Planet Helpless

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title: "Planet Helpless" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2002-albums", "puressence-albums", "island-records-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Helpless" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Planet Helpless
type	Album
artist	Puressence
cover	Puressence_Planet_Helpless.jpg
released	October 7, 2002
genre	Alternative rock, indie rock
length	45:31
label	Island
producer	Clive Martin
prev_title	Only Forever
prev_year	1998
next_title	Don't Forget to Remember
next_year	2007
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| name = Planet Helpless | type = Album | artist = Puressence | cover = Puressence_Planet_Helpless.jpg | alt = | released = October 7, 2002 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Alternative rock, indie rock | length = 45:31 | label = Island | producer = Clive Martin | prev_title = Only Forever | prev_year = 1998 | next_title = Don't Forget to Remember | next_year = 2007 |rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = link |rev2 = The Guardian |rev2score = link |rev3 = Leonard's Lair |rev3score = link Planet Helpless is the third album by English alternative rock band Puressence, released in 2002. "Walking Dead" was the only single released from the album. The second single was penned as "She's Gotten Over You" but was not released due to the band leaving Island Records after Planet Helpless had been released.

Track listing

All songs written by Mudriczki, Szuminski, Matthews and McDonald.

1. "Walking Dead" – 3:25
2. "Prodigal Song" – 3:33
3. "How Does It Feel" – 3:06
4. "Analgesic Love Song" – 3:43
5. "She's Gotten Over You" – 3:26
6. "Make Time" – 3:27
7. "Planet Helpless" – 3:03
8. "Ironstone Izadora" – 3:31
9. "You Move Me" – 3:49
10. "Comfort When You Smile" – 4:03
11. "Strangers" – 3:09
12. "Heart of Gold" – 3:46
13. "Throw Me a Line" – 3:30

Personnel

Musicians

• James Mudriczki - vocals
• Neil McDonald - guitar
• Kevin Matthews - bass
• Anthony Szuminski - drums

Technical

• Clive Martin - producer and engineer
• Peter Anderson - Photography

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