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!
The album was recorded at Wicked Wahine, in Haʻikū, Hawaii. Bob Rock commented: "We ended up throwing my equipment into a house here. And they had such a great time and loved it so much that I just converted a part of my house." Additional recording took place at Chicago Recording Company in Chicago and The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver. 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
Personnel
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
Charts
Album
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! scope="col"| Chart (1997)
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! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)
| 69
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! scope="row"| US Billboard 200
| 55
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Singles
- 1997 – "Volcano Girls" – US Modern Rock Tracks - No. 8
- 1997 – "Volcano Girls" – Australian ARIA singles chart - No. 47
- 1997 – "Volcano Girls" – Swedish singles chart - No. 32
- 1997 – "Benjamin" – UK Singles Chart - No. 75