- neo-psychedelia, psychedelic pop, rock
- 58 min
- 14 tracks
- Warner Music Australia
The Soft Bulletin is the ninth studio album by American rock band the Flaming Lips, released by Warner Bros. Records on May 17, 1999, in the United Kingdom, and on June 22, 1999, in the United States. The album was released to widespread acclaim, and was hailed by critics as a departure from their previous guitar-heavy alternative rock sound into a more layered, intricately arranged work.
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Character-led, grave, spare and warm.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- warmbleak
- resolvedopen-ended
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 85/100
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- Melody Maker4/5 ★
- NME9/10
- Pitchfork10/10
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
- Spin9/10
- The Village VoiceB
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Tracks
- 1Race for the Prize4:18
- 2A Spoonful Weighs a Ton3:32
- 3The Spark That Bled5:55
- 4Slow Motion3:49
- 5What Is the Light?4:05
- 6The Observer4:11
- 7Waitin' for a Superman4:17
- 8Suddenly Everything Has Changed3:54
- 9The Gash4:02
- 10Feeling Yourself Disintegrate5:17
- 11Sleeping on the Roof3:09
- 12Race for the Prize (Peter Mokran remix)4:09
- 13Waitin' for a Superman (Peter Mokran remix)4:20
- 14Buggin' (Peter Mokran remix)3:15
14 tracks, 58 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Flaming Lips
- Label
- Warner Music Australia
- Released
- 1999
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- AU
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