Rolling Stone
May 13, 1999
Essential Recordings of the 1990's

Courtney Love gets on people's nerves the way only a real rock star can, and she found her voice on Live Through This, released only days before Kurt Cobain's death. She snarls about the thin line between Love and hate, veering from rage-queen guitar explosions like "Violet" to moments of sublime folk-pop beauty like "Softer, Softest." "I've got a blister from / Touching everything I see," sings Miss World, and she can take some consolation in the knowledge that she left her share of blisters on us, as well.