与五年前的《America's Sweetheart》相比,这次的Love明显有了大变化,她不在一味地像个婊子般蛮横愤怒,而是出人意料地唱起了忧伤和动人,沧桑和缅怀。《Pacific Coast Highway》很明显是Love写给Kurt的,“I knew a boy/He left me so ravaged/Do you even know the expense of the damage”,民谣式的开场让这样的独白显得悲怆不已。很难说清这是Love的伪善还是真诚,毕竟这个寡妇借Kurt刮油水搞噱头也不是第一次。即使你有种种猜测和怀疑,但当Love用她略带沙哑的嗓音唱出“And I've lost myself completely/I look to you my shooting star”这般无助的词句,以及在《For Once In Your Life》中一遍遍重複“So what can I do”时,你又怎能不为之动容?
这张专辑也不儘是对Kurt的矫情怀念,在谈到《Stand Up Motherfcker》的创作初衷时,Love讲述了一个小插曲“我的外祖母在接受《New York Times》的採访时声称她不喜欢我说话的方式和用词,我写下这首歌,并用上‘Motherfcker’这个词,就是要对此做出回应。”《Sunset Marquis》的钢琴伴奏听上去像是PJ Harvey在《White Chalk》中所做的那样,事实上这张专辑中能让你联想到PJ Harvey的作品绝不止这一首,而《Sunset Marquis》就像是Love的自白,在这样的歌声中,Love内心的迷茫和痛苦还如何遮掩得住?
下面是Courtney在接受採访时讲的一番话,她说这张专辑就是自己的真实写照,
从中我们不难看出她的创作动机Courtney, Linda and Billy
"I think the title just says it all. I’m not pouting. I’m not playing anything up. I don’t have parents that I acknowledge. I’m nobody’s daughter. I’m nobody’s wife. I’m nobody’s bitch. I’m nobody’s daughter. I’m no-body’s widow. I’m somebody’s mother. Other than that, I don’t identify with these other female roles I’m supposed to have."