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Universal acclaim- based on 132 Ratings
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Positive: 118 out of 132
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Mixed: 6 out of 132
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Negative: 8 out of 132
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Sep 21, 2022A near perfect collage of soundscapes and mood that fall into the realm of tge more outrageous Beatles outputs. Sounds like the forefather of Tame Impala circa "Lonerism" . It's earnest and patient allowing for itself to form beautiful moments from a collection of kaleidoscope of guitars and drums. The modern rock answer to "pet sounds" magnificent invention. Definitely worth the time .
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Jul 30, 2011HOLY CRAP! WHAT AN ALBUM! Words cannot describe how awesome this album really is. Never heard of The Flaming Lips, start here and you too will realize their musical capabilities. One of the best albums of all time.
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Sep 7, 2010Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots may have been a bit more out there and mabe even more creative, but the Soft Bulletin is by no means a lesser album. A beautiful record that just keeps getting better.
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Sep 25, 2020Really boring album that feels like a ripoff of Pet Sounds. Does not do a whole lot for me sadly.
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Jul 17, 2011Apart from having an overarching technical nous,the things that have propelled this album to legendary status among the cognicenti are it's warmth and compassion.This sounds very big, the polish does not detract from the songs, it would be hard to find too many better albums that were released back in 1999 ,a monumentally slack year in music.
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BenjaminBunnyJun 8, 2004And the survey says....? CLASSIC.
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TomWSep 6, 2004The actual music on this is great, if an aquired taste: it is quite melacholy and more than a bit hippy, in a cute way. The mixing though -- while probably intentional, I don't like it. The drums cymbals are *way* too harsh and overdriven. I guess that's just noise pop, but I kinda wished this music had a slicker sound, like the followup Yoshimi...
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TheJesusAug 10, 2006
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DeanDAug 4, 2006Great music, but the vocals.....AWFUL! I have never ever heard a singer so out of tune, reaching for notes which are obviously out of his range. He needs vocal lessons real bad!
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DanApr 23, 2005Not many albums can suck you in and control your emotions like the Soft Bulliton. Don't over look this album for not being as immediately accessible as any other release by the Flaming Lips.
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BannusVMar 12, 2006This is an increadible sonically astounding album.
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rzaMar 27, 2006Epic. The gold standard to the modern rock opera of life, love and death.
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S.L.O'RobotApr 8, 2006Do not believe the hype about "Yoshimi," and that it is somehow a superior record -- utter nonsense, that. While "Yoshimi" may outstrip the entire collected works of most all of your favorite bands, it cannot remotely compare to "Soft Bulletin," which is perhaps the finest album of the last 15 years.
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timeAug 8, 2006I had a question. How can AMG call this the album of the decade and only give it 4.5 stars? Not only that but in their website they end up calling Transmission... their best album. That's odd! Great record though
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MikeK.Jul 22, 2002Stunning, evocative, enigmatic, perfect
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johnnypomegranateMar 16, 2003what can i say? i never thought music would get any better than björk's homogenic, and then the flaming lips posted the soft bulletin, and i've never been the same since. only a handful of albums can lay claim to being truly life-changing -- this is one of those albums.
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BallaghJJul 12, 2004Fantastic listen.
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KeilSDec 7, 2005A glorious slab of symphonic meditation. Coyne & Co. have created a beautiful, wholly original cross between Brian Wilson's Pet Sounds-era and Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon. Even the seemingly throwaway tracks have something to offer. If there is any justice in the fickle landscape of pop culture, The Soft Bulletin will be considered a true classic years from now.
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stephenlAug 30, 2005easily the best album of the 90s
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RobertSMar 21, 2006Incredible.
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RMApr 3, 2006Stunning
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esJul 11, 2006Pretty much the best thing I have ever heard - easily my favorite album of all time.
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HowardSep 14, 2003Oh My God is tis cd good or wut! I've never heard anything as good as tis. TIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS
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[Anonymous]Feb 14, 2005Seriously over-rated.not as good as some of their earlier albums.Waiting for Superman is the only great track.
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sansFeb 15, 2006a masterpiece.
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JonL.Jul 28, 2006
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JørgenT.Jan 10, 2008This is the best and most breathtakingly beautiful pop album of the nineties, period.
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TomP.Mar 10, 2008
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SeanDDec 27, 2006When I think of the word "psychedelic" this is where my mind goes. I don't think I've heard sounds like this anywhere else in my life, and I may never hear them anyplace ever again. Hands down my favorite record. On a side note, "Feeling Yourself Disintegrate" breaks my heart every time I hear it. One of the most achingly beautiful songs (ever?)
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JosephBDec 30, 2006The Soft Bulletine is the yin to the Clouds Taste Metallic yang. It pushes pop to its outer limits as well as anything that comes before it.
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PaulDJun 2, 2007
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TomB.Aug 6, 2007This album is the reason I believe in love.
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JoeT.Jan 1, 2010I love it. ...it's gorgeous and radical at the same time.
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sidewinder572Aug 3, 2007Depending on how you look at it this is either the last masterpiece of the 20th century or the first masterpiece of the 21st century. However you look at it this is The Flaming Lips finest hour and at this moment one of the 5 greatest albums I've ever heard.
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IShonamanSep 2, 2007
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TylerSep 23, 2006This album has become my music base. I will always be able to come back to it. You need this album in your life.
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SamSOct 26, 2007Much loved by people whose judgment I respect. But it doesn't quite do it for me. I came to it after Yoshimi -- which I love in the extreme -- and this sounds flabby and maudlin by comparison.
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GonzaloDMar 11, 2007Subliminal.. Best album of the flaming, best album of 1999, and one of the 5 best albums of the entire decade!
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Dec 7, 2010Its absoloutley amazing, as much as i love clouds taste metallic and their other albums this.is.their.best. GO AND BUY IT, it will make you want explode because you cant contain how seriously amazng this album is.ONE of THE best albums of the 90's and 20 years. up there with pinkerton,check your head and loveless guys
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Nov 5, 2016One of those rare albums that is perfect from front to back. (at least, the 5.1 and Vinyl versions, the normal CD version gets a 9, but that's more of a fault from Warner Brothers then The Flaming Lips)
Awards & Rankings
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The group's most gorgeously crafted album ever.
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Combines Beach Boys harmonies, Pink Floyd-influenced orchestral rock and the lonely-heart vocal style of such '70s icons as Big Star and Neil Young.
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A trip into the prettiest altered states the Lips have yet kissed.