Pirate Prude
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{{Infobox album
| name = Pirate Prude
| type = EP
| artist = Helium
| cover = Heliumpirateprude.jpg
| alt =
| released = March 8, 1994
| recorded = 1993
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Indie rock, Alternative rock, Noise pop
| length = 28:40
| label = Matador Records
| producer = Helium
Adam Lasus
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = The Dirt of Luck
| next_year = 1995
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/pirate-prude-mw0000115666|title=Pirate Prude - Helium | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}
|rev2=Robert Christgau |rev2Score={{rating-Christgau|dud}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=helium|title=Robert Christgau: CG: helium|website=www.robertchristgau.com}}
|rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=4 |page=227}}
}}
Pirate Prude is the debut EP from American indie rock band Helium.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/helium-mn0000956100/biography|title=Helium | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/mary-timony-helium-adam-lassus-shawn-devlin-boot-and-saddle-20170605.html|title=Mary Timony returns to the scene of her Helium high|first=A. D.|last=Amorosi|work=Philadelphia Inquirer|date=5 June 2017 }} It was released March 8, 1994, on Matador Records.{{Cite web|url=https://history.matadorrecords.com/albums/helium-pirate-prude/|title=Helium – Pirate Prude – This Day In Matador History}} Its subject matter concerns prostitution.
Critical reception
AllMusic wrote that the EP "is an uncompromising introduction to Mary Timony's mix of radical feminism and warped pop sensibilities." Trouser Press wrote that "Timony’s wavering guitar shimmers and undulates across the surface of 'XXX' and 'OOO,' songs that are every bit as distinct as those titles would indicate."{{cite web |title=Helium |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/helium/ |website=Trouser Press |accessdate=15 October 2020}}
Track listing
- "Baby Vampire Made Me" - 5:50
- "Wanna Be a Vampire Too, Baby" - 2:23
- "XXX" - 5:19
- "OOO" - 5:44
- "I'll Get You, I Mean It" - 2:21
- "Love $$$" - 5:42
- "[Surprise Ending]" - 1:16
Personnel
- Mary Timony - Guitar, Vocals
- Brian Dunton - Bass
- Shawn King Devlin - Drums
- Adam Lasus - Producer
- Greg Calbi - Mastering
- Greg Jacobs - Accordion
- Carl Plaster - Drums
- R.E.D. - Engineer
References
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