The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends

by The Flaming Lips

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 21 April 2012
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:07:55
  • Community rating: 2.98/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Scott Booker, Dave Fridmann

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Originally released as a limited edition for Record Store Day, this sprawling collaborative effort features an incredibly eclectic array of guest artists, ranging from Yoko Ono to Nick Cave and Ke$ha. The album leans heavily into chaotic, avant-garde noise rock and surreal neo-psychedelia, abandoning traditional pop structures for abrasive experimentation.

Genres

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

Tracklist

  1. 2012 (You Must Be Upgraded) (4:11)
  2. Ashes In The Air (6:13)
  3. Helping The Retarded To Know God (7:03)
  4. Supermoon Made Me Want To Pee (3:17)
  5. Children Of The Moon (5:32)
  6. That Ain't My Trip (3:47)
  7. You, Man? Human??? (3:34)
  8. I'm Working At NASA On Acid (7:59)
  9. Do It! (3:28)
  10. Is David Bowie Dying? (6:38)
  11. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (10:06)
  12. Girl, You're So Weird (3:23)
  13. Tasered And Maced (2:44)

Credits

  • Biz Markie - featuring
  • HOTT MT - featuring
  • Kesha - featuring
  • Bon Iver - featuring
  • Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros - featuring
  • Prefuse 73 - featuring
  • Tame Impala - featuring
  • Jim James - featuring

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