- rock, psychedelic rock, noise pop, neo-psychedelia
- 69 min
- 11 tracks
- Warner Bros. Records
Hit to Death in the Future Head is the fifth studio album by American rock band the Flaming Lips, released on August 11, 1992, by Warner Bros. Records. "Talkin' 'Bout the Smiling Deathporn Immortality Blues " was released as the lead track on the EP Yeah, I Know It's a Drag... But Wastin' Pigs Is Still Radical to promote the album. The title provided the inspiration for the name of the British band the Futureheads.
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Character-led, open-ended, spare and contemporary.
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
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- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- The Great Rock Discography6/10
- MusicHound Rock3.5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Talkin' 'Bout the Smiling Deathporn Immortality Blues (Everyone Wants to Live Forever)3:50
- 2Hit Me Like You Did the First Time3:41
- 3The Sun3:32
- 4Felt Good to Burn3:21
- 5Gingerale Afternoon (The Astrology of a Saturday)3:45
- 6Halloween on the Barbary Coast5:43
- 7The Magician vs. the Headache3:13
- 8You Have to Be Joking (Autopsy of the Devil's Brain)3:55
- 9Frogs4:28
- 10Hold Your Head4:25
- 11[untitled]29:16
11 tracks, 69 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Flaming Lips
- Label
- Warner Bros. Records
- Released
- 1992
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- AU
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