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FLAMING LIPS Hit To Death In The Future Head (1992 German 10-track PICTURE CD album including Halloween on the Barbary Coast and Frogs picture sleeve)
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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The Lips signed to a major, got access to the kind of budget and facilities they'd never expected, and produced a fantastically over-ambitious psychedelic masterpiece. The opening track (Talkin' bout the..)sets the tone: it's weird and witty and beautiful. We've all heard albums with great opening tracks which thereafter went downhill fast, but "Hit..." just gets better. Other highlights, like "Halloween on the Barbary Coast" and "Frogs" push divergent envelopes in dazzling directions. If you came to the Lips via "The Soft Bulletin", please, please check out their back catalogue; they have been brilliant for at least a decade and a half, and "Hit..." is a great place to start.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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I'd heard "The Soft Bulletin" and was very impressed, it was a unique sound to say the least. When I saw this album, despite having never heard a track from it, I decided to purchase it and see whether The Flaming Lips earlier material was just as good. Although it is a slightly different sound to that of "The Soft Bulletin", this album does not disappoint. The songs are a stroke of genius, and as ever with The Flaming Lips, the titles themselves are clever. When was the last time you heard a song called something as obscure as "Talkin' 'bout the smiling deathporn immortality blues (everyone wants to live forever)"? Possibly the only let down is the (un)hidden track, which consists of 28 minutes of distortion which jumps from one speaker to the other. Believe me, listening to it is a good way to give yourself a headache. Appart from that, the album is excellent, and a worthy addition to any record collection. Buy it. Buy it now.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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A band who love to experiement with all sorts of sounds, and being on a major allowed them to advance further than any of the "Finally The Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid" recordings. This album makes my eyes roll back in my head and slaps a big smile on my face. The lyrics are all brilliant, and everytime you listen to it you hear new sound you never noticed before. It is messier than their later recordings, but that chaotic aspect is something i love. Great stuff.
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Distorted Feedback at its finest
This is argubly the best Lips album. Typical heart felt lyrics with music used as expression. Its hard to compare or explain their sound. Read more
Published on 6 Dec 2008 by M. Hill
Flaming Joss Stick!
This is a tremendoues album indeed. It may have a toilet on the front cover but the music is anything but crap. Read more
Published on 11 July 2003 by Mr D M Copeland
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