Celebrity Skin (studio album)
by Hole

Celebrity Skin by Hole
Year: 1998
Overall rank: 2,424th   
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 235 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1998 (48th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (422nd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,424th)

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Hole bestography

Celebrity Skin is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by Hole on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Hole is Live Through This which is ranked number 636 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,721.

Hole album bestography « Higher ranked (636th)
Live Through This
This album (2,424th)
Celebrity Skin
Lower ranked (10,320th) »
Pretty On The Inside

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Celebrity Skin track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Celebrity Skin rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,424th | 1990s rank: 422nd | 1998 rank: 48th

Celebrity Skin collection

Celebrity Skin ratings

Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 235 votes)
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12/11/2025 05:53 Kingturtle   7,44173/100
 
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08/23/2025 15:18 mash   1,40388/100
 
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08/23/2025 15:16 daCritic   4,38173/100
 
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07/23/2025 23:01 davidbalo   35676/100
 
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07/10/2025 11:48 Milhaud   1,66570/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.6/100, a mean average of 71.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.

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Celebrity Skin comments

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75/100
From 02/28/2022 17:49 | #282000
Many songs are almost 85 but some of the last tracks are very throwback Nirvana stuff and not as good. General rating for this LP is 75/100
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From 07/19/2019 20:53 | #239918
Favorite Tracks:Celebrity Skin, Malibu, Reasons To Be Beautiful, Boys On The Radio
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70/100
From 05/06/2018 05:10 | #214264
This is really pretty good for what it is.
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70/100
From 12/05/2015 15:18 | #153939
This album never stays on the shelf long. No need to list a fav track, just hit play and turn it up. Really hoping she makes another great album.
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65/100
From 03/01/2014 23:28 | #105064
Really fun pop album - Live Through This might be better from a technical standpoint but this one is a lot more enjoyable. You can totally tell Corgan wrote a lot of these songs, which for me at least is a good thing.
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From 05/17/2013 01:59 | #76337
Fantastic alternative rock album!
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95/100
From 02/03/2013 13:12 | #63769
Great pop album! I just dislike "Heaven Tonight."
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90/100
From 06/07/2012 17:49 | #43987
One of my favorite records of the 90s. Tough and melodic at the same time. Highlights: the title track, "Northern Star," and "Petals," but this is a pretty consistently strong effort by Hole.
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80/100
From 05/30/2012 02:38 | #43257
These guys once played on the shore of the Arctic Ocean with Metallica for a bunch of Inuit kids and Molson contest winners. Could you imagine? A hell of a show, I'm sure.
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80/100
From 05/18/2012 00:59 | #42602
Good album, it's a bit softer but it's still great and well-written stuff.
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