Zaireeka

by Flaming Lips

Zaireeka cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 28 October 1997
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 3:01:49
  • Community rating: 3.65/5 from 7 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A notoriously audacious experiment, 'Zaireeka' consists of four separate discs intended to be played simultaneously on four different audio systems. The Flaming Lips engineer a chaotic, aleatory masterpiece of avant-garde noise pop, enveloping the listener in a highly surreal, polyphonic, and psychedelic environment.

Genres

Descriptors: aleatory, polyphonic, avant-garde, complex, progressive, noisy, experimental, lo-fi, diverse

Tracklist

  1. Okay I'll Admit That I Really Don't Understand - Disc 1 (2:51)
  2. Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now) - Disc 1 (7:02)
  3. Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair - Disc 1 (4:49)
  4. A Machine in India - Disc 1 (10:23)
  5. The Train Runs over the Camel but Is Derailed by the Gnat - Disc 1 (6:13)
  6. How Will We Know? (Futuristic Crashendos) - Disc 1 (2:23)
  7. March of the Rotten Vegetables - Disc 1 (6:27)
  8. The Big Ol' Bug Is the New Baby Now - Disc 1 (5:05)
  9. Okay I'll Admit That I Really Don't Understand - Disc 2 (2:51)
  10. Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now) - Disc 2 (7:02)
  11. Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair - Disc 2 (4:58)
  12. A Machine in India - Disc 2 (10:23)
  13. The Train Runs over the Camel but Is Derailed by the Gnat - Disc 2 (6:13)
  14. How Will We Know? (Futuristic Crashendos) - Disc 2 (2:23)
  15. March of the Rotten Vegetables - Disc 2 (6:27)
  16. The Big Ol' Bug Is the New Baby Now - Disc 2 (5:11)
  17. Okay I'll Admit That I Really Don't Understand - Disc 3 (2:51)
  18. Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now) - Disc 3 (7:02)
  19. Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair - Disc 3 (4:58)
  20. A Machine in India - Disc 3 (10:23)
  21. The Train Runs over the Camel but Is Derailed by the Gnat - Disc 3 (6:13)
  22. How Will We Know? (Futuristic Crashendos) - Disc 3 (2:23)
  23. March of the Rotten Vegetables - Disc 3 (6:27)
  24. The Big Ol' Bug Is the New Baby Now - Disc 3 (5:11)
  25. Okay I'll Admit That I Really Don't Understand - Disc 4 (2:51)
  26. Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now) - Disc 4 (6:56)
  27. Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair - Disc 4 (4:58)
  28. A Machine in India - Disc 4 (10:23)
  29. The Train Runs over the Camel but Is Derailed by the Gnat - Disc 4 (6:13)
  30. How Will We Know? (Futuristic Crashendos) - Disc 4 (2:23)
  31. March of the Rotten Vegetables - Disc 4 (6:27)
  32. The Big Ol' Bug Is the New Baby Now - Disc 4 (5:11)

Credits

  • The Flaming Lips - primary artist, mixed by, producer, written-by, mix
  • George Salisbury - artwork
  • Wayne Coyne - liner notes, guitar, vocal
  • Dave Fridmann - producer, recorded by, mixed by, mastered by, mastering, mix, recording
  • Scott Booker - producer
  • Steven Drozd - drums (drum set), guitar, keyboard, vocal
  • Michael Ivins - bass, background vocals vocal

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