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Universal acclaim- based on 113 Ratings
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Positive: 104 out of 113
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Mixed: 4 out of 113
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Negative: 5 out of 113
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Sep 21, 2022If pink floyd took horoscopes seriously . They attempt and succeeded at elevating prog rock with the more modern indie 00's rock at it's center. This record is a difficult but proficient return to form. Perhaps one of their greatest if not most cohesive.
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Sep 25, 2020At War With the Mystics was a great political side of Flaming Lips and was such an excellent album. I don't know what happened but this album tries too many different sounds that do not work. This is one of the worst albums they have ever done.
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Dec 6, 2011Absolutely flawless. This album is a fu*king machine! Embryonic has a soul, extreme creativity and of course, a moody, yet familiar and heavenly Flaming Lips ambient. Oh well, we ARE talking about THE Lips, so, what else were we expecting... Another brutal win :P
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Sep 3, 2011
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Jun 2, 2011In a word, It's brilliant. In several, It's simply in a world of it's own, easily on a par with Soft Bulletin or Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots. I love it.
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Dec 16, 2010
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panopticonOct 19, 2009This gives Grizzly Bear a real competitor for Album of 2009.
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GTOct 17, 2009All of the songs are just jams. That's really cool and all, but none of the songs have a real backbone. Just some drum beat with a bass line and weird noises with Wayne "singing".
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JonFOct 16, 2009
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JoeyBlowOct 15, 2009Weirdly fantastic. Early Floyd meets John Cage.
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MartinAOct 15, 2009The Flaming Lips have once again proven that they are one of the most lasting bands in the music scene today with their newest masterpiece, Embryonic.
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JimmyDOct 15, 2009Awesome drums, bass, and electronics here. After a lackluster output in "Mystics," The Flaming Lips are back and better than ever.
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MikehOct 15, 2009Hands down the album of the year unless someone delives a miracle by NYE. The vitality and energy here is shocking. This is a truly great rock band, and this is a truly great experimental record that takes tremendous risks.
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dKismetOct 14, 2009Awesomeness! Maybe the best album I've heard all year and I've heard more than my share! Mind-boggling and very experimental. I couldn't believe that this band has been around for some 20 odd years!!!
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EricSOct 14, 2009One of the year's best and a return to form for the Lips. Excellent album.
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CodyDOct 14, 2009This is the best Lips album since The Soft Bulletin.
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DexxterBOct 14, 2009The album is a bit weird at times but The Flaming Lips have proven their superior musical talent 10 years after the flawless Soft Bulletin.
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MarkB.Oct 14, 2009Amazing return to form.
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PhilPOct 14, 2009Brilliant, compelling, wild, experimental, heavy. I gave this album my full attention, in a dark room, like a movie, and it blew me away. It's an organic, shimmering, kaleidoscopic gem of a creation.
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AlBOct 14, 2009Superb - back to their psych roots and loving it! One of the best albums of the year and their career.
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FlubsOct 13, 2009Solid effort... Powerless is a top track.
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PLOct 13, 2009Finally some NOISE!
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raeltOct 13, 2009Since when the observer, guardian and rolling stones understand REAL music? this should be album of the year, period. Metacritic better weight better the real critics with the lousy, mainstream ones.
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LeahTOct 13, 2009The Lips are timeless...and this album is no exception. But what is even more refreshing than their dependable nature is the fact that they've continued to evolve as a band. They haven't stagnated. A wonderful listen.
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MAxMOct 13, 2009Incredible album, start to finish, and the group's best since The Soft Bulletin. Innovative and completely unorthodox but I think it's probably their most accessible yet.
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joebOct 13, 2009The NME actually gave the album a 9/10, the 0/10 is a typo. Do you even read the content of these reviews? They even called it a masterpiece, I would've thought that'd be a pretty big clue that something was up. Good going, Metacritic!
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BrettWOct 13, 2009Mesmerizing - a return to the weird rockiness for the Lips. Wayne Coyne is back to writing great philosophical meanderings after taking a brief break with At War with the Mystics (which was a misfire for the band and Wayne).
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Awards & Rankings
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Although I gather there's a concept here, knowing what it is might ruin the gently wigged-out dystopianism the lyrics cozy up to. More important, it might undercut the otherwise irreducible pleasures of their exploding guitars, unworldly synths, and crazy drums.
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Little about Embryonic is clear-cut or straightforward -- these noisy, pensive, sometimes meandering songs take awhile to decipher and often feel like they're still in the process of becoming. These very qualities, however, make these songs some of the Flaming Lips most haunting and intriguing music in some time.
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Embryonic is not as strange as "Zaireeka,'' the Lips' play-four-CDs-at-the-same-time experiment, but it's up there. On the other hand, Embryonic is completely absorbing. It grows on you in a way that the earlier records simply cannot do.