Race for the Prize

by The Flaming Lips

Race for the Prize cover art

Opening their critical breakthrough album, 'Race for the Prize' is a bombastic, maximalist explosion of distorted drums and soaring synthesizer melodies. The lyrical narrative tells a poignant story of two rival scientists racing to find a cure for a disease, acknowledging that their ultimate sacrifice is necessary for humanity. Producer Dave Fridmann's aggressively compressed, hyper-saturated sound design established a new blueprint for modern psychedelic rock.

Genres

  • Neo-Psychedelia
  • Psychedelic Pop
  • Indie Rock

Tracklist

  1. Race for the Prize
  2. Race for the Prize - Remix
  3. Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)
  4. Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair
  5. The Big Ol' Bug Is the New Baby Now