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The Soft Bulletin
Rock · 1999 · 14 tracks

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

A symphonic masterpiece of technicolor psychedelia. Dense orchestral layers and blown-out drums meet fragile, heart-on-sleeve meditations on life and mortality.

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It's like a symphonic hug for your existential crisis.

A breathtaking collision of cosmic wonder and the quiet, heavy realization of human mortality.

The Soft Bulletin · vs · The Flaming Lips
Triumphant+4.0σ

Triumphant saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks
01
Race for the Prize
4:18
02
A Spoonful Weighs a Ton
3:32
03
The Spark That Bled
5:55
04
Slow Motion
3:49
05
What Is the Light?
4:05
06
The Observer
4:11
07
Waitin’ for a Superman
4:17
08
Suddenly Everything Has Changed
3:54
09
The Gash
4:02
10
Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
5:17
11
Sleeping on the Roof
3:09
12
Race for the Prize (Peter Mokran remix)
4:09
13
Waitin’ for a Superman (remix)
4:20
14
Buggin’ (remix)
3:16
Moments Worth Waiting For
The massive, distorted drum fill that kicks off Race for the Prize like a celebratory explosion.
The sudden shift from a delicate piano melody to a soaring, choir-backed wall of sound in A Spoonful Weighs a Ton.
The heartbreakingly simple acoustic guitar and synth wash that carries the weight of Waitin' for a Superman.
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