Eight Arms to Hold You
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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.
ReleaseEdit
The album was produced by Bob Rock. The title is a reference to the working title for the Beatles' film eventually titled Help!<ref name="chicagotribune">Caro, Mark. "Veruca Salt reunites years after explosive breakup". chicagotribune.com. July 3, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2020.</ref>
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.<ref name="chicagotribune"/><ref>Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Veruca Salt". allmusic.com. Retrieved September 29, 2020.</ref> 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 listingEdit
PersonnelEdit
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
ChartsEdit
AlbumEdit
Template:Album chartTemplate:Album chartTemplate:Album chart| Chart (1997) | Peak position | |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>Template:Cite Ryan</ref> | 69 | |
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55 |
SinglesEdit
- 1997 – "Volcano Girls" – US Modern Rock Tracks - No. 8<ref name=Billboard/>
- 1997 – "Volcano Girls" – US Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 9
- 1997 – "Volcano Girls" – UK Singles Chart - No. 56<ref name=occ>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1997 – "Volcano Girls" – Australian ARIA singles chart - No. 47<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1997 – "Volcano Girls" – Swedish singles chart - No. 32<ref name=swe/>
- 1997 – "Shutterbug" – US Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 39<ref name=Billboard/>
- 1997 – "Shutterbug" – Australian ARIA singles chart - No. 114<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 1997 – "Benjamin" – UK Singles Chart - No. 75<ref name=occ/>
- 1997 – "Straight" – US Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 38