America's Sweetheart
Studio album by Courtney Love
Released	February 10, 2004
Genre	Grunge, Alternative Rock
Length	46:39
Label	Virgin
Producer(s)	Josh Abraham, James Barber, Courtney Love, Matt Serletic
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link Spin (A-) link
Courtney Love chronology
	America's Sweetheart (2004)	Nobody's Daughter (2007)

America's Sweetheart is the 2004 solo debut from Courtney Love. The release of this album was delayed for three years and preceded by much negative publicity over Courtney's legal problems and drug issues. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... Courtney Michelle Love[1] (born July 9, 1964) is an American rock musician and Golden Globe-nominated actress, best-known as lead singer for the now-defunct alternative rock band Hole and for her two-year marriage to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. ... February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is an independent-rooted music genre that became a commercially successful offshoot of hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music[1] or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Virgin Records is a British recording label founded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Josh Abraham is a music producer who has worked with many leading bands including Staind, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park , Courtney Love, and most famously Deadsy. ... James Barber is the Canadian cooking show host of the Urban Peasant. ... Courtney Michelle Love[1] (born July 9, 1964) is an American rock musician and Golden Globe-nominated actress, best-known as lead singer for the now-defunct alternative rock band Hole and for her two-year marriage to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. ... Matt Serletic is a record producer who has worked with several popular bands for Atlantic Records, including Collective Soul, matchbox twenty, Stacie Orrico, and Rob Thomas. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 2. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Image File history File links 2_stars. ... Spin is a music magazine that reports on all the music that rocks. Founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione, Jr. ... Courtney Michelle Love[1] (born July 9, 1964) is an American rock musician and Golden Globe-nominated actress, best-known as lead singer for the now-defunct alternative rock band Hole and for her two-year marriage to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. ... Nobodys Daughter is the title for the forthcoming sophomore solo album by American rock singer Courtney Love. ... Courtney Michelle Love[1] (born July 9, 1964) is an American rock musician and Golden Globe-nominated actress, best-known as lead singer for the now-defunct alternative rock band Hole and for her two-year marriage to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. ...

America's Sweetheart featured Courtney working with hitmaker Linda Perry (P!nk, Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani) and Bernie Taupin, famous for his collaborations with veteran rocker Elton John. Linda Perry, born April 15, 1965 in Springfield, Massachusetts, to a Portuguese father and Brazilian mother[1], is an American rock musician, songwriter, and record producer. ... Alecia Moore (born September 8, 1979), better known by her stage name Pink (also written as P!nk), is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter who first gained prominence in North America in early January of 2000. ... Christina Maria Aguilera (IPA pronunciation: [1] born December 18, 1980) is an American pop and R&B singer and songwriter. ... Gwen Renée Stefani (born October 3, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, fashion designer and occasional actress. ... Bernie Taupin (born May 22, 1950) is an English lyricist famous for his collaboration with Elton John. ... Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE [2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a multiple Grammy and Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ...

Though most critics gave the album positive reviews, it was a commercial flop, selling about 130,000 copies to date.

Non-US versions of the album features uncredited Brody Dalle and Kim Deal on a different recording of "Sunset Strip" (with slightly altered lyrics), singing and playing guitar. Dalle claims she is also a co-writer of the song. Brody Dalle (born Bree Mayer on January 1, 1979 in Geelong, Australia), is the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for the punk rock band The Distillers. ... Kim Deal (born June 10, 1961 as Kimberly Ann Deal) is an American singer, songwriter and bassist. ...

The original recordings were made at a château in the South of France and then shopped around to four different labels. It seemed Love was likely to sign with UK label Poptones, but instead signed to Virgin Records, who offered her a $20 million record deal. However, upon purchasing the album, Virgin demanded that the album be re-recorded so it would make their fiscal-year deadline of March 31. Courtney, who was at rehab at that time, was brought back and forth from the health center by the record company, did not improve at her then addiction battle and became overwhelmed by the compulsory work.^[1] Besides it all, Love later revealed to Rolling Stone that she "never saw a penny" from the advance that Virgin paid her for America's Sweetheart. Château de Chenonceau A rural château in France. ... Poptones was a record label launched by Alan McGee after the demise of Creation Records in 1999. ... Virgin Records is a British recording label founded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972. ... This article is about the magazine. ...

Also, between the several controversies involving America's Sweetheart release, Courtney accuses Virgin Records for putting the work out before it was finished. According to her, the record company chose the songs, the cover, the recorded vocals and the final arrangements without her participation: "...I made five good songs. I had twelve songs, but they're not on the album. I had no creative control."^[2] And to make it worse, according to BMI and ASCAP's websites, four of the songs on the album ("But Julian I'm A Little Bit Older Than You", "Almost Golden" and both singles, "Mono" and "Hold On To Me") weren't officially registered for copyright collect. By late 2006, the legal status of all of them seemed to have been corrected. Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) is a collecting society that protects composers intellectual property in the communications business, especially radio. ... The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) is an organization known as a collecting society that protects intellectual property, ensuring that music which is broadcast, commercially recorded, or otherwise used for profit, pays a fee to compensate the creators of that music. ... Mono is the debut single from Courtney Loves solo career. ... Hold On To Me was the second and last single from Courtney Loves debut album Americas Sweetheart. ...

Love demonstrated her extreme regret about the record in a September 2006 interview, in which she declared that "the sound on A.S. sucked beyond words. The production was a nightmare. Linda and I had written some really good songs, but they were rendered lazily and sound like shit. The art was horrific and not my idea and the label didn't back it at all. I was busy taking drugs to dull the pain of having lost everything AND made a shit album to boot (...) The producer didn't know what he was doing and he just spent my money. It almost had a moment of being Exile on Main Street - almost - but that's like almost winning a race. You either do or you do not. And in this case it's a delightfully written record in parts and sonically untenable with two of the most pretentious songs I have ever written. I was so druggy I thought it'd be cute to rip off "Teen Spirit" on "I'll Do Anything". Believe it or not, "All the Drugs", "Sunset Strip", "Mono" and "But Julian..." are all good songs. They just were produced crap and the songs weren't taken further than demo status. {...} The art still makes me seethe. At least make it look cool, and instead there's me as a playboy pinup. I love Olivia's art but that was personal for me - not art for a record." September 2006 is the ninth month of 2006 and has begun on a Friday. ... Exile on Main Street is a 1972 (see 1972 in music) album by the rock and roll band The Rolling Stones. ... Smells Like Teen Spirit is a song by American rock band Nirvana, and the opening track and lead single from the bands 1991 breakthrough album Nevermind. ... Mono is the debut single from Courtney Loves solo career. ... Olivia de Berardinis (b. ...

However, her outlook on this album was not always this negative, as in 2004 when Courtney stated, "[America's Sweetheart is] good. It took forever, so it better be good." ^[3]

Track listing

All lyrics by Courtney Love (except Uncool by Courtney Love and Bernie Taupin)
All composition credits shown below

01. Mono (Love, Perry, P. Schemel, L. Schemel) 3:39
02. But Julian, I'm a Little Bit Older Than You (Love, P. Schemel, L. Schemel) 2:48
03. Hold On To Me (Love) 3:45
04. Sunset Strip (Love, Perry, P. Schemel, Best) 5:32
05. All the Drugs (Love, P. Schemel, Best, C. Whitemyer) 4:31
06. Almost Golden (Love, Barber) 3:25
07. I'll Do Anything (Love, Perry, P. Schemel, Best) 3:01
08. Uncool (Love, Perry, P. Schemel, Best, Taupin) 4:37
09. Life Despite God (Love, Perry, P. Schemel, Best) 4:16
10. Hello (Love, Perry, P. Schemel, Best) 3:10
11. Zeplin Song (Love, Perry, Maloney) 2:48
12. Never Gonna Be the Same (Love, Perry, P. Schemel, Best) 5:07
Mono is the debut single from Courtney Loves solo career. ... Hold On To Me was the second and last single from Courtney Loves debut album Americas Sweetheart. ...

Mono CD Single B-Side & Japanese Album Track:
Mono is the debut single from Courtney Loves solo career. ...

13. Fly (Love, Perry, P. Schemel, Best) 2:52

© 2004 Virgin Records America, Inc.
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Publishing:
Love: America's Sweetheart Music (BMI)
Perry: Stuck In The Throat/Famous Music Corp. (ASCAP)
P. Schemel: Saint Patty Songs (BMI)
L. Schemel: Strange Design Music (ASCAP)
Best: TEAMJBTUNZ Publishing (BMI) Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) is a collecting society that protects composers intellectual property in the communications business, especially radio. ... The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) is an organization known as a collecting society that protects copyright, ensuring that music which is broadcast, commercially recorded, or otherwise used for profit, pays a fee to compensate the creators of that music. ...

Personnel

• Musicians: Patty Schemel, Samantha Maloney, Jerry Best, Chris Whitemyer, Emilie Autumn, Joe Gore, Scott McCloud
• Producers: Josh Abraham, James Barber, Courtney Love, Matt Serletic
• Engineers: Jamie Candiloro, Greg Collins, Ryan Williams, Joe Zook
• Mixing: Chris Lord-Alge, David Thoener, Andy Wallace, Joe Zook
• A&R: John Deutsch
• Guitar technician: Chris Whitemyer
• Artwork: Olivia
• Photography: David LaChapelle
• Drawing: Courtney Love

Patty Schemel played the drums on the last two albums Live Through This and Celebrity Skin by American girl punk-rock band Hole, replacing their previous drummer, Caroline Rue, who left after the recording of the debut album. ... Samantha Maloney is a drummer, born in Manhattan, New York on December 11, 1975. ... Emilie Autumn (born September 22, 1979 in Malibu, California) is a singer and violinist, currently living in Chicago. ... Scott McCloud (born Scott McLeod on June 10, 1960) is a cartoonist and a leading popular scholar of comics as a distinct literary and artistic medium. ... Josh Abraham is a music producer who has worked with many leading bands including Staind, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park , Courtney Love, and most famously Deadsy. ... Matt Serletic is a record producer who has worked with several popular bands for Atlantic Records, including Collective Soul, matchbox twenty, Stacie Orrico, and Rob Thomas. ... Olivia de Berardinis (b. ... Cover of David LaChapelle book, David LaChapelle (born March 11, 1969[1] Fairfield, Connecticut, United States) is a photographer and director who works in the fields of fashion, advertising, and fine art photography, and is noted for his surreal and often humorous style. ...

Charts

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Singles - Billboard (North America) The UK Albums Chart is a chart of the sales positions of albums in the United Kingdom. ...

Notes

1. ^ Courtney Love: Did Virgin Records Use Her?
2. ^ Rolling Stone, 2004: Queen Of The Damned
3. ^ Interview: Courtney Love