Clouds Taste Metallic
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| Studio album by The Flaming Lips | ||||
| Released | September 19, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, noise pop, neo-psychedelia | |||
| Length | 47:31 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | The Flaming Lips, Dave Fridmann | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| NME | (5/10)[2] |
| Sputnikmusic | [3] |
Clouds Taste Metallic is the seventh album by the band The Flaming Lips, released on September 19, 1995. It is the last Flaming Lips album featuring guitarist Ronald Jones, and the last album presenting the group as a guitar-driven, alternative rock band.
"They Punctured My Yolk" was sampled on Beastie Boys' To the 5 Boroughs album in the song "We Got The." The album's recording is featured heavily in the documentary The Fearless Freaks.
An alternate mix of "Bad Days" had previously been released on the EP Due to High Expectations... The Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles for Your Balloons and the Batman Forever soundtrack.
After Ronald Jones left in 1996, very little of this album was played live over the years, but since May 2014, songs from the album have appeared in a majority of the band's setlists for the first time in many years, some of which the band had never even played while Ronald was in the band. On February 24, 2015, all the songs were performed live for the first time ever in celebration of 20 years of the album's release.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "The Abandoned Hospital Ship" | 3:38 |
| 2. | "Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus with Needles" | 3:27 |
| 3. | "Placebo Headwound" | 3:40 |
| 4. | "This Here Giraffe" | 3:46 |
| 5. | "Brainville" | 3:13 |
| 6. | "Guy Who Got a Headache and Accidentally Saves the World" | 4:29 |
| 7. | "When You Smile" | 3:13 |
| 8. | "Kim's Watermelon Gun" | 3:21 |
| 9. | "They Punctured My Yolk" | 4:21 |
| 10. | "Lightning Strikes the Postman" | 2:50 |
| 11. | "Christmas at the Zoo" | 3:06 |
| 12. | "Evil Will Prevail" | 3:45 |
| 13. | "Bad Days" (Aurally Excited Version) | 4:38 |
Personnel
- Wayne Coyne - vocals, guitar
- Steven Drozd - drums, piano, keyboards, guitar, vocals, glockenspiel
- Michael Ivins - bass, vocals
- Ronald Jones - guitar, vocals
Cover versions
"Lightning Strikes the Postman" was covered by Scottish rock band Aereogramme on their album Seclusion.
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
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