Nobody's Daughter
by Hole
  • Record Label: Mercury
  • Release Date: Apr 27, 2010
User Score
6.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 58 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 58
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 58
  3. Negative: 13 out of 58

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  1. JosephT.
    Apr 30, 2010
    6
    It has some fine moments, but not enough; unfortunately. *For fans only*.
  2. marcmyworks
    Dec 3, 2013
    4
    It's a real shame when bad albums happen to good bands. Courtney Love fires her original band members, hires a new crew and expects the same magic from the 90s? Epic fail.
  3. Greggs1993
    Feb 14, 2017
    6
    Courtney Love made a mistake attempting to live up to her band's name with this release. It should be under her own moniker and tossed into the archives along with America's Sweetheart.

    The hands of Perry, Beinhorn, Larkin and even Corgan aren't enough to revive this album and aggrandize it to the status it should hold. Love (now pleasantly sounding quite Marianne Faithfull like)    Courtney Love made a mistake attempting to live up to her band's name with this release. It should be under her own moniker and tossed into the archives along with America's Sweetheart.

    The hands of Perry, Beinhorn, Larkin and even Corgan aren't enough to revive this album and aggrandize it to the status it should hold.

    Love (now pleasantly sounding quite Marianne Faithfull like) DOES however remain a wordsmith in her songwriting. This miraculously manages to act as an adhesive in Nobody's Daughter's weakest tracks.

    I must say it's wonderful to hear that she can still howl like a banshee.

    Get the Celebrity Skin line-up involved or use your own name.

    Supreme songs are Nobody's Daughter and For Once In Your Life.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#54 Most Discussed Album of 2010
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#27 Most Shared Album of 2010

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 23
  3. Negative: 1 out of 23
  1. MSN Consumer Guide (Robert Christgau)
    91
    The emotion fueling her pretense is cathartic nevertheless.
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  2. Billboard.com
    77
    Nobody's Daughter recalls the highlights of the band's critically acclaimed 1994 album, "Live Through This," and shows that, as a band, Hole is not one bit damaged.
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  3. Entertainment Weekly
    58
    While Love remains as ferocious as ever, the bleak, samey production here doesn't always rise to meet her.
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