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Zaireeka
Experimental · 1997 · 32 tracks

Zaireeka

The Flaming Lips

A radical four-disc experiment designed for simultaneous playback. Dense, chaotic, and brilliant noise-pop that physically surrounds the listener.

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It's a four-CD science project that sounds like a psychedelic circus falling down a flight of stairs.

A chaotic, high-stakes exploration of sound and space that feels both terrifying and deeply playful.

Zaireeka · vs · The Flaming Lips
Intense+2.6σ

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

Tracklist · 32 Tracks
01
Okay I’ll Admit That I Really Don’t Understand
2:52
02
Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)
7:02
03
Thirty‐Five Thousand Feet of Despair
4:59
04
A Machine in India
10:24
05
The Train Runs Over the Camel but Is Derailed by the Gnat
6:13
06
How Will We Know? (Futuristic Crashendos)
2:24
07
March of the Rotten Vegetables
6:27
08
The Big Ol’ Bug Is the New Baby Now
5:05
09
Okay I’ll Admit That I Really Don’t Understand
2:52
10
Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)
7:02
11
Thirty‐Five Thousand Feet of Despair
4:59
12
A Machine in India
10:24
13
The Train Runs Over the Camel but Is Derailed by the Gnat
6:13
14
How Will We Know? (Futuristic Crashendos)
2:24
15
March of the Rotten Vegetables
6:27
16
The Big Ol’ Bug Is the New Baby Now
5:11
17
Okay I’ll Admit That I Really Don’t Understand
2:52
18
Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)
7:02
19
Thirty‐Five Thousand Feet of Despair
4:59
20
A Machine in India
10:24
21
The Train Runs Over the Camel but Is Derailed by the Gnat
6:14
22
How Will We Know? (Futuristic Crashendos)
2:24
23
March of the Rotten Vegetables
6:27
24
The Big Ol’ Bug Is the New Baby Now
5:11
25
Okay I’ll Admit That I Really Don’t Understand
2:52
26
Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)
7:02
27
Thirty‐Five Thousand Feet of Despair
4:59
28
A Machine in India
10:24
29
The Train Runs Over the Camel but Is Derailed by the Gnat
6:13
30
How Will We Know? (Futuristic Crashendos)
2:24
31
March of the Rotten Vegetables
6:27
32
The Big Ol’ Bug Is the New Baby Now
5:11
Moments Worth Waiting For
The terrifying high-frequency frequencies in 'How Will We Know?' that test the limits of human hearing.
The way the four separate drum tracks in 'March of the Rotten Vegetables' drift in and out of phase.
The haunting, isolated vocal track on Disc 1 of 'Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair' floating above the noise.
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