- noise pop, noise rock, rock, alternative rock
- 43 min
- 11 tracks
- Warner Bros. Records
Transmissions from the Satellite Heart is the sixth studio album by American rock band the Flaming Lips, released in 1993 by Warner Bros. Records. The album marked the departure of Jonathan Donahue and Nathan Roberts, and the addition of guitarist Ronald Jones and drummer Steven Drozd.
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Character-led, grave, open-ended and contemporary.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune4/4 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- The Great Rock Discography8/10
- MusicHound5/5
- NME7/10
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4.5/5 ★
- Select4/5
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Tracks
- 1Turn It On4:39
- 2Pilot Can at the Queer of God4:17
- 3Oh, My Pregnant Head (Labia in the Sunlight.......)4:07
- 4She Don’t Use Jelly3:40
- 5Chewin the Apple of Your Eye3:52
- 6Superhumans3:14
- 7Be My Head3:15
- 8Moth in the Incubator4:13
- 9Plastic Jesus2:19
- 10When Yer Twenty Two3:35
- 11Slow Nerve Action5:56
11 tracks, 43 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Flaming Lips
- Label
- Warner Bros. Records
- Released
- 1993
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- AU
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