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
ReleasedFebruary 11, 1997
RecordedJune 1996
GenreRock[1]
Length51:10
Label
ProducerBob Rock
Veruca Salt chronology
Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt
(1996) 		Eight Arms to Hold You
(1997) 		Resolver
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(1-star Honorable Mention)[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[5]
MusicHound Rock[6]
NME7/10[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]
Spin7/10[10]
Wall of Sound36/100[11]

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.

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  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Eight Arms to Hold You". AllMusic. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (October 15, 2000). "Veruca Salt". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Veruca Salt". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8 (4th ed.). New York : MUZE : Oxford University Press. p. 427. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ Browne, David (February 14, 1997). "Eight Arms to Hold You". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  6. ^ Fuoco, Christina (1999). "Veruca Salt". MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. p. 1198 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ^ Perry, John (January 3, 1997). "Eight Arms To Hold You". NME. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  8. ^ O'Connor, Rob (January 30, 1997). "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 6, 2008. Retrieved April 30, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. ^ The new Rolling Stone album guide. New York: Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 849. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.
  10. ^ Vowell, Sarah (March 1997). "Records". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. pp. 100–1.
  11. ^ Himmelsbach, Erik. "Wall of Sound Review: Eight Arms To Hold You". Wall of Sound. Archived from the original on February 11, 2001. Retrieved March 11, 2023.