Eight Arms to Hold You
Veruca Salt
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| 1 | Straight | Veruca Salt | 2:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Volcano Girls | Veruca Salt | 3:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Don't Make Me Prove it | Veruca Salt | 2:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Awesome | Veruca Salt | 3:33 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | One Last Time | Veruca Salt | 4:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 6 | With David Bowie | Veruca Salt | 2:25 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 7 | Benjamin | Veruca Salt | 4:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 8 | Shutterbug | Veruca Salt | 4:16 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 9 | The Morning Sad | Veruca Salt | 3:08 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 10 | Sound of the Bell | Veruca Salt | 3:58 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 11 | Loneliness is Worse | Veruca Salt | 5:00 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 12 | Stoneface | Veruca Salt | 2:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 13 | Venus Man Trap | Veruca Salt | 3:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 14 | Earthcrosser | Veruca Salt | 5:28 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 14 Songs |
Album Review
Picture Joan Jett at her altruistic peak creating sparks in the studio by chomping at the bit proffered by a calculating — but astute and sympathetic — Svengali, and you have a fair grasp of Eight Arms to Hold You. In fact, ferocious lead single "Volcano Girls" holds its own in the classic, dumb-a*s, slashing hard rock singles sweepstakes with Jett's own "I Love Rock'n'Roll." This destructive blast only clears the terrain for some of the album's more tuneful missiles like the Bangles-ish "Awesome," the pseudo-orchestrated "Benjamin" (has it become impossible to make a rock album without cello, real or synthesized?), and the hook-festooned "The Morning Sad." Throughout, the dual-tracked siren calls of Kim Gordon and Louise Post ensnare just long enough for the group's rock-amplified guitars-bass-drums to smash you stupid.
Recent Customer Reviews
Veruca Salt= Just listen to it!
by voguepilotThis album is so epic, the best album I can listen to forever. You can so get tired of this. I recommend "Volcano Girls.", it is so feisty and "Awesome." is like a great feel good anthem. "With David Bowie." is something that you can shake your hips to. "Shutterbug." is perfect, and "The Morning Sad." is so brilliant. "Bejamin." is really beautiful. Bah! I just recommend to buy the whole album, it's just too awesome!!!!!
Good stuff
by Ms.DaisyFirst of all her name is Nina Gordon not Kim Gordon. Secondly this is a great album.
Yin & Yang
by getjefferyWikipedia references a 2006 interview from the Chicago Sun-Times in which Louise Post says that she and Nina Gordon have talked about getting back together, but there's probably some "healing to be done". So heal already girls!
In my opinion, 'Eight Arms to Hold You' is a close second to Metallica's 'Black' album. It's that good. Although Veruca's latest, 'IV', is very competent and demonstrates VS moving on in a good way, I cannot hear in it that they are moving in the direction of the mass appeal that 'Eight Arms' generated. The Sun-Times article mentions Gordon's bent towards 'pop' music. Post has an obvious bent towards 'hard rock'. This is the Yin & Yang that makes "Eight Arms" so good.
I'll just comment on one song on this album. That is the song that usually gets the most ribbing as the 'crap' song on the album. That is "Earthcrosser", which is actually my favorite among difficult choices. When the lyrics move from "It's 2a.m. and it's quiet again ..." then crescendos to a screaming "Where's a my lip GLOSS!!!!!" It's beautiful. Brilliant. I find myself -- a man, screaming along with them about lip gloss. Yeah, the song rocks me.
Biography
Formed: 1993 in Chicago, IL
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '90s, '00s
Top Albums and Songs by Veruca Salt
| Name | Album | Time | Price | ||
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| 1 | Seether | American Thighs | 3:16 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Volcano Girls | Eight Arms to Hold You | 3:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Shutterbug | Eight Arms to Hold You | 4:16 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Number One Blind | American Thighs | 3:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Somebody | For the Masses | 4:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $9.99
- Genres: Rock, Music, Alternative, Pop, Hard Rock, Adult Alternative, Grunge
- Released: Feb 11, 1997
- ℗ 1997 Outpost Recordings
