American Head

by The Flaming Lips

American Head cover art

Reigning in the chaotic experimentalism of their 2010s output, the Oklahoma veterans return to the lush, orchestral melodies that defined their commercial peak. Wayne Coyne conceptualized the record around childhood memories, the ravages of drug addiction in middle America, and a fictional narrative involving Tom Petty. It was widely hailed as a beautiful, devastating return to form.

Genres

  • Neo-Psychedelia
  • Dream Pop

Tracklist

  1. Will You Return / When You Come Down
  2. Watching the Lightbugs Glow
  3. Flowers of Neptune 6
  4. Dinosaurs on the Mountain
  5. At the Movies on Quaaludes
  6. Mother I've Taken LSD
  7. Brother Eye
  8. You n Me Sellin' Weed
  9. Mother Please Don't Be Sad
  10. When We Die When We're High
  11. Assassins of Youth
  12. God and the Policeman (feat. Kacey Musgraves)
  13. My Religion Is You