Hole - Celebrity Skin (Black Vinyl)

With Celebrity Skin, Hole entered one of the most ambitious chapters of their career. This definitive vinyl reissue returns to the band's acclaimed 1998 album in a newly remastered edition overseen by founding guitarist Eric Erlandson. The record marked an expansion of Hole's sound, pairing the force and directness associated with the band with a more richly layered studio approach and an increasingly assured sense of melody and songcraft.

Produced by Michael Beinhorn, Celebrity Skin features Courtney Love, Eric Erlandson, Melissa Auf der Maur and Patty Schemel. Its best-known songs include the title track, “Malibu” and “Awful”, while the album as a whole moves through twelve tightly constructed pieces. The supplied release notes describe the album as a key late-1990s statement for the group, highlighting both its commercial reach and its recognition at the Grammy Awards.

This edition is pressed on 180-gram black vinyl and uses restored packaging based around the original album artwork. The new mastering is intended to bring renewed depth and detail to the recording while retaining the character of the original production. For listeners returning to the record on vinyl, it presents the complete album across its original A- and B-side sequence, from the immediate opening of “Celebrity Skin” through to the closing “Petals”.

As an archival reissue, this version places the focus squarely on the original album rather than adding alternate takes or bonus material. It is a straightforward black-vinyl presentation of Hole's third studio album, combining the full twelve-track programme, 180g pressing and restored artwork in a new 2026 edition.