Background and Songwriting Credits
My Body, the Hand Grenade is the only compilation album to be released by Hole. A significant highlight of the album is that the band's first studio session and first two singles are featured in their entirety (with the exception of "Johnnie's in the Bathroom" on both), as well as the inclusion of a demo version of "Miss World" (recorded with Courtney Love's husband Kurt Cobain) and parts of Hole's performance at MTV Unplugged.
The live tracks, "Drown Soda" and "Asking for It", were recorded at London's Brixton Academy and the Reading Festival on May 5, 1995 and August 25, 1995, respectively. Tracks from the band's MTV Unplugged session were recorded live at New York's Brooklyn Academy of Music on February 14, 1995.
Most of the songwriting credits go to Hole, although the official BMI website denotes that most of the songs were written by just Courtney Love and Eric Erlandson, except "Retard Girl", written solely by Love; "Old Age", co-written by Kurt Cobain with additional arrangements by Love, "Beautiful Son" and "20 Years In The Dakota", written by Love, Erlandson and Patty Schemel; and "Drown Soda", the only case on the album of a song credited to a full Hole line-up, which at the time of writing was, Love, Erlandson, Jill Emery and Caroline Rue.
Cobain, though uncredited on the album, plays bass on "Miss World." Courtney Love, who was typically a guitarist, also played bass on "20 Years In The Dakota". "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)" and "Season of the Witch" are cover songs, written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, and Donovan Leitch, respectively.
The liner notes also explain that the compilation was put together to document Hole's progression from the punkier Pretty on the Inside (released in 1991) to the more basic alternative-based Live Through This (released in 1994). The album was dedicated to former Hole bassist Kristen Pfaff and Kurt Cobain.
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