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The Flaming Lips - Transmissions from the Satellite Heart Audio CD

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The Flaming Lips Band: The Flaming Lips
Title: Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
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Release Date: 1993-06-22
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Turn It On 2: Pilot Can at the Queer of God 3: Oh, My Pregnant Head 4: She Don't Use Jelly 5: Chewin the Apple of Your Eye 6: Superhumans 7: Be My Head 8: Moth in the Incubator 9: Plastic Jesus 10: When Yer Twenty Two 11: Slow Nerve Action

Need More Pixies?
No other band is like them, they say. The Flaming Lips. Well, I have never heard every band out there, but rest assured, The Flaming Lips are a pretty good band. This is my first album by The Lips, and I say that it may just convince me to get more of their material.

The Flaming Lips take inspiration from abrasive and melodic artists such as the Pixies, Physcedelic
and quirky pop music to make up their own kind of music. This album, it seems, is
dominated by more alternative rock, very noisy alternative rock like The Pixies
and Sonic Youth, only more catchy and more poppy. The best description I have
for this album is incredibly abrasive pop rock, or at least the gist of it. I don't hear many other instruments in this album, which may be a shame, I guess. Instead, the "trippy" sound comes from the sometimes weird guitar lines, distorted sounds,
and the vocals, alone. You can her some obscure noises floating in the background, but it's mostly handled by the standard set up. From what I heard, later albums are less guitar driven (though the description for Clouds Taste Metallic sounds interesting).

None of the songs on this album miss the mark at what they do. Backed with bonzo-like drumming, these guys give out quirky, pop songs, the way pop songs should be like, period. They can rock out pretty well too. Pilot Can At The Queer of God is a booming, driving, abrasive song. The guitars HOWEL. I like the acoustic songs as well, the cover of Plastic Jesus and Chewin THe Apple of Your Eye. Kind of hard to describe each song for me, but definitely something that's worth listening to.

Oh, and the lyrics are pretty cool too. Look at some of them online, and they are rather quirky.

Recommended if you want to hear some of the best Pixies style rock. No, the bands aren't the same, and both are pretty different, but a band that's influenced by The Pixies is a good thing.

8. 0/10.


For those who hate...


Own it, love it, you should buy it!
. Question: Have you really listened to the lyrics? I mean sure, you dont get a lot of boom bang biz-oww, but these are really deep and often humorous songs.


Not as recognized as later works, but still great (4.5)
It seems that the public and the press tend to value The Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots much more, and as great as those are, I feel that this is about on par with them. Sometimes a band's better work can still be overshadowed by others. It is not quite as soundscape-ish and not as conceptual, but just as good. The record actually kind of reminds me of what Jane's Addiction would be like if they were a dream pop band.

The most famous of the 11 songs is easily "She Don't Use Jelly. " That one's quite clever, and while it got them known as one hit wonders it doesn't mean the rest of the songs aren't catchy, or even good. I really love "Be My Head" with its effortless pop melodies and the flop follow-up "Turn It On" is a great track as well. The songs still have a psychedelic feel and I think that if you like the later Lips works that you'll like this. It's a noisy pop record on the whole, but then there's more gentle tracks like "Chewin' the Apple of Your Head" as well.

I recommend this to fans of the later work or good alternative music in general. Speaking of which, in spite being released in the "grunge" era this was actually kind of the antidote, with songs that aren't really dark at all and have a somewhat lighthearted feel. I think you too will find enjoyment here.


Flaming Lips transitioning from Punk to, well, Flaming Lips
This one really betrays their punk roots, but with glimmers of the band they are today. This is a great album for those of us who "discovered" TFL during the Yoshimi or At War period. Pretty cool.


Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
A sound that's far less polished then more recent works, but well worth a listen nonetheless.


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