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Metallica's aptly-named producer Bob Rock is behind the board for Veruca Salt's highly-anticipated follow-up to the gold debut AMERICAN THIGHS, and the difference shows. The twin-guitar attack is thicker and heavier, the drum sound harder and more in-your-face. Overall, the band's approach on EIGHT ARMS is more focused and aggressive. Despite poppy diversions like the effervescent "The Morning Sad" and the almost-ballad "Loneliness Is Worse," there's a grunge-derived mudslide of sound that powers this album.
Whether the lack of dynamic/sonic range from tune to tune is consistency or flaw probably depends on which side of the Veruca Salt fence you stand on to begin with. Singer-guitarists Nina Gordon and Louise Post show themselves to be several steps above their post-grunge peers in the songwriting department. The songs here are well-structured, highly melodic and not without humor (see "With David Bowie"), a commodity far too precious in the alt-rock world.
Recorded at Wicked Wahine, Haiku, Maui, Hawaii between July and September 1996.
Personnel: Louise Post, Nina Gordon (vocals, guitar); Jim Shapiro (guitar, drums, background vocals); Steve Lack (guitar); Jim McGillveray (percussion).
Audio Mixer: Randy Staub .
Recording information: Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, IL; Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Wicked Wahinhe, Haiku, Maui, HI.
Veruca Salt: Nina Gordon, Louise Post (vocals, guitar); Steve Lack (guitar, bass); Jim Shapiro (guitar, drums, background vocals).
Entertainment Weekly (2/14/97, p.62) - "Working with metal producer Bob Rock, the 'Seether' band tries to toughen up and stumbles across something even more exciting: the missing link between glum alt-rock and the Bangles, heard in love-ensnared guitar pop..." - Rating: B+
Veruca Salt - Eight Arms To Hold You Album Track Listing
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Song
Time
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1
Straight
2:32
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2
Volcano Girls
3:18
$1.29
3
Don't Make Me Prove It
2:29
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4
Awesome
3:33
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5
One Last Time
4:45
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6
With David Bowie
2:25
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Benjamin
4:05
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8
Shutterbug
4:16
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9
Morning Sad
3:08
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10
Sound of the Bell
3:58
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11
Loneliness Is Worse
5:00
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12
Stoneface
2:44
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13
Venus Man Trap
3:29
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14
Earthcrosser
5:28
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Eight Arms To Hold You Music Review
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Average Rating: (4.7 out of 5 stars)
One and only Veruca Salt rocks. I listened to this album so much that I had to get a replacement. Submitted by a reviewer (Hoboken NJ) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Much Better Than American Thighs This CD has taken the already awesome band that we heard on American Thighs, and even shows MORE of their talent! This CD is just amazing. I have listened to this CD about 100 times. Every song is just great, not a bad one on this album! Submitted by a reviewer (Trenton, Mi, USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Not as good as the first album I liked the album "American Thighs" much better than Eight Arms to Hold You. I do like the guitar work better on the newer album, but the lyrics lack the depth that was heard on the first one. Submitted by a reviewer (Belleville,On) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
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