Eight Arms to Hold You
Studio album by
Veruca Salt
ReleasedFebruary 11, 1997
RecordedJune 1996
GenreRock[1]
Length51:10
Label
ProducerBob Rock
Veruca Salt chronology
Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt
(1996)		 Eight Arms to Hold You
(1997)		 Resolver
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(1-star Honorable Mention)[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[5]
MusicHound Rock[6]
NME7/10[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]
Spin7/10[10]
Wall of Sound36/100[11]

Eight Arms to Hold You is the second studio album by alternative rock band Veruca Salt. It was released on February 11, 1997, through Outpost/Geffen Records.

Release

The album was produced by Bob Rock. The title is a reference to the working title for The Beatles' film eventually titled Help!.[12]

Eight Arms to Hold You peaked at number 55 on the Billboard 200. The single "Volcano Girls", written by Nina Gordon, was a rock radio hit. Veruca Salt performed "Shutterbug", written by Louise Post, on Saturday Night Live.[12][13] Besides those two, there were three other singles released from the album: "Benjamin", "The Morning Sad", and "Straight".

This was the last album to feature all of the original band members - Gordon, Post, Steve Lack, and Jim Shapiro - until the 2015 album Ghost Notes.

Track listing

All music is composed by Veruca Salt

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Straight"Louise Post2:32
2."Volcano Girls"Nina Gordon3:18
3."Don't Make Me Prove It"Post2:29
4."Awesome"Gordon3:32
5."One Last Time"Post4:45
6."With David Bowie"Gordon2:25
7."Benjamin"Gordon4:05
8."Shutterbug"Post4:16
9."The Morning Sad"Gordon3:08
10."Sound of the Bell"Post3:59
11."Loneliness Is Worse"Gordon5:00
12."Stoneface"Gordon2:44
13."Venus Man Trap"Post3:29
14."Earthcrosser"Gordon5:28
Total length:51:10

Personnel

Veruca Salt

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

Charts

Album

Chart performance for Eight Arms to Hold You
Chart (1997) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] 69
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[15] 34
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 40
UK Albums (OCC)[17] 95
US Billboard 200[18] 55

Singles

  • 1997 – "Volcano Girls" – US Modern Rock Tracks - No. 8[18]
  • 1997 – "Volcano Girls" – US Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 9
  • 1997 – "Volcano Girls" – UK Singles Chart - No. 56[19]
  • 1997 – "Volcano Girls" – Australian ARIA singles chart - No. 47[20]
  • 1997 – "Volcano Girls" – Swedish singles chart - No. 32[16]
  • 1997 – "Shutterbug" – US Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 39[18]
  • 1997 – "Shutterbug" – Australian ARIA singles chart - No. 114[21]
  • 1997 – "Benjamin" – UK Singles Chart - No. 75[19]
  • 1997 – "Straight" – US Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 38

References

  1. ↑ Segretto, Mike (2022). "1997". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. p. 565. ISBN 9781493064601.
  2. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Eight Arms to Hold You". AllMusic. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert (October 15, 2000). "Veruca Salt". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Veruca Salt". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8 (4th ed.). New York : MUZE : Oxford University Press. p. 427. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ↑ Browne, David (February 14, 1997). "Eight Arms to Hold You". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  6. ↑ Fuoco, Christina (1999). "Veruca Salt". MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. p. 1198 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ↑ Perry, John (January 3, 1997). "Eight Arms To Hold You". NME. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  8. ↑ O'Connor, Rob (January 30, 1997). "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 6, 2008. Retrieved April 30, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. ↑ The new Rolling Stone album guide. Internet Archive. New York : Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 849. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. ↑ Vowell, Sarah (March 1997). "Records". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. pp. 100–1.
  11. ↑ Himmelsbach, Erik. "Wall of Sound Review: Eight Arms To Hold You". Wall of Sound. Archived from the original on February 11, 2001. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  12. 1 2 Caro, Mark. "Veruca Salt reunites years after explosive breakup". chicagotribune.com. July 3, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  13. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Veruca Salt". allmusic.com. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  14. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 294.
  15. ↑ "Charts.nz – Veruca Salt – Eight Arms to Hold You". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  16. 1 2 "Swedishcharts.com – Veruca Salt – Eight Arms to Hold You". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  18. 1 2 3 "Veruca Salt - Chart history". Billboard. 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
  19. 1 2 "Official Charts > Veruca Salt". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  20. ↑ "australian-charts.com > Discography Veruca Salt". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-07-15". Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2015 – via Imgur.
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