do you realize is the same for me

and Fight Test. Thinking about it, that's probably one of my favourite albums of this decade.

My top 5 Flaming Lips albums is

01. Clouds Taste Metallic
02. The Soft Bulletin
03. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
04. Zaireeka
05. Embryonic

Yoshimi is my favorite album, but the Gash is probably my favorite song (on soft bulletin)

So what does everyone think of embryonic? I love it, very dense and sprawling and certainly less commercial than their last few. Most experimental since Zaireeka i reckon. very impresseive.

Only half way through Embryonic but I'm very impressed. I always find TFL hit or miss, love a lot of their older stuff but wasn't much of a fan of some of the chirpy and recent stuff. There's a lot going on here and like someone above said, a little more experimental and out there, but still maintaining a few nice traditional tracks and lyrics.

What is the best album to get after The Soft Bulletin? I really love TSB but I don't know what to get next.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, although not my favourite album, is pretty much appreciated by most and is a lot of people's choice as favourite. I'd say it's a safe bet to move onto this and see what happens from there. You could always check out the new release too though. I haven't got a lot of their earlier stuff, so I'm maybe not in the best position to suggest, although I'm guessing the earlier stuff would be something you'd move onto later with TFL.

^^ Thanks man. I'll download it when I get a chance. What is your favorite?

Out of their earlier (pre-Soft Bulletin) material, I'd recommend:

Clouds Taste Metallic
Basically where the 'modern' Flaming Lips sound begins. Still traces of their Garage/Indie sound of earlier albums, but much more melodic, varied and 'widescreen' than before. Basically a more lo-fi Soft Bulletin, and my personal favourite of theirs.

Zaireeka
A real bitch to listen to properly (comes in 4 discs that need to be played simultaneously) - or you can do what I did and use a music program to merge the 4 discs together. This came out before Soft Bulletin, but in terms of sound it fits more accurately between SB and Yoshimi. Another excellent album.

In terms of pre-Clouds Taste Metallic material, there isn't a massive difference between many of the albums (although they're still all decent). They sound very much like Pixies on these albums, though never as brilliant as Pixies. Of these albums, I'd say feel free to choose between:

Hit To Death In The Future Head
Transmissions From The Satellite Heart
In A Priest Driven Ambulance