Hold Me Up

Hold Me Up
Hold Me Up
Studio album by Goo Goo Dolls
Released	October 16, 1990
Recorded	May 1990
Studio	Trackmaster Audio, Buffalo, New York
Genre	Punk rock; power pop; Alternative rock Pop punk
Length	39:32
Label	Metal Blade
Producer	Armand John Petri
Goo Goo Dolls chronology
Singles from Hold Me Up
	"There You Are"; Released: 1990;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	^[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[5]
Entertainment Weekly	A−^[6]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[7]

Hold Me Up is the third studio album by American rock band Goo Goo Dolls, released on October 16, 1990, by Metal Blade Records. It marked the beginning of John Rzeznik's emergence as the band's principal lead vocalist. The album features the band's first single "There You Are," which became their first music video as well. In 2017, Loudwire listed the album as one of Metal Blade's best albums.^[8]

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Laughing"	3:41
2.	"Just the Way You Are"	3:08
3.	"So Outta Line"	2:22
4.	"There You Are"	3:07
5.	"You Know What I Mean"	3:24
6.	"Out of the Red"	1:40
7.	"Never Take the Place of Your Man (Prince)"	3:49
8.	"Hey"	2:51
9.	"On Your Side"	3:04
10.	"22 Seconds"	0:40
11.	"Kevin's Song"	3:09
12.	"Know My Name"	2:42
13.	"A Million Miles Away (Joey Alkes, Peter Case, Chris Fradkin)"	2:44
14.	"Two Days in February"	3:11

Personnel[edit]

Johnny Rzeznik - guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on tracks 2, 4, 5, 13, and 14, co-lead vocals on track 8
Robby Takac - bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on tracks 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12, co-lead vocals on track 8
George Tutuska - drums, lead vocals on track 10

Additional personnel

Lance Diamond - lead vocals on track 7
Armand John Petri - production

Just the Way You Are EP[edit]

An EP featuring the studio version of the title song and three live tracks from "Hold Me Up" was released in 1991.^[9]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Just the Way You Are"	3:08
2.	"Just the Way You Are" (Live in Nashville)	3:13
3.	"Hey" (Live in Nashville)	2:32
4.	"You Know What I Mean" (Live in Nashville)	3:24

References[edit]

^ "GOO GOO DOLLS: GUTTERFLOWER". PopMatters. Retrieved January 22, 2022. The fact of the matter is that John Rzeznik is as good a rock songwriter as they come. He seems to have gone from penning raucous, jaunty punk tunes on early albums such as Jed and Hold Me Up...
^ Huey, Steve. "Goo Goo Dolls | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
^ Raggett, Ned. "Hold Me Up". AllMusic.
^ Christgau, Robert (October 15, 2000). "The Goo Goo Dolls". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1462. ISBN 9780857125958.
^ Browne, David (October 19, 1990). "Hold Me Up". Entertainment Weekly.
^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 338. ISBN 9780743201698.
^ Rivadavia, Eduardo (November 10, 2017). "35 Best Metal Records Albums". Retrieved March 9, 2022.
^ " Show release at MusicBrainz - Just the Way You Are EP

[1] "GOO GOO DOLLS: GUTTERFLOWER". PopMatters. Retrieved January 22, 2022. The fact of the matter is that John Rzeznik is as good a rock songwriter as they come. He seems to have gone from penning raucous, jaunty punk tunes on early albums such as Jed and Hold Me Up...

[2] Huey, Steve. "Goo Goo Dolls | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved July 12, 2021.

[3] Raggett, Ned. "Hold Me Up". AllMusic.

[4] Christgau, Robert (October 15, 2000). "The Goo Goo Dolls". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.

[5] Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1462. ISBN 9780857125958.

[6] Browne, David (October 19, 1990). "Hold Me Up". Entertainment Weekly.

[7] Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 338. ISBN 9780743201698.

[8] Rivadavia, Eduardo (November 10, 2017). "35 Best Metal Records Albums". Retrieved March 9, 2022.

[9] " Show release at MusicBrainz - Just the Way You Are EP

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v t e Goo Goo Dolls
John Rzeznik Robby Takac George Tutuska Mike Malinin
Studio albums	Goo Goo Dolls Jed Hold Me Up Superstar Car Wash A Boy Named Goo Dizzy Up the Girl Gutterflower Let Love In Something for the Rest of Us Magnetic Boxes Miracle Pill It's Christmas All Over Chaos in Bloom
Extended plays	Bang! Dizzy EP Waiting for the Rest of It
Live albums	Live in Buffalo: July 4th, 2004
Compilations	What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce iTunes Originals Greatest Hits Volume One: The Singles Vol.2 Rarities
Videography	Music in High Places: Live in Alaska Live in Buffalo: July 4th, 2004
Singles	"There You Are" "I'm Awake Now" "We Are the Normal" "Only One" "Name" "Naked" "Long Way Down" "Lazy Eye" "Iris" "Slide" "Dizzy" "Black Balloon" "Broadway" "Here Is Gone" "Big Machine" "Sympathy" "Give a Little Bit" "Better Days" "Let Love In" "Stay with You" "Before It's Too Late (Sam and Mikaela's Theme)" "Real" "Home" "Notbroken" "All That You Are" "Rebel Beat" "Come to Me"
Related material	Discography Lance Diamond