Hold Me Up Explained

Hold Me Up
Type:	studio
Artist:	Goo Goo Dolls
Cover:	ggdholdme.png
Released:	October 16, 1990
Recorded:	May 1990
Studio:	Trackmaster Audio, Buffalo, New York
Genre:	Punk rock^[1] power pop^[2] alternative rock
Length:	39:32
Label:	Metal Blade
Producer:	Armand John Petri
Prev Title:	Jed
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	Superstar Car Wash
Next Year:	1993

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.^[3]

Personnel

• 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

An EP featuring the studio version of the title song and three live tracks from "Hold Me Up" was released in 1991.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: GOO GOO DOLLS: GUTTERFLOWER . PopMatters . 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. Web site: Huey. Steve. Goo Goo Dolls Biography & History. July 12, 2021. AllMusic.
3. Web site: Rivadavia. Eduardo. 35 Best Metal Records Albums. November 10, 2017. March 9, 2022.
4. http://musicbrainz.org/release/b244a831-7e11-44ab-8bbb-e6b79c37221f.html" Show release at MusicBrainz - Just the Way You Are EP