Eight Arms to Hold You

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.

For the 1985 Goon Squad song, see Eight Arms to Hold You (song).
Eight Arms to Hold You
Studio album by
Veruca Salt
ReleasedFebruary 11, 1997
RecordedJune 1996
GenreAlternative rock, grunge
Length51:10
LabelOutpost, Geffen Records
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[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(1-star Honorable Mention)[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[3]
NME7/10[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]
Spin7/10[7]
Wall of Sound36/100[8]

Release

The album was produced by Bob Rock. The title is a reference to the working title for The Beatles' film eventually titled Help!.[9]

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.[9][10] 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)[11] 69
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[12] 34
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 40
UK Albums (OCC)[14] 95
US Billboard 200[15] 55

Singles
  • 1997 – "Volcano Girls" – US Modern Rock Tracks - No. 8[15]
  • 1997 – "Volcano Girls" – US Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 9
  • 1997 – "Volcano Girls" – UK Singles Chart - No. 56[16]
  • 1997 – "Volcano Girls" – Australian ARIA singles chart - No. 47[17]
  • 1997 – "Volcano Girls" – Swedish singles chart - No. 32[13]
  • 1997 – "Shutterbug" – US Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 39[15]
  • 1997 – "Shutterbug" – Australian ARIA singles chart - No. 114[18]
  • 1997 – "Benjamin" – UK Singles Chart - No. 75[16]
  • 1997 – "Straight" – US Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 38

References
  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Eight Arms to Hold You". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  2. Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "Veruca Salt". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
  3. Browne, David (1997-02-14). "Eight Arms to Hold You". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  4. Perry, John (1997-01-03). "Eight Arms To Hold You". NME. Archived from the original on 2000-08-17. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  5. O'Connor, Rob (1997-01-30). "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 6, 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. 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)
  7. Vowell, Sarah (March 1997). "Records". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. pp. 100–1.
  8. Himmelsbach, Erik. "Wall of Sound Review: Eight Arms To Hold You". Wall of Sound. Archived from the original on 2001-02-11. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  9. Caro, Mark. "Veruca Salt reunites years after explosive breakup". chicagotribune.com. July 3, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  10. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Veruca Salt". allmusic.com. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  11. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 294.
  12. "Charts.nz – Veruca Salt – Eight Arms to Hold You". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  13. "Swedishcharts.com – Veruca Salt – Eight Arms to Hold You". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  14. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  15. "Veruca Salt - Chart history". Billboard. 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  16. "Official Charts > Veruca Salt". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  17. "australian-charts.com > Discography Veruca Salt". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  18. "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-07-15". Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2015-10-09 – via Imgur.
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