Eight Arms to Hold You
| Eight Arms to Hold You | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by Veruca Salt | ||||
| Released | February 11, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | June, 1996 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 51:10 | |||
| Label | Minty Fresh, Outpost | |||
| Producer | Bob Rock | |||
| Veruca Salt chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ [2] |
| Robert Christgau |  [3] |
| Rolling Stone |  [4] |
Eight Arms to Hold You is the second full-length studio album by alternative rock band Veruca Salt, released on February 11, 1997, through Outpost/Geffen Records. It was the last album to feature original band members Nina Gordon, Louise Post, Steve Lack, and Jim Shapiro until the 2015 reunion album Ghost Notes.
The title of the album is a reference to the working title for The Beatles' film eventually titled Help!.
Track listing
All music composed by Veruca Salt.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Straight" | Louise Post | 2:32 |
| 2. | "Volcano Girls" | Nina 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 |
| Total length: | 51:10 | ||
Personnel
Veruca Salt
- Nina Gordon - guitar, vocals
- Louise Post - guitar, vocals
- Jim Shapiro - guitar, drums, backing vocals
- Steve Lack - bass guitar, guitar
Additional personnel
- Jim McGillveray - percussion
- Zach Ingraham - whiteboard
- Bob Rock - producer
- Randy Staub - engineer, mixing
- Brian Dobbs - engineer
- Mike Cusick - assistant engineer
- Jim Labinski - assistant engineer
- Jeff Lane - assistant engineer, mixing assistant
- Darren Grahn - assistant engineer
- George Marino - mastering
- Mike Gilles - digital editing, assistant engineer, digital programming
Songs
"Shutterbug"
"Shutterbug", a song from this album, was written by Louise Post. She was the lead singer for the song, with Nina Gordon performing backing vocals.
Post has said that the three parts of the song are like snapshots from different times in her life. The "she" featured in the song is PJ Harvey.
Veruca Salt performed "Shutterbug" on Saturday Night Live. Because Sting was hosting the show that evening, he performed one of his solo songs instead of Veruca Salt performing a second song.
Chart positions
Album position
- 1997 Eight Arms To Hold You The Billboard 200 No. 55[5]
- 1997 Eight Arms To Hold You Australian ARIA albums chart No. 69[6]
- 1997 Eight Arms To Hold You New Zealand RIANZ Top 40 No. 34[7]
- 1997 Eight Arms To Hold You Swedish albums chart No. 40[8]
- 1997 Eight Arms To Hold You UK albums chart No. 95[9]
Singles positions
- 1997 "Volcano Girls" - Modern Rock Tracks - No. 8[5]
- 1997 "Volcano Girls" - Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 9
- 1997 "Volcano Girls" - UK singles chart - No. 56[9]
- 1997 "Volcano Girls" - Australian ARIA singles chart - No. 47[6]
- 1997 "Volcano Girls" - Swedish singles chart - No. 32[8]
- 1997 "Shutterbug" - Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 39[5]
- 1997 "Shutterbug" - Australian ARIA singles chart - No. 114[6]
- 1997 "Benjamin" - UK singles chart - No. 75[9]
- 1997 "Straight" - Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 38
References
- ↑ Eight Arms to Hold You at AllMusic
- ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
- ↑ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
- ↑ Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived December 6, 2008)
- 1 2 3 "Veruca Salt - Chart history". Billboard. 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- 1 2 3 Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
- "Eight Arms To Hold You": Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- "Volcano Girls": "australian-charts.com > Discography Veruca Salt". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
- "Shutterbug": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-07-15". Imgur. Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
- ↑ "charts.org.nz > Veruca Salt - Eight Arms To Hold You (album)". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
- 1 2 "swedishcharts.com > Discography Veruca Salt". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
- 1 2 3 "Official Charts > Veruca Salt". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
