My Body, the Hand Grenade is a compilation album by alternative rock band Hole that includes b-sides, demo recordings, live songs, and other rarities and unreleased tracks by the band. It was released on October 28, 1997 through the band's European label, City Slang Records, who had previously released their singles "Teenage Whore" in 1991 and "Beautiful Son" in 1993.
The album was compiled with the intent to bridge the band's dynamic shifts in musical style, from their noise rock beginnings and debut album, Pretty on the Inside (1991), to their more streamlined, highly acclaimed followup, Live Through This (1994). The album features tracks from the band's first recording session in the spring of 1990, as well as several b-sides, singles, and rare live songs from between 1991 and 1995. Production and mixing of the album was done chiefly by the band's lead guitarist, Eric Erlandson.
The band's third studio album, Celebrity Skin (1998), released a year after My Body, the Hand Grenade, also featured a starkly different music style from Live Through This, with a pop rock edge, again illustrating the group's shift in musical styles. My Body, the Hand Grenade was available in both the United States and United Kingdom, and peaked at #82 on the UK Albums Chart. The album went out of print by the millennium, and is considered a rarity among Hole fans.
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