Career Overview: The Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips 12th album, Embryonic, is set to come out sometime this year. With that in mind, here's a look back at the best seven Lips albums to date. They are ordered by time not by greatness!
In a Priest Driven Ambulance (1990) - For some noise rock lovers this is actually The Flaming Lips best album. I'm not really a noise rock lover myself, so I'm not in that category. But I do enjoy this album. At first I found it a bit off putting (I first fell in love with The Soft Bulletin) but has grown on me.
Hit to Death in the Future Head (1992) - This may be The Lips most underrated album. It's got a lot of real gems on it. To me this was the Lips moving away from noise just to be making noise and towards something more experimental and interesting.
Transmission from the Satellite Heart (1993) - This is probably the Lips most overrated album because it has their most overrated song, "She Don't Use Jelly," on it. It's still a great album though because a lot of the other songs are very good.
Clouds Taste Metallic (1995) - The pinnacle of the Ronald Jones era. After this album Jones (the lead guitarist) left the band and they went in an entirely different direction. For some this new direction was even better than the old, while others will always prefer the old style of the Lips.
Zaireeka (1997) - You can only listen to Zaireeka as intended by playing all four CDs on four different CD players simultaneously. But there are a lot of mix-down versions of the album "out there" that gives some approximation of the experience.
The Soft Bulletin (1999) - The most perfect Lips album to date in my opinion. I think it's easily among the greatest albums of the 1990s. A modern day classic that should be heard by anyone who takes "pop music" seriously.
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002) - To many who have discovered the Lips more recently this is the Lips best album. While I do think it's a brilliant album I do think The Soft Bulletin is a superior album. - 18762
In a Priest Driven Ambulance (1990) - For some noise rock lovers this is actually The Flaming Lips best album. I'm not really a noise rock lover myself, so I'm not in that category. But I do enjoy this album. At first I found it a bit off putting (I first fell in love with The Soft Bulletin) but has grown on me.
Hit to Death in the Future Head (1992) - This may be The Lips most underrated album. It's got a lot of real gems on it. To me this was the Lips moving away from noise just to be making noise and towards something more experimental and interesting.
Transmission from the Satellite Heart (1993) - This is probably the Lips most overrated album because it has their most overrated song, "She Don't Use Jelly," on it. It's still a great album though because a lot of the other songs are very good.
Clouds Taste Metallic (1995) - The pinnacle of the Ronald Jones era. After this album Jones (the lead guitarist) left the band and they went in an entirely different direction. For some this new direction was even better than the old, while others will always prefer the old style of the Lips.
Zaireeka (1997) - You can only listen to Zaireeka as intended by playing all four CDs on four different CD players simultaneously. But there are a lot of mix-down versions of the album "out there" that gives some approximation of the experience.
The Soft Bulletin (1999) - The most perfect Lips album to date in my opinion. I think it's easily among the greatest albums of the 1990s. A modern day classic that should be heard by anyone who takes "pop music" seriously.
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002) - To many who have discovered the Lips more recently this is the Lips best album. While I do think it's a brilliant album I do think The Soft Bulletin is a superior album. - 18762
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