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
^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.
