Pop Has Freed Us


Pop Has Freed Us, a compilation/career retrospective by Papas Fritas, contains eight songs from their studio albums and nine rarities, and comes with a DVD featuring three music videos. It was released in the summer of 2003 on Minty Fresh after "Way You Walk," a track from the band's third LP, Buildings and Grounds, garnered mainstream exposure in a TV commercial for Dentyne Ice.

Track listing

  1. "Way You Walk" – 3:48
  2. "Smash This World" – 4:08
  3. "Lame to Be" – 3:24
  4. "Flash Lightning" – 3:00
  5. "High School, Maybe" – 1:31
  6. "Passion Play" – 3:04
  7. "TV Movies" – 3:57
  8. "Holiday" – 2:48
  9. "Hey Hey You Say" – 3:15
  10. "Let's Go Down to the Town Oasis" – 3:06
  11. "Do the Move" – 3:32
  12. "Say Goodbye" – 4:05
  13. "Book of Love" – 3:17
  14. "Vertical Lives" – 3:46
  15. "People Tell Me Not to Worry" – 3:39
  16. "Questions" – 3:18
  17. "Love Just Don't Quit" – 2:19
1, 14, 16: from Buildings and Grounds; 2: from the Friday Night 7" single, 1994; 3: from the Passion Play 7" single, 1995; 4: previously unreleased ; 5: bonus track from international releases of Papas Fritas; 6-8: from Papas Fritas; 9, 12: from Helioself; 10: from the Vertical Lives CD single and Tape Op: A Compact Disc of Creative Music Recordings ; 11: from the Far From an Answer CD single ; 13: A-side of Kindercore Records Single of the Month, October 2000 ; 15: from The Men From O.R.G.A.N. ; 17: from In Our Lifetime, Vol. 3: The Revenge of Boston and ''POPvolume#3''

Personnel

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

  • Derek Brain: trumpet on "Let's Go Down to the Town Oasis"
  • Bryan Hanna: toms and maracas on "Hey Hey You Say"
  • Tom Swafford: string arrangement on "Passion Play"
  • Samantha Wood: background vocals on "Let's Go Down to the Town Oasis" and "Do the Move"

    Production notes

"Hey Hey You Say" and "Say Goodbye" coproduced by Bryan Hanna. Liner notes by Tony Goddess and Jay Ruttenberg. Photography by Keith Gendel and Courtney Banfield. Layout by Shannon Showers.