''Eight Arms to Hold You'' is the second studio album by

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band

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. It was released on February 11, 1997, through Outpost/

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Release

The album was produced by

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. The title is a reference to the working title for

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' film eventually titled ''

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", written by

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, was a rock radio hit. Veruca Salt performed "Shutterbug", written by

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, on ''

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''. 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 ''

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Track listing

Personnel

Veruca Salt *

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- guitar, vocals * Jim Shapiro - guitar,

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, backing vocals *Steve Lack -

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, guitar Additional personnel *Jim McGillveray -

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*Zach Ingraham - whiteboard *

- producer *Randy Staub - engineer, mixing *Brian Dobbs -

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*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 *1997 – "Volcano Girls" – US Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 9 *1997 – "Volcano Girls" – UK Singles Chart - No. 56 *1997 – "Volcano Girls" – Australian ARIA singles chart - No. 47 *1997 – "Volcano Girls" – Swedish singles chart - No. 32 *1997 – "Shutterbug" – US Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 39 *1997 – "Shutterbug" – Australian ARIA singles chart - No. 114 *1997 – "Benjamin" – UK Singles Chart - No. 75 *1997 – "Straight" – US Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 38

References

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