America's Sweetheart es un álbum de Courtney Love, publicado en 2004. El disco incluye 12 canciones, entre ellas «Mono», «But Julian, I'm A Little Bit Older Than You», «Hold On To Me» y «Sunset Strip».
Sobre el álbum
La discografía de Courtney Love presenta con este álbum de 2004 su primer y único trabajo oficial en solitario, una de las obras más caóticas, controvertidas y fascinantes de la historia del rock moderno. 'America's Sweetheart' es el producto directo de uno de los períodos más turbulentos de la vida de la artista. El disco está inevitablemente marcado por sus batallas legales, sus problemas con las adicciones y una presión mediática asfixiante.
El álbum es un documento sonoro de una honestidad brutal y sin filtros. Courtney Love utiliza estas canciones como un diario público, un vehículo para canalizar su rabia, su dolor y su desafiante sentido del humor. Cada pista es una explosión de emoción cruda, a menudo desordenada pero siempre cautivadora.
Musicalmente, el disco se aleja del sonido de rock alternativo pulido de su último trabajo con la banda Hole, 'Celebrity Skin'. En su lugar, Courtney Love opta por un sonido de power-pop y rock más directo, guitarrero y, a menudo, abrasivo. La producción, en la que participaron figuras como Linda Perry y Josh Abraham, fue, según se informa, muy problemática, y esa sensación de caos se traslada al resultado final.
Las letras son el corazón indiscutible del proyecto. La canción que da título al disco, "America's Sweetheart", es una reflexión irónica y sarcástica sobre su propia imagen pública como la "novia de América" problemática. Temas como "All the Drugs" o "I'll Do Anything" son confesiones descarnadas sobre la autodestrucción y el deseo.
El primer sencillo, "Mono", es un ejemplo perfecto del espíritu del álbum: un tema de rock potente y con una letra desafiante que la presentaba como una estrella de rock en pie de guerra. Sin embargo, el disco también contiene momentos de una sorprendente vulnerabilidad, como en la balada "Hold On to Me".
Pese a su potencial, 'America's Sweetheart' fue un fracaso comercial y recibió críticas mayoritariamente negativas en el momento de su lanzamiento. La propia Courtney Love ha renegado públicamente del álbum en numerosas ocasiones, llegando a calificarlo de "un desastre". No obstante, con el paso del tiempo, el disco ha sido reevaluado por muchos como un documento fascinante.
'America's Sweetheart' no es una obra fácil ni perfecta. Es el sonido de un colapso, un disco caótico y desigual, pero también es una de las expresiones de dolor y rabia más honestas y sin censura que ha dado el rock. Es el retrato de una artista al límite, un testimonio irrepetible de una época de furia y supervivencia.
Listado de Canciones
- Mono3:39
Letra
Hey, hey Hey yeah! We had everything Vinyl and mono And we looked the other way Man, we were so dumb Is this the part in the book that you wrote Where I've gotta come and save the day? Did you miss me? Did you miss me? Well they say that rock is dead And they're probably right Ninety nine girls in the pit Did it have to come to this? Oh God, you owe me one more song So I can prove to you that I'm so much better than him Oh God, please listen fast Here comes the crash We're gonna rise above We've gotta smash it up You won't abandon us again Give us brilliant boys that we wanna fuck, man Full of ecstasy, hard drugs and bad luck Turn the lights back on You burn so hard but you won't burn long Three chords in your pocket tonight Are you, you the one With the spark to bring my punk rock back And I don't think so Oh God, I wanna hear you say I wanna hear you say that you're sorry again Oh God, you owe me one more song So I could prove to you that I'm so much better than him Oh God, I'd give you anything To hear you say that I was right and you were wrong Oh God, before I leave this life Now an eightball isn't love A hookers never gonna come Just give it back to me Blow out all of the lights tonight Two million miles down the PCH (And now he's gone) I slashed his tires, I bled his brakes (It had to be done) Their hand job lies were just too cruel (Yeah mercy was done) We drowned them all in their swimming pools Run away, run away, run away, yeah! Now God, I wanna hear you say I wanna hear you say that you were wrong again Now God, I wanna hear you say I wanna hear you say that I am so much better than him Now God, you owe us one more song Get out of my life, see this world as it really is Is it just a sad slide show Can't make a hooker come And an eightball isn’t love I need one thing that’s divine Let me hear it tonight Let me hear it tonight I've gotta hear it tonight You're gonna let me hear the last chords tonight, yeah - But Julian, I'm A Little Bit Older Than You2:49
- Hold On To Me3:46
Letra
Hey, this life is never fair The angels that you need are never there But sometimes he comes to me In the dead of winter, dead of night He's all that I can see Hold on to me Hold on to me Hold on to me Hold on to me We all get our glory Our little bit of fame But there's no truth at the heart of any of it Just the brilliance and the passion And the bitterness remains Hold on to me Hold on to me Hold on to me Hold on to me Oh, how he brings me down Oh, down into the ground I never will get out I never will get out I'll protect you from the night It will never fall I'll protect you from the truth You won't hear it at all I am the center of the universe I am the center of the universe I am the center of the universe And you're in the whirlpool And they try to suck you in Remember, you aren't gonna drown, baby Until you are out of life Hang on to me forever, baby I can always swim Hold on to me Hold on to me Hold on to me Hold on to me Hold on to me Hold on to me Hold on to me Hold on to me Hush, your highness Don't you breathe Oh, baby, hold me in your arms I'm shivering But what's all this for? If I was the battle Baby, you have won the war - Sunset Strip5:31
Letra
Sitting here on top of the world I got everything I need from this world Oh, tonight I got it right Just one time Cruising down the Sunset Strip And there's nothing that's not That's not within my grip Oh, tonight I can fly I can fly Look at me for the very last time I've climbed so high I've got no place left to climb And I know, no tomorrow Rock star, pop star, everybody dies All tomorrow's parties They have happened tonight And I know that I won't see tomorrow Sitting on the Hollywood sign Watching the girls get off the bus Watching the danger in their eyes When they leave with broken hearts Their shredded valentines I came here from a dirty dark street There was no one there to protect me To make the nightmares go away It has to sparkle It has to shine so hard Look at me for the very last time I've climbed so high I've got no place left to climb And I know, no tomorrow Rock star, pop star, everybody dies All tomorrow's parties They have happened tonight And I know that I won't see tomorrow Turn on all the porno please Been drowning here for days Bad food, bad sex, bad TV and internet Take all these stupid pills away Climb down the boulevard I'm coming down so fast I'm coming down so hard And I've said I can't stop All those voices in your head I don't sleep, I never dream I just shut them up Now I just keep screaming "run away!" It's the last time It's the last time Look at me for the very last time I've climbed so high I've got no place left to climb No, I know, no tomorrow Before the sparkle in my eyes Turns to straight night Oh, this bleeding heart is still a valentine I'm gonna ride this thing until the wheels fall off 'Cause girls like me, we always get what we want Yeah, yeah, yeah Diamonds and the promises and a million dollar bills All the lives we're wasting in the Holloywood Hills 'Cause we know we're to good for tomorrow Yeah, yeah, yeah Yesterday's girl or tomorrow's hot teens? Were you jerking off to her or were you jerking off to me? And I know that I won't know tomorrow Yeah Yeah, you want my massive power You want my porno ways I'm throwing them out It's a wonder that you wait Lawsuit diamond's Guns n Rubies Baby au revoir You rock'n'roll bitches You can get what you want You were made for me and I was made to you With the keys to the Bel Air and the chateau too Your little shit coated world It is rotten to the core I didn't know you were born without a soul I've got voices screaming in my head Are you jerking off in your bed? It's not punk, it's not cool It's not even boring And it's not Eminem who's gonna save me They're for real life They tried to steal my soul I've got pills when famous I got pills when you're old I've got pills 'cause I'm bored I've got pills 'cause you're dead I've got 'cause I am the worst and best dressed I've got pills 'cause I feel more than twenty one Got pills 'cause I know, baby, you're not the one I've got pills for my coochie 'Cause baby, I'm sore I've got pills 'cause you're mad I've got pills 'cause I'm bored Cruising down the Sunset Strip And there is nothing that's not That's not within my grip Oh, tonight I got it right Just one time - All The Drugs4:31
Letra
Devil's driving my car tonight And he's drunk He's pissed, he's mad And I don't care which of you he fucks up I have played with fire And the matches they are cutting up, yeah They can try to shut me up They never will They never will again With all the drugs With all the drugs With all the drugs in the world You can't shut up that girl There's no one who can Obliterate the truth Cause there's no lies That I could be and you would know With all the drugs With all the drugs But there's all the drugs in the world But there's all the drugs in the world With all, all of my money With all, all of my love With all, all of my money It doesn't feel as good as the drugs With all the drugs in the world You can't shut up that girl With all the drugs in the world With all the drugs in the world Gonna make you, every inch of you Oh, baby I'll burn you till the lights all die You'll never, ever, ever fuck like me So baby, why, why do you even try Generation it has slipped away Baby, they leave no trace of it behind Steal the power of the powerful men Baby, leave here with me, leave here tonight - Almost Golden3:26
Letra
Honey, do all the things I'll never do to you Oh I know what you'll do The things I'll never do Sorry 'bout the fire Sorry 'bout the torch Sorry I had to have my revenge Send it in a note Say you cannot go Say you were sick You can't get dressed Come on be on fire Come on be a liar My dress is the prettiest Cover me in burns Everyone take a turn Cover me in humiliated Oh my, oh my baby, you do reflect the sun And my, oh my baby, you were almost golden My, oh my, oh how you do reflect the sun, yeah My, oh my baby, you were almost golden Sorry 'bout the fire Sorry 'bout the torch Sorry I had to have my revenge Send it in a note Say you cannot come Say you are still tied to the bed When's he gonna come When's he gonna spring When's he gonna crawl out in public When's he gonna come screaming bombs away When's he gonna kill me in this room Oh my, oh my, he's in his gloriousness Watch him tear me down with such a vengeance Hold on to me Yeah baby hold, hold on tight Yeah we'll just see which one of us gets out alive Oh honey, do all the things I'd never do to you Cover me in fire Cover me in lies That's just your entertainment Sorry I'm upset Walked a mile behind I was stuck and you still in a daze And my, oh my baby, you do reflect the sun And my, oh my, and you were almost golden, yeah And my, oh my, oh yeah, you do reflect the sun And my, oh my baby, you were almost golden - I'll Do Anything3:04
- Uncool4:38
Letra
Pretty faces grab the headlines You leave me nothing but my name And all the greed keeps multiplying And I pretend to feel no pain Never gonna lose, baby, if I tell the truth Would it be uncool If I could write a love song? I just wanna bleed, tear a hole in me Spit out what I have held down so long I get tired of your pleasure My company is so cheap Baby, take me from this tempest Take me someplace so I can sleep I don't want to die and I don't want to live Baby, I just want a chance to be with you I'll try, 'cause love you I swear to God I've never felt so alive I'm never gonna lose if I tell the truth Would it be uncool If I could write a love song? I just wanna bleed, tear a hole in me And every time you move and every time you break Yeah, gotta write a love song Baby, you're a freak show just like me Baby, we're all born ugly Gotta write a love song Gonna make you cry I'm gonna go so deep Tear the whirlwind, take me somewhere I can sleep I still wonder why, still wonder why, wonder why I wanna be uncool I wanna be uncool Now I'm gonna make you cry 'Cause I'm gonna go so deep I'm gonna tear this tempest, baby And go somewhere I can sleep Gonna make you love me Gonna make you love me, yeah I'm never gonna lose if I tell the truth Would it be uncool If I could write a love song? I just want to bleed, just tear a hole in me, baby And every time you move and everytime you breath Yeah, I gotta write a love song Baby, you're a freak show just like me Baby, we're all born ugly I gotta write a love song Now, I'm gonna make you cry I'm gonna go so deep Tear the whirlwind, baby, so I can sleep I wanna write a love song I wanna be uncool I wanna be uncool I wanna write a love song I wanna be uncool I wanna be uncool I wanna write a love song I wanna be uncool I wanna be uncool I'm gonna be uncool - Life Despite God4:16
Letra
You shouldn't have loved me baby When i was nothin, nothin at all I used to bleed for you Just to watch you fall Baby, baby, baby Leave me to Rock and ruin Baby, baby, baby I'll never ever come home You shouldn't loved me baby When redemtions too blind Next, baby baby And sin left a scar Time ravaged my body And now i live in the house Where the red lights always on Yeah, Baby, baby, baby Shame on you Oh baby, running away Running away from you I will wait for you But I won't wait very long I will wait for you And when you bore me, I'll be gone And I will cheat on you I will fuck you up It's just in my nature, Baby yeah well there aint nothing, nothing There aint nothing I can do to stop Here comes the rain Here comes the rain Your blood is pumping, Good and Evil God and Devil Aint no ones pity Your love's with me, Your love's with me Your love's with hate I will fuck you up I will feel no guilt That's right rub it in, rub it in, Can't get it under your skin you'll never get it out, You'll feel well Oh next, your head 'Till you can't see straight I watch your blood, It's pumping black Coz baby, your love's with me Here we go round, you're red and you're red You're writhing away Here we go round Youre red and youre red You writhing away From under my heel Run way your heads on fire Cant tell the difference between hate and desire Run away, Your hand's on fire Can't tell the difference between hate and desire Everything went all so wrong Chaos reigns, when I'm along Fuck you up, won't get me out Wash that stain, under your skin Can't wash it out Coz I'd wash it in Yeah, Yeah Yeah Yeah All my love's in vain All my love's in blood All my love's in vain Can't, cannot find a vein - Hello3:11
Letra
Shut up I'm about to take all your innocence for free In the end You're gonna want to pay me any and everything Shut up I'm about to tell you how I won the war I won't tell you why or how or when And in the end you'll never ever, ever ask what for Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello Are you talking to me? Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello Breathe, baby, breathe Shut up I'm about to tell you about the difference you will never make How win the war with no regrets No hurt, no pain, no shame Shut up I'm about to tell you some secrets you will never know Now, don't ask why, don't moan, don't cry Don't even ask where this is gonna go, no no Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello Are you talking to me? Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello Breathe, baby, breathe Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello Are you talking to me? Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello What's the matter? My baby's dead His heart went blind on me My dress caught fire From one match that you gave me And all that's left It's your bail and the wreck I got Yeah, I won't change And you're missing me 'Cause your phonecall's gone And no one's coming, no one's coming, no one's coming No one's coming for you Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello My dress is on fire Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello Now it's burning down Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello I got no desires - no want, no want Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello Do you mean this the same day, same? Yeah, ring around the posy Yeah, addicted to all that shit Pockets full of real estate Tax returns and don't you hate And when it all burns down Die, die, dust, dust Fire baby, fire baby, fire baby Fire baby Fire - Zeplin Song3:06
- Never Gonna Be The Same5:08
Letra
You called me up today I should've stood in your way You lied And everywhere a dream Nothing came between I died Give me a way I will not bleed for you God comes down Never gonna be the same Never gonna be the same Never gonna be the same And if you want water And if you want food And if you want shelter I cannot come over to you And if you want love now Or a needle and a spoon You gotta show a little faith in me, now baby I can't come over to you It's never gonna be the same Never gonna be the same God, come on down And if you want your heart out Sitting by the bay Well, the sun went down tomorrow It will not come up today And if you want love now Or rapture oh so cruel If there is a God, it's me Now baby, I cannot come over to you It's never gonna be the same She drew me in, anyway She lied You gotta show a little faith Your old hanging cross you made What goes up must come down and down and down Cry And if I want fame, now All the glory, all the womb And if I want my name emblazened in all the light in you And if I wanted Christ or a Messiah by my side I can't believe in anything I know that Mary lied Sucked you up today Could've got in your way Oh, Mary lied Do you know? Can you feel it? Do you feel me? Yeah And if you wanted madness And if you want what's pure Well, you gotta come over to me, baby My life doesn't reach to you And if you want love so unconditional and real You gotta ride that black horse, baby Through the depths of hell that I've been Follow me away Yeah, and though I walk I will be the same The strongest one to name Through the valley of life I'm gonna be the same Goodnight Goodnight Goodnight Goodnight Oh, you'll never be the same