The eleventh album by the Flaming Lips, and my third favorite from their career. The LP is more guitar-driven and features more politically themed lyrics than The Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.
The track "It Overtakes Me" was featured as the soundtrack to a UK television commercial for Beck's beer, and "The W.A.N.D." has been used in European advertisements.
The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat) - The Flaming Lips
Mr. Ambulance Driver - The Flaming Lips
The sound of failure/it's dark...is it always this dark - The Flaming Lips
Vein Of Stars - The Flaming Lips
It Overtakes Me / The Stars Are So Big... I Am So Small... Do I Stand a Chance? - The Flaming Lips
Album: Spider-Man 3: Music From And Inspired By (2007)
The Supreme Being Teaches Spider-man How To Be In Love - The Flaming Lips
Album: Embryonic (2009)
While Embryonic (2009) was critically acclaimed, it is (similar to the band's early work) simply too noisy for me to enjoy in its entirety.
Gemini Syringes - The Flaming Lips
I Can Be A Frog - The Flaming Lips
Listeners, any thoughts on the albums above? This brings to a close my Flaming Lips appreciation, I hope you enjoyed it while it lasted! In the upcoming weeks, I'll be sharing Johnny Cash music
One of these days I should check out your music post and find the music (low internet connection here!). Nice that you put OST Spider-Man 3. I almost didn't put that one, but glad I found it in the end. Some of these tracks are actually nice
ReplyDelete@Andina: Thanks for Spider-Man 3 soundtrack suggestion, I missed it myself when going through Flaming Lips albums.
DeleteThat's too bad about internet connection, maybe buy a faster speed, so you can use youtube for music?
I like both of these albums quite a bit, though Embryonic suffers from the traditional problem with double-albums: there's just too much of it. With some editing, it could have been a hell of a single album. I think "Convinced of the Hex" is a great opener, though.
ReplyDelete@Eric: I appreciate both albums. For me, At War With The Mystics (2006) was more geared towards my senses. Gemini Syringes was a favorite from Embryonic (2009)
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