America's Sweetheart

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. America's Sweetheart featured Courtney working with producer Linda Perry and lyricist Bernie Taupin. Non-U.S. versions of the album feature, uncredited, Brody Dalle and Kim Deal on a different recording of "Sunset Strip" (with slightly altered ... more

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. America's Sweetheart featured Courtney working with producer Linda Perry and lyricist Bernie Taupin. Non-U.S. versions of the album feature, 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. In the U.S., both an explicit and an edited version was released. 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... less