Papas Fritas (album)

Papas Fritas
Studio album by Papas Fritas
Released	October 24, 1995
Genre	indie rock, pop music
Length	36:07
Label	Minty Fresh
Producer	Papas Fritas
Papas Fritas chronology
Papas Fritas (1995) Helioself (1997)

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Papas Fritas is the debut album by Papas Fritas and was released in October 1995 on Minty Fresh. Trouser Press editor Ira Robbins wrote that the group "turns extraordinarily fetching pop concoctions like 'Lame to Be,' 'TV Movies,' 'Possibilities' and 'Smash This World' into disarmingly sophisticated and diverse small-scale charmers with abundant skill and no evidence of effort."^[2]

Track listing

1. "Guys Don't Lie" (Shivika Asthana, Tony Goddess) – 2:39
2. "Holiday" (Goddess) – 2:49
3. "Wild Life" (Goddess) – 3:16
4. "Passion Play" (Goddess) – 3:04
5. "TV Movies" (Asthana, Goddess) – 3:58
6. "My Revolution" (Keith Gendel) – 2:45
7. "Kids Don't Mind" (Asthana, Gendel, Goddess) – 0:51
8. "Smash This World" (Goddess) – 2:49
9. "Lame to Be" (Asthana, Goddess) – 2:48
10. "Possibilities" (Asthana, Gendel, Goddess) – 2:21
11. "My Own Girlfriend" (Goddess) – 1:59
12. "Explain" (Goddess) – 3:41
13. "Afterall" (Goddess) – 3:07

Personnel

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

• Tom Swafford: string arrangement on "Passion Play" (Swafford and Kathleen Derbyshire, violins; Heather Morehouse, viola; Sarah Thompson, cello)

• Paul Sanni: engineering (Hi-Tech City, Somerville, Mass.)
• Paul Q. Kolderie, Sean Slade: mixing (Fort Apache West, Cambridge, Mass.)
• Roger Siebel: mastering (SAE, Phoenix, Ariz.)

• Anna Rappaport, Tim Leanse: photography
• Michael Hafitz: protection

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