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The Flaming Lips - In a Priest Driven Ambulance Audio CD

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The Flaming Lips Band: The Flaming Lips
Title: In a Priest Driven Ambulance
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Release Date: 1995-01-17
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Shine on Sweet Jesus - Jesus Song, No. 5 2: Unconsciously Screamin' 3: Rainin' Babies 4: Take Meta Mars 5: Five Stop Mother Superior Rain 6: Stand in Line 7: God Walks Among Us Now - Jesus Song No. 6 8: There You Are - Jesus Song No. 7. 9: Mountain Side 10: What a Wonderful World 11: Lucifer Rising [*] 12: Let Me Be It [*]

The most spectacular, uplifting, overlooked album of all time
It has some of their greatest hits of all time, in my opinion, including Shine On Sweet Jesus and Unconciously Screaming. It is undoubtedly an album that never received the publicity that it deserved. This was the last album released on an independent label, and if they had identified their stregths on this basis, they would have had substantial success in their careers. After all, Warner Bros. heard samples from this record, and that was what landed them a major label recording deal. But nooo, they had to become a soft rock/easy listening band later on. For starters, this is the first album you need to get, but stay away from anything after Zaireeka. I'm sure glad that I heard this one first.


The mindmelting majesty of early Lips
The acid fried psychedelic majesty of this album is something to behold. I can't recommend this enough. Buy it and for God's sake, turn it up!
Some info on the vinyl release - There is a 15 track colored vinyl reissue on the same label (Plain). That's the one that came out in late 2005. I don't necessarily know which one the sellers are offering, so you might want to check. The extra 5 tracks are "Lucifer Rising", "Ma, I didn't notice", "Let Me Be It", "Drug Machine", and "Strychnine/Peace, Love and Understanding". These tracks are the same that are on the first disc of the expanded CD reissue of this - "The Day They Shot A Hole In the Jesus Egg. "
Enjoy. The early days of The Flaming Lips have been sorrowfully overlooked.


Buy This
The Flaming Lips are perhaps one of the greatest bands of all time.


Your eardrums belong to us
Everything comes together for this album (their last for the strugging Restless Records) as future Mercury Rev frontman Jonathan Donuhue adds a huge musical punch, adding extra sonic walls of blistering guitars and scorching feedback, creating an alternate universe of joyous noise-pop/rock. This was the 3rd Lips album that I heard (after Transmissions and Clouds) and the one that converted me from a casual fan to a diehard.
Every song is a classic hard-rocking jam, from the pounding "Unconsciously Screamin" to the deafening feedback-laden "God Walks Among Us Now". The album even adds two bonus tracks from the Screamin' EP: "Lucifer Risin" and "Let Me Be It". My favorite, however, is the downright beautiful cover version of "What A Wonderful World".
The Lips never got as head-banging as this again. Click on that Buy button right now!.


Paisley Licorice Screamhead
The sonic barrage of "God Walks Among Us Now" and "Lucifer Rising" is balanced with the Zeppelin-meets-Neil-Young melodicism of "There You Are" and the memorable thump of "Take Me Ta Mars". A transitional record for the Flaming lips, bridging the manic, eclectic psonic pspew of the 1st 3 releases & the more user-friendly major label output. Their ability to mix out-and-out WIERD with utterly compelling & accessible still confounds known natural laws to this day. This is where the zygote of what was to become today's Flaming Lips can be viewed, grinning.


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