Eight Arms to Hold You
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| Eight Arms to Hold You | ||
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| Missing image VerucaSalt-EightArmsToHoldYou.jpg album cover | ||
| LP by Veruca Salt | ||
| Released | February 11, 1997 | |
| Recorded | ??? | |
| Genre | Alternative rock | |
| Length | 51 min 10 s | |
| Record label | Geffen | |
| Producer | Bob Rock | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| Allmusic.com | 3 stars out of 5 | link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70403292331121857&sql=Afxfqxqthldte) |
| Rolling Stone | 1.5 stars out of 5 | link (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=14522&cf=) |
| Veruca Salt Chronology | ||
| Victrola (1995) | 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 Geffen Records on February 11, 1997.
The title of the album is a reference to The Beatles' working title for an album which eventually became Help!.
| Contents |
Track listing
- "Straight" (Post) - 2:32
- "Volcano Girls" (Gordon) - 3:18
- "Don't Make Me Prove It" (Post) - 2:29
- "Awesome" (Gordon) - 3:32
- "One Last Time" (Post) - 4:45
- "With David Bowie" (Gordon) - 2:25
- "Benjamin" (Gordon) - 4:05
- "Shutterbug" (Post) - 4:16
- "The Morning Sad" (Gordon) - 3:08
- "Sound of the Bell" (Post) - 3:59
- "Loneliness Is Worse" (Gordon) - 5:00
- "Stoneface" (Gordon) - 2:44
- "Venus Man Trap" (Post) - 3:29
- "Earthcrosser" (Gordon) - 5:28
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
Chart positions
Album position
1997 Eight Arms To Hold You The Billboard 200 No. 55
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