Belinda (Belinda Carlisle album) may not be as infectious as the Go-Go's' finest singles, yet it fit in well with the slick formats of mid-'80s radio and managed to be more memorable than many of the mainstream hits of the time, as the ingratiating hit "Mad About You" proves." Chart performance The album was successful in North America peaking at No. 13 in the US and at number 24 in Canada. The Album also entered the Australian Chart where it peaked at number 42 and charted for 12 weeks. "Belinda" was certified Gold in the US and Platinum in Canada, selling over one million
Rat Girl a starred review in Kirkus Reviews it is described as a ""thoroughly engrossing work by an original voice"". In 2012 Rolling Stone ranked it number 8 in their list of The 25 Greatest Rock Memoirs of All Time. Rat Girl Rat Girl is a memoir published in 2010 by Penguin Books and written by Kristin Hersh, a guitarist, songwriter, and singer who has performed as a solo artist, and as guitarist/lead singer of the alternative rock band Throwing Muses. In the U.K., it was released with the alternate title Paradoxical Undressing. The book chronicles a year (1985–1986) in her life