Helioself, the second album by Papas Fritas

Papas Fritas

Papas Fritas is an American indie-rock band that formed in 1992 and released three studio albums before quietly breaking up around 2001. The band's name is Spanish for "French fries" but is also a pun on the phrase "Pop has freed us," which they used as both the name of their music publishing...

, 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." Ivy covered Helioselfs third track, "Say Goodbye," on their 2002 album Guestroom.

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
  Paul Q. Kolderie
  Paul Q. Kolderie is a record producer, engineer, and mixer. He has worked with Pixies, Radiohead, Orangutang, Hole, Dinosaur Jr., Juliana Hatfield, Wax, Warren Zevon, Uncle Tupelo, Throwing Muses, Morphine, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Abandoned Pools, and The Go-Go's...
  
  , Sean Slade
  Sean Slade
  Sean Slade is a record producer, engineer, and mixer. He has worked with artists including Hole, Radiohead, Warren Zevon, Juliana Hatfield, Dinosaur Jr., Uncle Tupelo, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Boo Radleys, Sebadoh, Lush, the Go-Go's, and The Dictators among others. In 2005 he produced The...
  
  : 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