Clouds Taste Metallic

Clouds Taste Metallic
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
The Flaming Lips chronology

Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
(1993)		 Clouds Taste Metallic
(1995)		 Zaireeka
(1997)
Singles from Clouds Taste Metallic
  1. "Bad Days"
    Released: 1995
  2. "This Here Giraffe"
    Released: 1996
  3. "Brainville"
    Released: 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
NME (5/10)[2]
Sputnikmusic [3]

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.

On February 24th, 2015, the band performed the entire album live as a tribute to Ronald Jones.

Track listing

No. Title Length
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

Cover versions

"Lightning Strikes the Postman" was covered by Scottish rock band Aereogramme on their album Seclusion.

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Sutherland, Mark. "Review: The Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic". NME (IPC Media) (September 30, 1995): 55.
  3. ↑