Helium (Pram album)

Helium
Helium
Studio album by Pram
Released	September 1994
Recorded	Third Sex Studios in Birmingham, England
Genre	Post-rock
Length	50:15
Label	Too Pure
Producer	Pram
Pram chronology

Helium is the second album by English post-rock band Pram, released in September 1994 through Too Pure.^[1]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Select	4/5^[3]
The Vinyl District	A−^[4]

The Vinyl District reviewed the album positively, stating that "the band’s playing is as urgent and vibrant as it is carefully assembled [...] Pram had become progressively more comfortable with the technology and the offbeat instruments at their fingertips."^[4] AllMusic noted that the album's musical elements—"Moog burblings, exotic rhythms, and cool-toned horns—are more typically the building blocks of lounge music, but Pram is instead all about uneasy listening, cutting and pasting schizophrenic sound collages topped off by Rosie Cuckston's unnerving vocals."^[2]

In 2016, Fact ranked Helium at number 29 on its list of the best post-rock albums.^[5]

Track listing[]

All lyrics are written by Rosie Cuckston; all music is composed by Pram.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Gravity"	4:40
2.	"Dancing on a Star"	4:17
3.	"Nightwatch"	3:55
4.	"Things Left on the Pavement"	6:49
5.	"Windy"	2:43
6.	"My Father the Clown"	4:04
7.	"Blue"	8:14
8.	"Little Angel, Little Monkey"	4:32
9.	"Meshes in the Afternoon"	4:23
10.	"Shadows"	6:38

Personnel[]

Rosie Cuckston – vocals, keyboards
Matt Eaton – guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, sampler
Sam Owen – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Max Simpson – keyboards, sampler
Daren Garratt – drums, percussion
Verdigris – horns

References[]

^ Sprague, David (2007). "Pram". Trouser Press. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Ankeny, Jason. "Helium – Pram". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
^ Perry, Andrew (October 1994). "Pram: Helium". Select. No. 52. p. 102.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Neff, Joseph (30 March 2016). "Graded on a Curve: Pram, The Stars Are So Big, the Earth Is So Small…Stay as You Are and Helium". The Vinyl District. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
^ Bowe, Miles; Horner, Al; Lobenfeld, Claire; Ravens, Chal; Twells, John; Welsh, April Clare; Wilson, Scott (20 April 2016). "The 30 best post-rock albums of all time". Fact. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

External links[]

Helium at Discogs (list of releases)

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[trouserpress-1] Sprague, David (2007). "Pram". Trouser Press. Retrieved 7 March 2013.

[allmusic-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Ankeny, Jason. "Helium – Pram". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 March 2013.

[3] Perry, Andrew (October 1994). "Pram: Helium". Select. No. 52. p. 102.

[vinyldistrict-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Neff, Joseph (30 March 2016). "Graded on a Curve: Pram, The Stars Are So Big, the Earth Is So Small…Stay as You Are and Helium". The Vinyl District. Retrieved 23 January 2020.

[5] Bowe, Miles; Horner, Al; Lobenfeld, Claire; Ravens, Chal; Twells, John; Welsh, April Clare; Wilson, Scott (20 April 2016). "The 30 best post-rock albums of all time". Fact. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

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