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 | Title : The Soft Bulletin
Author : The Flaming Lips
Release Date : 19990622
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $11.98
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Editorial Reviews :
The crazed genius of the Lips comes to full flower on the sonically massive and majestic The Soft Bulletin. Head Lip Wayne Coyne compounds the band's penchant for psychedelic freak-outs with a symphonic extravaganza. The result is nothing short of magnificent, not only the best rock album of the year, but among the best recordings of the decade. In 30 years, your grandkids are going to think you're pretty damned cool for having The Soft Bulletin in your collection.
Buyer Reviews :
God knows how many albums of distorted, crazy rock music and the Flaming Lips have reverted to a trance-like state, delivering probably their tightest, most inexplicably emotional set to date. Things kick off with 'Race For The Prize' and, for fans, it's as if nothing's changed. The drums are still Bonham-esque, hit with a ferocious intensity not heard since John Bonham, while the melody itself is quietly haunting, with their now-trademark demented slide guitar. It's a terrific song, followed by the ballad 'A Spoonful Weighs A Ton' that, perhaps expectedly (due to producer Dave Fridmann and a chequered past), wouldn't sound out of place on Mercury Rev's 'Deserter's Songs'. Much has been, and will be made of the comparisons between that album and this one, but in truth it doesn't matter. They are both borderline-spiritual records in ways journalists will never understand, and they are both inspired, uniquely warped psychedelic pop albums. This album, however, could be seen as a departure for Oklahoma's finest. While their previous albums of kaleidoscopic hyperactivity all came under the banner of 'alternative rock' (and, despite their unique wonderfulness, perhaps rightly so), this album is something truly different indeed. It's still definably alternative, but there's less 'rock', more oblique emotional introspection. It's something new, not postmodern pastiche, but a genuinely new, refreshing breath of air. A wonderful album, one of the best of the year, and one that will be rediscovered by future innovators years from now.
(by Allan Harrison)
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