Eight Arms to Hold You

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Eight Arms to Hold You
Studio album by Veruca Salt
Released	February 11, 1997
Recorded	June, 1996
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	51:10
Label	Outpost/Geffen
Producer	Bob Rock
Professional reviews
All Music Guide Rolling Stone
Veruca Salt chronology
Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt (1996) Eight Arms to Hold You (1997) Resolver (2000)

Eight Arms to Hold You is an album by alternative rock band Veruca Salt. The album was released through Outpost/Geffen on February 11, 1997. This is the last album to feature founding member Nina Gordon before her departure from the band.

The title of the album is a reference to The Beatles' working title for an album which eventually became Help!.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Chart positions 3.1 Album position 3.2 Singles positions

[edit] Track listing

1. "Straight" (Post) – 2:32
2. "Volcano Girls" (Gordon) – 3:18
3. "Don't Make Me Prove It" (Post) – 2:29
4. "Awesome" (Gordon) – 3:32
5. "One Last Time" (Post) – 4:45
6. "With David Bowie" (Gordon) – 2:25
7. "Benjamin" (Gordon) – 4:05
8. "Shutterbug" (Post) – 4:16
9. "The Morning Sad" (Gordon) – 3:08
10. "Sound of the Bell" (Post) – 3:59
11. "Loneliness Is Worse" (Gordon) – 5:00
12. "Stoneface" (Gordon) – 2:44
13. "Venus Man Trap" (Post) – 3:29
14. "Earthcrosser" (Gordon) – 5:28

[edit] Personnel

• Mike Cusick - Assistant Engineer
• Brian Dobbs - Engineer
• Jim Labinski - Assistant Engineer
• Jeff Lane - Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
• George Marino - Mastering
• Jim McGillveray - Percussion
• Mike Gilles - Digital Editing, Assistant Engineer, Digital Programming
• Nina Gordon - Guitar, Vocals
• Darren Grahn - Assistant Engineer
• Steve Lack - Bass, Guitar
• Louise Post - Guitar, Vocals
• Bob Rock - Producer
• Jim Shapiro - Guitar, Drums, Vocals (bckgr)
• Randy Staub - Engineer, Mixing
• Zach Ingraham - Drums, Whiteboard

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Album position

1997 Eight Arms To Hold You The Billboard 200 No. 55

1997 Eight Arms To Hold You RIANZ NZ Top 40 No. 34

[edit] Singles positions

• 1997 Volcano Girls - Modern Rock Tracks - No. 8
• 1997 Shutterbug - Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 39
• 1997 Straight - Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 38
• 1997 Volcano Girls - Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 9