Just a thought I had. I mean, in chart/sales terms albums live and die on the "swinging voters", not the die-hards, and there would have been more goodwill toward "Hole" than "Courtney Love" from randoms. Their previous album had gone Top 10. I always thought AS sort of came across, even in reviews, as being perceived a bit of a "Courtney freaks only" purchase. Hole's previous album was more "latest release from a fairly big act".

I know if she had kept the Hole name and operated the band like a franchise with studio gimps in the other roles it'd be "a bit Simply Red" - or worse, "a bit Guns'n'Roses" - but I wonder if people would have been better disposed towards the record? Was Hole a brand worth knocking on the head, even if it was without Eric?

Meh. Musings.

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I think if she had Eric & Company than the record would have turned out much different. Not the material so much (the stuff from Courtney at least) but the production and direction I think would have been much different. I always imagined Hole going in the direction that Courtney is going in now, a more subdued, Bob Dylan-esque record. I think they were on the route of self-production (or produced solely by Eric) with the sound of Drag and Baby Blue.

But to answer your question, yes it probably would have sold more I'm guessing.

It's a sucky thing to say but i admit i would have bought it if it had been filed under Hole instead of Courtney Love. I would have been dubious of Hole sans Eric but yeah, i still would have taken the bait. I love Clove but i don't know, i'm just not really interested in solo music from her. I still have only heard one track from AS and that was because i happened to catch the video on tv.

Interesting. I was imagining AS "Hole" as just Courtney and ring-ins, but naturally I would have preferred that they had all kissed and made up. Or at least Courtney and Eric.

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That is just my fantasy.

If Courtney would have kept the Hole franchise it would have probably only featured Patty. I doubt it would differ drastically from the original America's Sweetheart.