I've been with Hole since Pretty on the inside was released and personally I think that is the real Hole. I'm still a Hole fan, not this Hole. This album is going to attract a lot of new listeners that don't even know who Hole is. I so wanna see her in concert, even though I don't like her Celebrity Skin as much. She only screams a little in this record.
Nobody's goddamn perfect.
I think it's a very soul felt, gut wrenching, pop-punk grrl, screaming ballad fest. The record is totally amazing, a huge creativity leap for Hole, this is not to say the old stuff sucks. My first impression was that it was a watered down commercial pop trash record, but after a few listens I came to the realisation that they'd just become better songwriters, and Courtney a better lyrisist. This cd was horrible. There was no depth or passion behind it.