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Biography
For|the 1985 Goon Squad song|Eight Arms to Hold You (song)Refimprove|date=March 2010Infobox album| | Name = Eight Arms to Hold You| Type = Album | Artist = Veruca Salt (band)|Veruca Salt | Cover = VerucaSalt-EightArmsToHoldYou.jpg| Released = February 11, 1997| Recorded = June, 1996| Genre = Alternative rock | Length = 51:10| Label = Outpost/ Geffen Records|Geffen | Producer = Bob Rock | Reviews =
Rolling Stone http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/verucasalt/albums/album/259367/review/5941884/eight_arms_to_hold_you Rating|1.5|5
| Last album = '' Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt (1996) | This album = Eight Arms to Hold You (1997) | Next album = Resolver (Veruca Salt album)|Resolver (2000) Eight Arms to Hold You is an album by alternative rock band Veruca Salt (band)|Veruca Salt . The album was released through Outpost/ Geffen Records|Geffen on February 11, 1997. This is the last album to feature original band members NinaGordon , Steve Lack , and Jim Shapiro .
The title of the album is a reference to the working title for The Beatles ' film eventually titled Help& #33; (film)|Help! .
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 - Audio engineer|assistant engineer
Brian Dobbs - Audio engineer|engineer
Jim Labinski - assistant engineer
Jeff Lane - assistant engineer, mixing assistant
George Marino - mastering
Jim McGillveray - percussion instrument|percussion
Mike Gilles - digital editing, assistant engineer, digital programming
Jim Shapiro - guitar, Drum kit|drums , backing vocals
Randy Staub - engineer, mixing
Zach Ingraham - drums, whiteboard
Songs
Shutterbug
"Shutterbug" , a song from this album, was written by Louise Post . She was the lead singer for the song, with NinaGordon performing backing vocals.
Post has said that the three parts of the song are like snapshots from different times in her life. The "she" featured in the song is PJHarvey .
Veruca Salt performed "Shutterbug" on Saturday Night Live . Because Sting (musician)|Sting was hosting the show that evening, he performed one of his solo songs instead of Veruca Salt performing a second song.
Chart positions
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Album position
1997 Eight Arms To Hold You The Billboard 200 No. 55 http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200#/album/veruca-salt/eight-arms-to-hold-you/196579
1997 Eight Arms To Hold You RIANZ NZ Top 40 No. 34
Singles positions
1997 Volcano Girls - Modern Rock Tracks - No. 8 http://www.billboard.com/#/song/veruca-salt/volcano-girls/651808
1997 Shutterbug - Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 39 http://www.billboard.com/#/song/veruca-salt/shutterbug/651814
References
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