Clouds Taste Metallic
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| Clouds Taste Metallic | ||||
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| Studio album by The Flaming Lips | ||||
| Released | September 19, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, noise pop, neo-psychedelia | |||
| Length | 47:31 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | The Flaming Lips, Dave Fridmann | |||
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| Singles from Clouds Taste Metallic | ||||
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| NME | (5/10)[2] |
| Piero Scaruffi | 6/10[3] |
| Sputnikmusic | [4] |
Clouds Taste Metallic is the seventh album by the band The Flaming Lips, released on September 19, 1995. It is the last Flaming Lips album featuring guitarist Ronald Jones, and the last album presenting the group as a guitar-driven, alternative rock band.
"They Punctured My Yolk" was sampled on Beastie Boys' To the 5 Boroughs album in the song "We Got The." The album's recording is featured heavily in the documentary The Fearless Freaks.
An alternate mix of "Bad Days" had previously been released on the EP Due to High Expectations... The Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles for Your Balloons and the Batman Forever soundtrack.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length | |
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| 1. | "The Abandoned Hospital Ship" | 3:38 | |
| 2. | "Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus with Needles" | 3:27 | |
| 3. | "Placebo Headwound" | 3:40 | |
| 4. | "This Here Giraffe" | 3:46 | |
| 5. | "Brainville" | 3:13 | |
| 6. | "Guy Who Got a Headache and Accidentally Saves the World" | 4:29 | |
| 7. | "When You Smile" | 3:13 | |
| 8. | "Kim's Watermelon Gun" | 3:21 | |
| 9. | "They Punctured My Yolk" | 4:21 | |
| 10. | "Lightning Strikes the Postman" | 2:50 | |
| 11. | "Christmas at the Zoo" | 3:06 | |
| 12. | "Evil Will Prevail" | 3:45 | |
| 13. | "Bad Days" (Aurally Excited Version) | 4:38 |
Personnel
- Wayne Coyne - vocals, guitar
- Steven Drozd - drums, piano, keyboards, guitar, vocals, glockenspiel
- Michael Ivins - bass, vocals
- Ronald Jones - guitar, vocals
Cover versions
"Lightning Strikes the Postman" was covered by Scottish rock band Aereogramme on their album Seclusion.
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Sutherland, Mark. "Review: The Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic". NME (IPC Media) (September 30, 1995): 55.
- ↑ Scaruffi, Piero (1999). "Flaming Lips". pieroscaruffi.com. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
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