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The Flaming Lips
A tapestry of swirling textures and layered melodies creates a buoyant, expansive sound that pulsates with both urgency and tranquility.
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The song
“Do You Realize??”
An engaging track that encapsulates the band's style, featuring memorable hooks and emotional depth, for first-time listeners.
About The Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips have reshaped the landscape of alternative music with their fearless approach to experimentation, pushing sonic boundaries and inviting listeners into a kaleidoscopic auditory experience.
36 studio albums· 55 total releases· 3 decades· United States
Full discography
The Flaming Lips's albums in order, from earliest releases to latest.
Studio albums (35)
Grouped by decade — 5 eras.
2020s ()
2010s ()
King's Mouth
2019
Scratching the Door: The First Recordings of the Flaming Lips
2018
Oczy Mlody
2017
With a Little Help from My Fwends
2014
Lipsha
2014
The Time Has Come to Shoot You Down... What a Sound
2013
The Terror
2013
Playing Hide and Seek With the Ghosts of Dawn
2012
The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends
2012
Heady Nuggs
2011
Strobo Trip
2011
2000s ()
The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side of the Moon
2009
Embryonic
2009
Once Beyond Hopelessness
2008
ITunes Originals – The Flaming Lips
2007
At War with the Mystics
2006
20 Years of Weird: Flaming Lips 1986–2006
2006
LateNightTales
2005
VOID
2005
Fight Test
2003
Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid
2002
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
2002
Shambolic Birth and Early Life Of
2002
The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg
2002
1990s ()
The Soft Bulletin
1999
A Collection of Songs Representing an Enthusiasm for Recording...By Amateurs
1998
Zaireeka
1997
Clouds Taste Metallic
1995
Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
1993
Hit to Death in the Future Head
1992
In a Priest Driven Ambulance
1990
EPs ()
The Flaming Lips with Prefuse 73
2011
The Flaming Lips with Neon Indian
2011
Gummy Song Skull
2011
Gummy Song Fetus
2011
It Overtakes Me
2006
Yoshimi Wins!
2005
Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell
2003
The Southern Oklahoma Cosmic Trigger Contest
2001
Due to High Expectations... The Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles for Your Balloons
1994
Yeah, I Know It's a Drag... But Wastin' Pigs Is Still Radical
1991
The Flaming Lips
1984
Compilations ()
Singles ()
The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)
2006
The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)
2006
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1
2003
Do You Realize??
2002
Waitin' for a Superman
1999
Race for the Prize
1999
This Here Giraffe
1996
She Don't Use Jelly
1993
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Songs to start with
If you'd rather pick a song than an album.
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1
"Killer on the Radio" — from Shambolic Birth and Early Life Of (2002)
accessible entry with immediate hook
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2
"The Sparrow" — from King's Mouth (2019)
accessible entry with immediate hook
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3
"Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band" — from With a Little Help from My Fwends (2014)
accessible entry with immediate hook
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4
"Drug Machine in Heaven" — from Telepathic Surgery (1989)
accessible entry with immediate hook
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5
"Bag Full of Thoughts" — from Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid (2002)
establishes the sonic palette early
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6
"Mr. Ambulance Driver" — from VOID (2005)
establishes the sonic palette early
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