Telepathic Surgery

by The Flaming Lips

Telepathic Surgery cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 17 February 1989
  • Label: Restless
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:04:23
  • Community rating: 3/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Richard English, Wayne Coyne, Craig Taylor, Michael Ivins

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Capturing The Flaming Lips in a state of chaotic transition, 'Telepathic Surgery' is a bizarre, deeply surreal noise rock experiment. The band abandons traditional song structures for lengthy, highly repetitive tape-loop manipulations and quirky, fuzz-drenched neo-psychedelia.

Genres

Descriptors: repetitive, noisy, avant-garde, lo-fi

Tracklist

  1. Drug Machine In Heaven (2:11)
  2. Right Now (3:57)
  3. Michael, Time To Wake Up (0:29)
  4. Chrome Plated Suicide (5:41)
  5. Hari-Krishna Stomp Wagon (Fuck Led Zeppelin) (3:45)
  6. Miracle On 42nd Street (2:48)
  7. Fryin' Up (2:40)
  8. Hell's Angel's Cracker Factory (23:02)
  9. U.F.O. Story (6:41)
  10. Redneck School Of Technology (2:56)
  11. Shaved Gorilla (2:58)
  12. The Spontaneous Combustion Of John (0:53)
  13. The Last Drop Of Morning Dew (1:58)
  14. Begs And Achin' (4:24)

Credits

  • The Flaming Lips - primary artist, design concept [cover concept], producer, written-by
  • Michael Ivins - bass, vocals
  • Richard English - drums, vocals, guitar
  • Ruben Ayala - engineer
  • Craig Taylor - harmonica
  • Michele Vlasimsky - layout, photography by [interior]
  • Wayne Coyne - layout, photography by [exterior], vocals, guitar
  • J. Michelle Martin - photography by [interior]

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