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Generally favorable reviews- based on 156 Ratings
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Positive: 123 out of 156
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Mixed: 23 out of 156
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Negative: 10 out of 156
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matslApr 10, 2006i think this album is fantastic! they mix the cool 70's rock sound with more modern electronica. the lyrics are also great, playful but serious.
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RHApr 5, 2006Only The Soft Bulletin is a stronger album than this collection, which is a nice group of songs that manage to gel together well, despite not having anything in common. It's one of those albums that displays everything an artist does best.
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lewistApr 10, 2006I don't know what some people here are talking about "self indulgent". IMO, the Flaming Lips have managed to equal up to their expected, after Yoshimi. Some upbeats and some slower songs give the Album more character and make it more interesting - and they have still maintained their 'nice' conventions - even if this album is slightly more aggresive.
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coyApr 3, 2006Best Flamin Lips record, defnitely! Even bether than Soft Bulletin.
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Mr.FrankOKApr 7, 2006This is exactly how the Flaming Lips should sound during this stage of their career, mature but experimental. This album now shares a permanent spot in my happy brain. Yummers, just complete Yummers. If "The Sound of Failure" doesn't move you, then you aren't me. I'm slightly better.
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Landon__Jan 7, 2007Masterpiece with political undertones. Their best albumt o date
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johnT.Aug 2, 2007Only once I gave this a chance did I realize the amazing complexity and possibility of this album. This is an album where you can listen to it a hundred times and discover something new each time. "It over takes me" is an epic in itself.
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MackApr 11, 2006
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Jack-Apr 10, 2006Awesome.
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FredApr 10, 2006I liked this album a lot. The music took a while to grow on me but after listening to it a few times I loved it. Its not as good as the rest of the albums. But definatly worth buying.
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[Anonymous]Apr 12, 2006Classic Number 3
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mikaellApr 12, 2006i think this album is a very good continuation of their previous work. you never know what those guys will do, they'll suprise you everytime with new fantastic material. i don't understand why this album received so poor reviews - i think it's one of their best albums yet!
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DanMApr 13, 2006Lips fans who gave this album low scores need to listen to it more. After the first two spins I would have rated it maybe a 6. But after a few days now it's right up there. Brilliant!
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PeggyMApr 25, 2006This album is amazing and will make you weep a euphoric weep.
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RyanGApr 29, 2006This the album that, like The Wall, but not The Wall, all the critics who hit their thirties in the past few decades will never fully appreciate but in time will have it's place atop those life defining top ten lists for anyone who has yet to leave their younger days behind and take life to be more serious than it actually is.
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PeterJApr 7, 2006
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DamianoMApr 8, 2006I really wanted to like this album....and I ended up loving it. Ifr the mainstream doesn't get it then its their loss. And those people giving it low scores must have downloaded a Nickleback torrent. Buy this album and it will become another shining jewel in the crown of your Flaming Lips music collection. Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
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JulesMay 2, 2006
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tomkApr 11, 2006I think this is their best album and considering I love most of their other work thats saying something for me. I cant believe this is getting negative reviews..
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CraigApr 12, 2006YES! What a great album, up there with the lips finest, not a stinker on this one. Filled with great melodies, amazing instrumentation from Steven Drozd and cool lyrics penned by Wayne Coyne. Go buy this album if you haven't!
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MichaelCMay 17, 2006This album is simply mindblowing. Joins Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and The Soft Bulletin in the pantheon of amazing Lips albums.
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Jun 20, 2016Good. .
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Sep 25, 2020Man what an album. A nice mix of space rock, psychedelic rock, and dream pop. Good stuff I dare say!
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BenWJun 8, 2006Incredible album......beyond the 70's throwbacks is the psychedelic trip that we have come to know and love from this band. I am actually enjoying this album more than Yoshimi. First listen maybe a 7/10, then the depth and quality of each track just keeps on growing to form what ultimately develops into the perfect album - the natural progresssion they just had to write.
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CasperMApr 3, 20068.5, through and through. Tis is vintage Lips!
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BobSApr 3, 2006`tis a groovy album, ci senor?
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JonRApr 4, 2006
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KellyMApr 4, 2006The next step in the evolution of The Lips. Recognizing the past while taking a step towards the future. Did I happen to mention it sounds incredible? I can't wait to see "Pompeii AM Gotterdammerung" performed live.
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Awards & Rankings
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Coyne is a shrewd observer of human nature, and an even shrewder songwriter and this album stands as his greatest and most varied work yet.
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FilterEach consecutive [song] is stranger than the last. [#19, p.88]
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Los Angeles TimesThe weird part is how well this stuff holds together, a delirious jumble of android psychedelia and Coyne's elliptical wordplay that goes down as easily as warm milk (spiked with acid). [26 Mar 2006]