Best Flaming Lips record? Please no one say "At War with the Mystics!"
 

just wondering what everyones opinion on the matter is. so what do u think is the best flaming lips records. i am going through their discogrpahy for the first time (have only heard telepathic surgery, soft bulletin, yoshimi and at war with the mystics) so i am wondering which ones i should be sure to hear!! let me know.

At war with the mystics.

hahah should have expected that.

The Soft Bulletin edges out, At War with the Mystics.

I really should get round to listening to some of the earlier stuff, but I doubt it'll be as good as The Soft Bulletin.
Unless you know better...

Transmissions From The Satellite Heart was their breakthrough album which you don't seem to have heard.

My favourite Flaming Lips album has always been In A Priest Driven Ambulance.

You're right...I haven't.
How does it compare?

It's a lot less laid back than their current stuff.

It;s kinda like their earlier noisy albums but more commercial and with better songwriting.

Ok, maybe not - but I'm evenly split between it & Soft Bulletin, Yoshimi, & Hit to Death in the Future Head.

yeah i am having trouble finding in a priest driven ambulance. i've heard a sh*t load about that album. so i want to find it badly.

It was re-released as The Day We Shot A Hole In The Jesus Egg.

Same album , but with a load of extras. Try looking for that instead.

I have only heard YOSHIMI, where should I go next? Not neccessarily the best. I can build up to that. I adore YOSHIMI though.

urban hatemonger, this is off topic but,

i'm donwloading some orange juice right now? what should i expect?

if u like that one try out soft bulletin, wdiely regarded as their best. some really pretty and at times heart-wrenching tunes on it!! also, just listneed to telepathic surgery today and loved it!! especially "hell's angel's cracker factory" !

but soft bulletin is just a gorgeous album. very pretty!

Expect early 80s jangly pop records. Some of the earlier stuff is a bit more punk influenced.

I don't think they really get the credit they deserve. They were doing the same sort of thing the Smiths did, only 4 years earlier.

yeah. cool. sh*t dennis bovell produced their last album according to allmusic.com. same dude that did one of the pop groups albums! not too shabby. i'm liking the album "you can't hide your love forever" so far!

thanks.

You can't hide your love forever is their best album by a mile.

You should check out The Glasgow School too , It's a collection of all their early stuff.

will do. thanks.

The Soft Bulletin is the best record of theirs that I've heard. I haven't heard all their albums, though. I'd be surprised if they were able to really top it.

It depends how you define 'top it'

The Soft Bulletin was a huge change of direction , there's nothing really in the albums they did before that you could compare it to.

To be fair the Smiths did it better. I like the Soft Bulletin best.

Transmissions... very, very easily.

In a Priest Driven Ambulance

the live one is hella good
but yoshimi is evenly good

hmm, it's between Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi for me. I cant decide, both albums have some of my favorites.

Hit to Death In the Future Head!!!
I love the early, psychedelic, shoegazy stuff....

Possibly the flight test EP
Their version of can't get you out of my head is the ****.

But in reality I guess transmissions or at war with the mystics.

really eh? maybe i should re-listen to at war with the mystics cos when i heard it i thought it was boring and for some reason really annoying.

Soft Bulletin is their best. This is not an opinion but fact. I have classified documents to prove it.

the Lips turned into church music, they lost the edge... all saccharine and fluffy like their live show.

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots probs has the best ratio of accessibility to quality so I'd say start with that

I like all of their albums but Transmissions and Yoshimi are their best imo

soft bulletin mos def. the gash gives me chills.

I like Transmissions best. At War... was a major letdown for me. Soft Bulletin was pretty good too, but not their best, IMO.

I think Yoshimis every bit as good or better than Soft Bulliten and Transmissions.

I really miss the days when they made records like this

Soft Bulletin with Yoshmi a Close second

at war with the mystics. i love yoshimi and soft bulletin and i understand why most people hold those two in higher regard but i just dig awwtm more than those two nowadays

The album I enjoy listening to the most is Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.

i was heavily into clouds taste metallic for the good part of 6 months. it is mind blowing as are most of their albums when you really listen to layering of sound.

Hey could some one hook me up with a pm for whichever album you personally consider to be the best and the best to start with please?

It would be much appreciated as I have been meaning to get into these guys for a while.

Out of the ones I heard I'd go with Yoshimi, but Transmissions is almost taking its place.

At War with the Mystics wasn't that bad.