- rock, alternative rock
- 51 min
- 13 tracks
- Warner Records
American Head is the sixteenth studio album by American rock band the Flaming Lips, released on September 11, 2020, on Warner Records in the US and Bella Union in the UK. Produced by Dave Fridmann and Scott Booker, alongside the band itself, the album represents a return to the band's American roots.
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Spare, character-led, contemporary and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
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Metacritic 80/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 7.5/10
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Consequence of SoundA−
- The Independent4/5 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- NME4/5 ★
- The Observer2/5 ★
- Paste5.8/10
- Pitchfork7.7/10
- The Times5/5 ★
- Uncut9/10
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Tracks
- 1Will You Return / When You Come Down5:21
- 2Watching the Lightbugs Glow2:53
- 3Flowers of Neptune 64:31
- 4Dinosaurs on the Mountain3:38
- 5At the Movies on Quaaludes3:41
- 6Mother I’ve Taken LSD3:48
- 7Brother Eye4:23
- 8You n Me Sellin’ Weed4:57
- 9Mother Please Don’t Be Sad3:36
- 10When We Die When We’re High3:39
- 11Assassins of Youth4:12
- 12God and the Policeman2:28
- 13My Religion Is You3:33
13 tracks, 51 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Flaming Lips
- Label
- Warner Records
- Released
- August 28, 2020
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
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