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Veruca Salt Eight Arms to Hold You Release Date: 1997 02 11 Running Time: 51:10 Label: Outpost Rating:

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-ass, 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. Roch Parisien, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Straight	Post	2:32
2	Volcano Girls	Gordon	3:18
3	Don't Make Me Prove It	Post	2:29
4	Awesome	Gordon	3:32
5	One Last Time	Post	4:45
6	With David Bowie	Gordon	2:25
7	Benjamin	Gordon	4:05
8	Shutterbug	Post	4:16
9	Morning Sad	Gordon	3:08
10	Sound of the Bell	Post	3:59
11	Loneliness Is Worse	Gordon	5:00
12	Stoneface	Gordon	2:44
13	Venus Man Trap	Post	3:29
14	Earthcrosser	Gordon	5:28

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