- indie rock, rock, neo-psychedelia
- 44 min
- 11 tracks
- Rhino
Hear It Is is the debut studio album by American rock band The Flaming Lips, released on July 1986, by Restless Records. It marked the official debut of Wayne Coyne on vocals after the departure of his brother Mark Coyne.
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Character-led, spare, grave and open-ended.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- intimateepic
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- AllMusic2.5/5 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music2/5 ★
- The Great Rock Discography5/10
- MusicHound3/5
- Paste6.9/10
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide2/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1With You3:39
- 2Unplugged2:14
- 3Trains, Brains & Rain3:39
- 4Jesus Shootin’ Heroin7:21
- 5Just Like Before3:22
- 6She Is Death4:05
- 7Charlie Manson Blues4:22
- 8Man From Pakistan3:59
- 9Godzilla Flick4:06
- 10Staring at Sound / With You (reprise)5:09
- 11Summertime Blues2:30
11 tracks, 44 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Flaming Lips
- Label
- Rhino
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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