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''My Body, the Hand Grenade'' is the first and only compilation album by American alternative rock band Hole. It was released on October 28, 1997 through the band's European label, City Slang Records, and was imported for sale in the United States where it was released on December 10, 1997. The album was compiled with the intent of charting the band's progression from their noise rock beginnings to their more melodic work that appeared on their second album, ''Live Through This'' (1994). It features tracks from the band's first recording session in the spring of 1990, as well as b-sides, demos, singles, and rare live songs from between 1991 and 1995. As a result, the tracks feature various bassists and drummers from past lineups; frontwoman Courtney Love is also featured on bass in one of the tracks. Production and mixing of the album was done chiefly by the band's lead guitarist, Eric Erlandson, with Love designing the album art. ''My Body, the Hand Grenade'' 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. == 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" from the first), 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;〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Courtney Love Repertoire Search ).〕 "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;〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=BMI )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=BMI )〕 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.〔C.E, City Slang Records. From the liner notes of ''My Body, the Hand Grenade.''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「My Body, the Hand Grenade」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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