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- Record Label: Warner Bros.
- Release Date: Jul 19, 2019
- Summary: The band's 15th studio LP is a story-driven concept album with narration from The Clash's Mick Jones. The album was originally released (on vinyl only) as a Record Store Day exclusive on April 13, 2019, but was later re-released in multiple formats on July 19, 2019.
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- Record Label: Warner Bros.
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Indie/Alternative
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 21 out of 25
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Mixed: 4 out of 25
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Negative: 0 out of 25
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The WireAug 22, 2019This album is not about re-using their old sounds. Most of the tracks offer something different and work well to complement the story being told. [Sep 2019, p.54]
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UncutJun 13, 2019The Flaming Lips remain masters at creating an irresistible sense of sheer awestruck wonder that demands its own emotional reaction from the listener. [Aug 2019, p.24]
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Jul 19, 2019The musical accompaniment to the installation works perfectly as a concept album, where heady instrumentals and psychedelic pop nuggets are intertwined with swelling strings and a nursery rhyme story narrated by The Clash’s Mick Jones.
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Jul 17, 2019King's Mouth is a light album, one that — in its best moments — ties the fantasy of its central conceit to a studied sense of reality
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Aug 16, 2019Though the album's theme is fairly inconsequential, more appealing as a one-off project for diehards, their prog-folk experiment breathes new life into a band that had seemingly lost their way.
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Jul 22, 2019This feels like a halfway point between a true Flaming Lips full-length and one of their many novelty side-ventures. This is undoubtedly a worthwhile pursuit for fans of the band that also marks a welcome return to accessibility; maybe with a bit of a stronger backbone, it could have been more.
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Jul 19, 2019As a stand-alone piece of music, its pacing tends to remain too static to uphold its heavy premise. The best songs arrive far too late, and early tracks like “How Many Times” and “Giant Baby” can be hard to distinguish from recent Coyne experiments like 2017’s Oczy Mlody.
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Positive: 6 out of 6
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Mixed: 0 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6
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Jul 19, 2019
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Aug 30, 2019
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Jul 6, 2019
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Jul 26, 2019Their best since Yoshimi. Mick Jones narrates the crazy, but beautiful story, and the band backs it up in the best way.
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Jul 21, 2019
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Jul 23, 2019
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