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- Summary: The latest album for the rock band features guest appearances by MGMT, the Yeah Yeah Yeah's Karen O, and German mathematician, Dr. Thorsten Wormann.
- Record Label: WEA/Reprise
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative, Experimental
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Top Track
| Watching The Planets | |
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| Oh, oh, oh, watching the planets Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, watching the planets align Oh, oh, oh, what is the reason Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh,... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 28 out of 33
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Mixed: 5 out of 33
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Negative: 0 out of 33
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Ten years after their last masterpiece, The Flaming Lips have finally produced another one.
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We can only hope that, as we enter the 2010s, Embryonic portends yet another new phase for the Flaming Lips--one that's equally as improbable and rewarding as the ones that have preceded it.
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Embryonic works so staggeringly well because it's so unafraid to place itself in the lineage of unapologetically over-the-top rock album.
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To write it off too early would be criminal, as Embryonic represents The Flaming Lips at their most awkward, most engaging, and most creative.
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Equal parts overwhelming and intoxicating, Embryonic is a trip worth taking.
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At 18 tracks and well over an hour running time, it is everything you have come to expect from The Flaming Lips. [Fall 2009, p.58]
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Q MagazineEmbryonic has a cloudy feel, full of hulking, malformed basslines, distorted drums, and melodies that circle without ever ascending. [Nov 2009, p.102]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 25 out of 27
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Mixed: 1 out of 27
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Negative: 1 out of 27
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Dec 6, 2011
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MikehOct 15, 2009
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MAxMOct 13, 2009
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panopticonOct 19, 2009This gives Grizzly Bear a real competitor for Album of 2009.
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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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JoeyBlowOct 15, 2009Weirdly fantastic. Early Floyd meets John Cage.
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