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Track List
01) Race for the Prize
02) A Spoonful Weighs a Ton
03) The Spark That Bled
04) Slow Motion
05) What Is the Light?
06) The Observer
07) Waitin' for a Superman
08) Suddenly Everything Has Changed
09) The Gash
10) Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
11) Sleeping on the Roof
12) The Spiderbite Song
13) Buggin'
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01) Race for the Prize
02) A Spoonful Weighs a Ton
03) The Spark That Bled
04) Slow Motion
05) What Is the Light?
06) The Observer
07) Waitin' for a Superman
08) Suddenly Everything Has Changed
09) The Gash
10) Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
11) Sleeping on the Roof
12) The Spiderbite Song
13) Buggin'
14) 1,000 Foot Hands (final mix)
15) The Captain Is a Cold Hearted and Egotistical Fool
16) Satellite of You
17) Above the Daily Hum (Eve sessions on 4/21/2000)
18) The Switch That Turns Off the Universe (John Peel
19) We Can't Predict the Future (John Peel sessions on
20) It Remained Unrealized (John Peel sessions on 6/8/
01) Race for the Prize
02) A Spoonful Weighs a Ton
03) The Spark That Bled
04) Slow Motion
05) What Is the Light?
06) The Observer
07) Waitin' for a Superman
08) Suddenly Everything Has Changed
09) The Gash
10) Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
11) Sleeping on the Roof
12) The Spiderbite Song
13) Buggin'
Cd 2
01) Race for the Prize
02) A Spoonful Weighs a Ton
03) The Spark That Bled
04) Slow Motion
05) What Is the Light?
06) The Observer
07) Waitin' for a Superman
08) Suddenly Everything Has Changed
09) The Gash
10) Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
11) Sleeping on the Roof
12) The Spiderbite Song
13) Buggin'
14) 1,000 Foot Hands (final mix)
15) The Captain Is a Cold Hearted and Egotistical Fool
16) Satellite of You
17) Above the Daily Hum (Eve sessions on 4/21/2000)
18) The Switch That Turns Off the Universe (John Peel
19) We Can't Predict the Future (John Peel sessions on
20) It Remained Unrealized (John Peel sessions on 6/8/
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First Released
1999
Alternative Rock
Gentle
Rock/Pop
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The Soft Bulletin is the ninth album released by The Flaming Lips on May 17, 1999 in the UK, with a US release following on June 22, 1999. It was released to wide critical acclaim and hailed by critics as a departure from their previous guitar-heavy alternative rock sound, into a more layered and intricately arranged work.
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Glastonbury Festival, in the summer of 2000. It is, predictably enough, wet. And Saturday’s Pyramid Stage headliners could well be described similarly. Travis have had an amazing 12 months, their second studio album The Man Who earning the Scottish outfit the Best Album and Best Newcomers awards at the Brits in March. The crowd for them goes back, back, and back some more, fires flickering up the hillside. But this is something I only witness in passing, as another band has had an equally brilliant year.
The Flaming Lips, Oklahoma oddballs responsible for the four-discs-at-once headache of 1997’s Zaireeka, have crossed into the mainstream courtesy of The Soft Bulletin, NME’s album of 1999. Experimentation has been tempered; the group’s out-there tendencies reined right in for a collection that sings with the same warmth and composure that characterised The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds. It’s proggy, it’s rocky ”“ but it’s not prog-rock, really; nothing that the average man on the street can’t lean an ear towards and be immediately rewarded. Seventeen years and nine albums since their formation, The Flaming Lips are headlining at Glastonbury, playing to a packed tent.
That stage, after 17 years: the New Bands tent. On paper, it makes no sense. In the presence of Wayne Coyne and company, with hand puppets in place of crowd-surfing bubbles and multiple dancers dressed up as aliens, everything’s exactly as it should be though. Race for the Prize and Waitin’ for a Superman ”“ these are anthems built for mass celebration, and while the crowd isn’t wholly won over yet, fast-forward a few years and the reverence for these tracks is clear wherever The Flaming Lips pitch up with their travelling freak(ishly brilliant) show.
Ultimately, this record paved the way not only for The Flaming Lips to enjoy commercial success far beyond their homes, but also opened the doors for younger acts with a spirit of adventure in their blood to breach the pop charts. Just as previous releases had influenced the likes of Grandaddy and Mercury Rev, The Soft Bulletin and its successor Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots have informed acts including MGMT and Empire of the Sun. This is an album of its time, sure ”“ but one with a reach that continues to feel its way around the modern musical landscape. Those thousands singing along to Why Does It Always Rain on Me?, in the drizzle, are probably kicking themselves over a decade on that they missed the opportunity to be at what was, in hindsight, Ground Zero for The Flaming Lips’ evergreen appeal.
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The Soft Bulletin is the ninth album released by The Flaming Lips on May 17, 1999 in the UK, with a US release following on June 22, 1999. It was released to wide critical acclaim and hailed by critics as a departure from their previous guitar-heavy alternative rock sound, into a more layered and intricately arranged work.
User Album Review
Glastonbury Festival, in the summer of 2000. It is, predictably enough, wet. And Saturday’s Pyramid Stage headliners could well be described similarly. Travis have had an amazing 12 months, their second studio album The Man Who earning the Scottish outfit the Best Album and Best Newcomers awards at the Brits in March. The crowd for them goes back, back, and back some more, fires flickering up the hillside. But this is something I only witness in passing, as another band has had an equally brilliant year.
The Flaming Lips, Oklahoma oddballs responsible for the four-discs-at-once headache of 1997’s Zaireeka, have crossed into the mainstream courtesy of The Soft Bulletin, NME’s album of 1999. Experimentation has been tempered; the group’s out-there tendencies reined right in for a collection that sings with the same warmth and composure that characterised The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds. It’s proggy, it’s rocky ”“ but it’s not prog-rock, really; nothing that the average man on the street can’t lean an ear towards and be immediately rewarded. Seventeen years and nine albums since their formation, The Flaming Lips are headlining at Glastonbury, playing to a packed tent.
That stage, after 17 years: the New Bands tent. On paper, it makes no sense. In the presence of Wayne Coyne and company, with hand puppets in place of crowd-surfing bubbles and multiple dancers dressed up as aliens, everything’s exactly as it should be though. Race for the Prize and Waitin’ for a Superman ”“ these are anthems built for mass celebration, and while the crowd isn’t wholly won over yet, fast-forward a few years and the reverence for these tracks is clear wherever The Flaming Lips pitch up with their travelling freak(ishly brilliant) show.
Ultimately, this record paved the way not only for The Flaming Lips to enjoy commercial success far beyond their homes, but also opened the doors for younger acts with a spirit of adventure in their blood to breach the pop charts. Just as previous releases had influenced the likes of Grandaddy and Mercury Rev, The Soft Bulletin and its successor Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots have informed acts including MGMT and Empire of the Sun. This is an album of its time, sure ”“ but one with a reach that continues to feel its way around the modern musical landscape. Those thousands singing along to Why Does It Always Rain on Me?, in the drizzle, are probably kicking themselves over a decade on that they missed the opportunity to be at what was, in hindsight, Ground Zero for The Flaming Lips’ evergreen appeal.
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