Helioself

Helioself
Studio album by Papas Fritas
Released	April 22, 1997
Genre	indie rock, pop music
Length	35:01
Label	Minty Fresh
Producer	Papas Fritas
Papas Fritas chronology
Papas Fritas (1995) Helioself (1997) Buildings and Grounds (2000)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A− [2]

Helioself, the second album by Papas Fritas, was released in the spring of 1997. According to the band's website, "Helioself is the name of the mythical Sun-Ra sessions that were so powerful ... they were sealed away in a lost vault by request of the Ra himself because the world was not ready for such harmonic energy."^[3] Ivy covered Helioself's third track, "Say Goodbye," on their 2002 album Guestroom.^[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Papas Fritas (Shivika Asthana, Keith Gendel, and Tony Goddess).

1. "Hey Hey You Say" – 3:14
2. "We've Got All Night" – 3:04
3. "Say Goodbye" – 4:04
4. "Small Rooms" – 2:23
5. "Rolling in the Sand" – 1:48
6. "Live by the Water" – 2:45
7. "Words to Sing" – 2:48
8. "Sing About Me" – 2:28
9. "Just to See You" – 3:54
10. "Captain of the City" – 3:50
11. "Weight" – 1:49
12. "Starting to Be It" – 2:54

Personnel

• Shivika Asthana: drums, vocals
• Keith Gendel: bass, vocals
• Tony Goddess: guitar, piano, vocals

• Bryan Hanna: additional percussion ("Hey Hey You Say," "Weight")
• Shivika Asthana, Maria Le Rossow: tapping ("Weight")

• Bryan Hanna: engineering (the Columnated Ruins, Gloucester, Mass.)
• Paul Q. Kolderie, Sean Slade: mixing (Fort Apache, Cambridge, Mass.)
• Roger Siebel: mastering (SAE, Phoenix, Ariz.)

• Michael Hafitz: protection
• Peter Leak: direction (the New York End Ltd.)
• Jim Powers, Anthony Musiala: special thanks

References

1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen. Helioself at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
2. ↑ Romero, Michele (May 2, 1997). "Music Review: Helioself". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2011-07-13. 
3. ↑ "Papas Fritas: Discography". Retrieved 2011-07-14. 
4. ↑ Wilson, MacKenzie. "Guestroom review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-07-13.