King's Mouth: Music and Songs
by The Flaming Lips
Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
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  1. Mojo
    Jun 25, 2019
    60
    Over nine more filmic songs, a quaint magic unfolds. [Aug 2019, p.93]
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  2. Slant Magazine
    Apr 22, 2019
    60
    Unfortunately, the album only contains about an EP’s worth of solid material, with the rest of the running time devoted to a tedious children’s fairytale. ... [But the full] songs sound like the basis of a proper follow-up to Yoshimi even more than the zany At War with the Mystics, did.
  3. The Quietus
    Jul 26, 2019
    50
    It is in that setting [an art gallery], unfortunately, which appears to be the most appropriate for The Flaming Lips’ latest release as neither the story or music are dynamic enough to hold the listener’s attention over an extended period.
  5. Rolling Stone
    Jul 19, 2019
    50
    As 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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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Dizzyd2323
    Jul 26, 2019
    9
    Their best since Yoshimi. Mick Jones narrates the crazy, but beautiful story, and the band backs it up in the best way.
  2. Marcbackman
    Jul 21, 2019
    8
    Having almost given up on The Flaming Lips in recent years (I jumped ship after 'At War with the Mystics' and Wayne and co went into overlyHaving almost given up on The Flaming Lips in recent years (I jumped ship after 'At War with the Mystics' and Wayne and co went into overly chaotic territory), I found this release to be a pleasant surprise. A concept album with spoken-word narration by Mick Jones (of the Clash), 'King's Mouth' tells the strange story about a giant baby king and his rise and eventual death. It's abstract, but there is something sincere about the entire gambit: it speaks of childhood, of reaching for sky, of death, of our eventual return to the universe we once appeared from. It's a lovely story—the giant king lives on the mind's of his devotees—and one that is the perfect vessel for the band to create (as they did so well on Yoshimi) a musical universe in of itself.

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  3. Graca
    Jul 19, 2019
    10
    O melhor álbum já lançado de uma trilha sonora , trás uma mensagem tão forte, autêntica e sincera ,Deus nunca erra e nesse caso Deus é aO melhor álbum já lançado de uma trilha sonora , trás uma mensagem tão forte, autêntica e sincera ,Deus nunca erra e nesse caso Deus é a própria Beyoncé.… Full Review »
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