The Flaming Lips discography

The Flaming Lips discography

The Flaming Lips performing in Mexico City
Releases
Studio albums 13
Compilation albums 6
EPs 9
Singles 16
Video albums 4

The discography of The Flaming Lips, an American rock band formed in 1983, consists of thirteen studio albums, eight extended plays, sixteen singles, six compilation albums, four video albums and an array of various other appearances.

Contents

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[1]
US Heat.
[2]
AUS
[3]
UK
[4]
1986 Hear It Is
1987 Oh My Gawd!!!
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Restless
1989 Telepathic Surgery
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Restless
1990 In a Priest Driven Ambulance
  • Released: September, 1990
  • Label: Restless
1992 Hit to Death in the Future Head
1993 Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
  • Released: June 22, 1993
  • Label: Warner Bros.
108 1
1995 Clouds Taste Metallic
  • Released: September 19, 1995
  • Label: Warner Bros.
16
1997 Zaireeka
  • Released: October 28, 1997
  • Label: Warner Bros.
1999 The Soft Bulletin
  • Released: June 22, 1999
  • Label: Warner Bros.
12 39 UK: Gold[5]
2002 Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
  • Released: July 16, 2002
  • Label: Warner Bros.
50 62
[6]
13 AUS: Gold[7]
UK: Gold[5]
US: Gold[8]
2006 At War with the Mystics
  • Released: April 4, 2006
  • Label: Warner Bros.
11 20 6 UK: Gold[5]
2009 Embryonic
  • Released: October 13, 2009
  • Label: Warner Bros.
8 43 43
The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side of the Moon
  • Released: December 22, 2009
  • Label: Warner Bros.
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation and other albums

Year Album details
1998 A Collection of Songs Representing an Enthusiasm for Recording...By Amateurs
  • Released: September 29, 1998
2002 Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid
  • Released: October 1, 2002
The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg
  • Released: October 1, 2002
Shambolic Birth and Early Life Of
  • Released: 2002
2005 Late Night Tales: The Flaming Lips
  • Released: March 7, 2005
2006 20 Years of Weird: Flaming Lips 1986–2006
  • Released: March 27, 2006
2007 iTunes Originals – The Flaming Lips
  • Released: July 3, 2007
2008 Once Beyond Hopelessness (soundtrack to Christmas on Mars)
  • Released: November 11, 2008
2011 Heady Nuggs
  • Released: 2011

Extended plays

Year Album details US chart peaks[1]
1984 The Flaming Lips
1990 Unconsciously Screamin' EP
1991 Yeah, I Know It's a Drag... But Wastin Pigs Is Still Radical
1994 Due to High Expectations... the Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles for Your Balloons
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Warner Bros.
2001 The Southern Oklahoma Cosmic Trigger Contest
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Independent
2003 Fight Test
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Warner Bros.
93
Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Warner Bros.
2005 Yoshimi Wins! (Live Radio Sessions)
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Warner Bros.
2006 It Overtakes Me
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Warner Bros.
2011 The Flaming Lips 2011 #2: The Flaming Lips with Neon Indian
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death.
2011 The Flaming Lips 2011 #3: Gummy Song Skull
  • Released: 2011
  • Released at various record stores and shows as a giant skull made of edible gelatin substance, inside the skull was a USB stick containing 4 new songs.
2011 The Flaming Lips 2011 #4: The Flaming Lips with Prefuse 73
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death.
2011 The Flaming Lips 2011 #5: Gummy Song Fetus
  • Released: 2011
  • Released at various record stores and shows as a replica of an unborn fetus made of edible gelatin substance, inside the fetus was a USB stick containing 3 new songs.
2011 The Flaming Lips 2011 #6: The Flaming Lips with Lightning Bolt
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death.
2011 The Flaming Lips 2011 #7: Strobo Trip
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death.
2011 The Flaming Lips 2011 #8: 24 Hour Song Skull
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death.
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
or were not released in that territory.

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US
[9]
US Alt.
[9]
US Pop
[10]
AUS
[3]
UK
[4][5]
1988 "Drug Machine" Telepathic Surgery
1993 "She Don't Use Jelly" 55 9 25 Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
1995 "Turn It On"
"Bad Days" 77 Clouds Taste Metallic
1996 "This Here Giraffe" 72
"Brainville"
1999 "Race for the Prize" 39 The Soft Bulletin
"Waitin' for a Superman" 73
2002 "Do You Realize??" 32 Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
2003 "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1" 18
"Fight Test" 28
"The Golden Path" (with The Chemical Brothers)[11] 17 Singles 93–03
2006 "The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)" 108 81 43 At War with the Mystics
"The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)" 79 16
2007 "Love the World You Find" Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
2011"' "The Flaming Lips 2011 #1: Two Blobs Fucking" The Flaming Lips 2011
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Video albums

Year Album details
2005 The Fearless Freaks
  • Released: 2005
  • Formats: DVD
2005 VOID
  • Released: August 23, 2005
  • Formats: DVD
2007 U.F.O.s at the Zoo
  • Released: August 7, 2007
  • Formats: DVD
2008 Christmas on Mars
  • Released: November 11, 2008
  • Formats: DVD, Vinyl + DVD, DVD + CD

Other appearances

Recorded cover songs

Soundtrack appearances

References

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  9. ^ a b "Artist Chart History (singles) - The Flaming Lips". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=4625&model.vnuAlbumId=1185714. Retrieved 2009-07-11. 
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