The Flaming Lips (Official Thread)

[Zombeels]

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At the tail end of the 20th century the Flaming Lips released the highly, critically acclaimed "The Soft Bulletin". Everytime I hear this album it gets better. This is definitely their best album, a masterpiece of swirling, orchestral, and epic psychedelia. Every song is an epiphany of its own, combining sugary sweet melodies and layered instruments that continue to reward the listener time after time. This album should rank with classics such as Dark Side Of The Moon, Sgt. Pepper and Pet Sounds.

Discography

1986 Hear It Is
1987 Oh My Gawd!!!...The Flaming Lips
1989 Telepathic Surgery
1990 In a Priest Driven Ambulance (with Silver Sunshine Stares)
1992 Hit to Death in the Future Head
1993 Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
1995 Clouds Taste Metallic
1997 Zaireeka
1999 The Soft Bulletin
2002 Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
2006 At War with the Mystics
2009 Embryonic
2009 The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side of the Moon
2012 The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends
2013 The Terror

 

[Martha Washington]

Re: Has anyone not heard The Soft Bulletin?

I'm a BIG Flaming Lips fan. Glad you brought it up, I love it.
You know what, though? I really don't get why so many consider it WAY out ahead of the pack. I think ALL their albums are mighty good and this is no exception.

One minor ******, for me. 2 tracks are repeated on my cd. They don't seem to be 'reprises' either just very nearly the same tracks twice in different places. I think the UK version might be different. I find this a bit distracting even though they are both good songs.

some of their VERY best tracks are here, no doubt about it.

 

[Martha Washington]

Re: Has anyone not heard The Soft Bulletin?

I heard "Waiting for Superman" while waiting for a movie to start once.
It's a good song to wait for a movie to start to.

 

[Zombeels]

Re: Has anyone not heard The Soft Bulletin?

The 2 repeated tracks "Race for the Prize" and "Waiting For a Superman" are just remixes.

 

[Martha Washington]

Re: Has anyone not heard The Soft Bulletin?

well, I'd just as soon they left them off.
or remixed the bejesus out of them.

one or the other.
great album anyway.

 

[Martha Washington]

Re: Has anyone not heard The Soft Bulletin?

personally, I think 'Yoshimi' is every bit as good. maybe even better.

 

[Music Wench]

Re: Has anyone not heard The Soft Bulletin?

I'm a Flaming Lips fan myself. Yoshimi gets my vote for best album, though.

 

[Martha Washington]

Re: Has anyone not heard The Soft Bulletin?

Did you see the DVD they did?
I haven't.

 

[Music Wench]

Re: Has anyone not heard The Soft Bulletin?

I'm a little behind on the old DVD watching and buying I'm afraid. Still haven't seen their DVD but I do have pretty much most of their albums.

 

[Aginghipster]

Re: Has anyone not heard The Soft Bulletin?

Wayne Coyne is a Messiah!