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The Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic Audio CD

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The Flaming Lips Band: The Flaming Lips
Title: Clouds Taste Metallic
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Release Date: 1995-09-19
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Abandoned Hospital Ship 2: Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus With Needles 3: Placebo Headwound 4: This Here Giraffe 5: Brainville 6: Guy Who Got a Headache and Accidentally Saves the World 7: When You Smile 8: Kim's Watermelon Gun 9: They Punctured My Yolk 10: Lightning Strikes the Postman 11: Christmas at the Zoo 12: Evil Will Prevail 13: Bad Days [Aurally Excited Version]

What's the matter, getting too old?
But still by no means comparable with the previous albums, lacking those catchy and upbeat hard rock tunes that make you just want to keep listening to it over and over again. Worthy effort, still a fair amount of melody with a few songs that really stand out. And it progressively gets worse after this, so unless you're into contemporary easy listening on the radio, do yourself a favor and make sure you don't get anything that was released after this album.


The Loud Report
Real men prefer metallic. Y'all can blow the Soft Bulletin out yer butts, this is all the orchestral grandeur from the Lips that you need. Stop smoking dope in your room, take your meds, and rip the Soft Bulletin off the changer posthaste: "Waiting For A Superman" is not worthy of your tears. This, however is worth blowing a speaker out to. Drozd is a genius, Wayne Coyne, not so much. You get "Christmas On Mars" when Coyne is in charge. You get hit to death in the future head when Drozd is unleashed, and this here album I'm reviewing is the perfect marriage between the two.


Just became a fan, but like their newer stuff better.
L's journey about a week ago when I purchased the "Yoshimi" (sp. I just began my F. ?) album of which got me hooked. I than, a few days ago, decided to buy, through amazon, Clouds taste Metallic. I bought it because of the excellent reviews. I got it in the mail today and I have to say, although I only listened to it one time, I was a bit disappointed. Some of the songs are muffled and are not as "Yoshimi-ish" as I would have liked. You see, I like more laid back etherial Floyd like sound and this one just did not do it for me. I gave it 3 stars only because I have only listened to it once and realize it may grow on me. I can only hope. If someone knows of a more spacey Floyd-like F. L's album please let me know!!! Thanks!.


Still my favorite Lips album
Steve's drum sounds on this album are just inredible. And it will be yours too. Crystal clear ringing cymbals and snappy snares. First spins sound like they made such huge leaps forward by the time Bulletin and Yoshimi came out, but closer inspection reveals that the Lips were in that whole strata way back then, too. Check out the back-to-back They Punctured My Yolk and Lightning Strikes the Postman for proof. Brainville & Kim's Watermelon Gun are other fun favorites.


The Lips At The Peak Of Their Psychedelic Power
The reason for this is that Clouds is the last Lips album to be recorded with Ronald Jones (guitar) as a member of the band. Clouds Taste Metallic is the last record by the guitar driven version of the Flaming Lips. Jones' ability to manipulate brilliant layers of feedback that somehow retain melodic texture is the perfect compliment to the psychedelic vision of Wayne Coyne. Add to this the blossoming musical genius of Steven Drozd and you come away with a psychedelic rock masterpiece of epic proportions. This is the Flaming Lips at their most mighty. You need to own this record.


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