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1997 studio album by Veruca Salt
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
Title Writer(s) 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
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
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
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