflict over motherhood into a fierce performance. Together with "Violet" and "Doll Parts," these songs define the album's balance of anger and vulnerability.


* The Spotify track list may not exactly represent the tracks and audio of this LP edition.

Track List:

Side A

  1. Violet
  2. Miss World
  3. Plump
  4. Asking For It
  5. Jennifer's Body
  6. Doll Parts

Side B

  1. Credit In The Straight World
  2. Softer, Softest
  3. She Walks On Me
  4. I Think That I Would Die
  5. Gutless
  6. Rock Star