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;
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]

^ "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.

[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.

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