Hit to Death in the Future Head

by The Flaming Lips

Hit to Death in the Future Head cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 11 August 1992
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:09:09
  • Community rating: 3.68/5 from 7 ratings

Artists on this release: Wayne Coyne, Michael Kamen, Michael Ivins, Jonathan Donahue, Tape, Nathan Roberts

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Making their major-label debut, The Flaming Lips unleash an incredibly playful and chaotic explosion of neo-psychedelia and noise pop. 'Hit to Death in the Future Head' balances highly surreal, hypnotic songwriting with energetic, fuzz-drenched guitars and a concluding 30-minute minimalist drone.

Genres

Descriptors: noisy, melodic, distorted, lo-fi, fuzzy

Tracklist

  1. Talkin' 'Bout the Smiling Deathporn Immortality Blues (Everyone Wants to Live Forever) (3:51)
  2. Hit Me Like You Did the First Time (3:41)
  3. The Sun (3:31)
  4. Felt Good to Burn (3:21)
  5. Gingerale Afternoon (The Astrology of a Saturday) (3:45)
  6. Halloween on the Barbary Coast (5:42)
  7. The Magician vs. The Headache (3:12)
  8. You Have to Be Joking (Autopsy of the Devil's Brain) (3:55)
  9. Frogs (4:26)
  10. Hold Your Head (4:24)
  11. Noise Loop (29:16)

Credits

  • The Flaming Lips - primary artist, mastered by, producer, written-by, acoustic guitar, autoharp, bass guitar, bell, cello, congas, drum machine, drums (drum set), effects, electric guitar, electronics instrument, electronic organ, flugelhorn, flute, guitar, others instrument, pedal steel guitar, piano, piccolo trumpet, sampler, sarangi, tabla, tambourine, timpani, trumpet, viola, violin, mastering, vocal
  • Fate, Discorporated - design
  • Jonathan Donahue - electric guitar, bass, acoustic guitar, trumpet, sarangi, violin, congas, guitar [machines], tambourine, cello, drums, pedal steel guitar, autoharp, flute, other [sampling machines], trumpet [piccolo], computer, drum machine, bells, other [machine feedback], other [machine distortion], viola, flugelhorn, timpani, chimes, organ [electric], other [leslie machine], voice, tabla, tape [loops], piano, other [power tools machines]
  • Michael Ivins - electric guitar, bass, acoustic guitar, trumpet, sarangi, violin, congas, guitar [machines], tambourine, cello, drums, pedal steel guitar, autoharp, flute, other [sampling machines], trumpet [piccolo], computer, drum machine, bells, other [machine feedback], other [machine distortion], viola, flugelhorn, timpani, chimes, organ [electric], other [leslie machine], voice, tabla, tape [loops], piano, other [power tools machines]
  • Nathan Roberts - electric guitar, bass, acoustic guitar, trumpet, sarangi, violin, congas, guitar [machines], tambourine, cello, drums, pedal steel guitar, autoharp, flute, other [sampling machines], trumpet [piccolo], computer, drum machine, bells, other [machine feedback], other [machine distortion], viola, flugelhorn, timpani, chimes, organ [electric], other [leslie machine], voice, tabla, tape [loops], piano, other [power tools machines]
  • Wayne Coyne - electric guitar, bass, acoustic guitar, trumpet, sarangi, violin, congas, guitar [machines], tambourine, cello, drums, pedal steel guitar, autoharp, flute, other [sampling machines], trumpet [piccolo], computer, drum machine, bells, other [machine feedback], other [machine distortion], viola, flugelhorn, timpani, chimes, organ [electric], other [leslie machine], voice, tabla, tape [loops], piano, other [power tools machines]
  • Dave Fridmann - engineer, mastered by, producer, mastering
  • Keith Cleversley - engineer
  • Mooneyham - graphics, photography by
  • Scott Booker - management [personal]
  • J. Michelle Martin - photography by
  • Paula James Booker - photography by
  • Michael Kamen - written-by

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