Eight Arms to Hold You

For the 1985 Goon Squad song, see Eight Arms to Hold You (song).

Eight Arms to Hold You
Studio album by Veruca Salt
Released	February 11, 1997
Recorded	June, 1996
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	51:10
Label	Outpost/Geffen
Producer	Bob Rock
Veruca Salt chronology
Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt (1996) Eight Arms to Hold You (1997) Resolver (2000)

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Eight Arms to Hold You is an album by alternative rock band Veruca Salt. The album was released through Outpost/Geffen on February 11, 1997. This is the last album to feature original band members Nina Gordon, Steve Lack, and Jim Shapiro.

The title of the album is a reference to the working title for The Beatles' film eventually titled Help!.

Track listing

1. "Straight" (Post) – 2:32
2. "Volcano Girls" (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

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, guitar
• Louise Post - guitar, vocals
• Bob Rock - producer
• Jim Shapiro - guitar, 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 Nina Gordon 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 PJ Harvey.

Veruca Salt performed "Shutterbug" on Saturday Night Live. Because Sting was hosting the show that evening, he performed one of his solo songs instead of Veruca Salt performing a second song.

Chart positions

Album position

1997 Eight Arms To Hold You The Billboard 200 No. 55

1997 Eight Arms To Hold You RIANZ NZ Top 40 No. 34

Singles positions

• 1997 Volcano Girls - Modern Rock Tracks - No. 8
• 1997 Volcano Girls - Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 9
• 1997 Shutterbug - Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 39
• 1997 Straight - Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 38
• 1997 Volcano Girls - Top UK Singles - No. 56