Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 is a compilation album by the American experimental rock group The Flaming Lips. The first two discs are entirely made up of songs that span from 1992's Hit to Death in the Future Head to 2017's Oczy Mlody, with the third disc featuring demos, B-sides, rarities, and the band's contributions to movie soundtracks.
| Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | April 2018 | |||
| Recorded | 1992–2017 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, experimental rock, psychedelic pop, dream pop | |||
| Length | 223:47 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | |||
| The Flaming Lips chronology | ||||
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Release
editOn April 27, 2018, it was announced that The Flaming Lips would release a new compilation album titled Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 on June 1 through Warner Bros. Records.[1]
Reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
AllMusic's Heather Phares noted that it "does an admirable job of boiling down their sprawling quarter-century stint on Warner Bros. into a slightly more manageable three-disc set", ultimately concluding that the album "caters to all levels of Flaming Lips fans and does it well".[2]
Track listing
editAll tracks written by Coyne/Drozd/Ivins, except when noted.[2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Talking 'Bout the Smiling Deathporn Immortality Blues (Everyone Wants to Live Forever)" | Hit to Death in the Future Head (1992) | 3:50 | |
| 2. | "Hit Me Like You Did the First Time" | Hit to Death in the Future Head | 3:30 | |
| 3. | "Frogs" | Hit to Death in the Future Head | 4:26 | |
| 4. | "Felt Good To Burn" | Hit to Death in the Future Head | 3:21 | |
| 5. | "Turn It On" | Coyne/Drozd/Ivins/Jones | Transmissions From the Satellite Heart (1993) | 4:40 |
| 6. | "She Don't Use Jelly" | Coyne/Drozd/Ivins/Jones | Transmissions From the Satellite Heart | 3:19 |
| 7. | "Chewin' the Apple of Your Eye" | Coyne/Drozd/Ivins/Jones | Transmissions From the Satellite Heart | 3:48 |
| 8. | "Slow Nerve Action" | Coyne/Drozd/Ivins/Jones | Transmissions From the Satellite Heart | 5:53 |
| 9. | "Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus with Needles" | Coyne/Drozd/Ivins/Jones | Clouds Taste Metallic (1995) | 3:28 |
| 10. | "Brainville" | Coyne/Drozd/Ivins/Jones | Clouds Taste Metallic | 3:13 |
| 11. | "Lightning Strikes the Postman" | Coyne/Drozd/Ivins/Jones | Clouds Taste Metallic | 2:50 |
| 12. | "When You Smile" | Coyne/Drozd/Ivins/Jones | Clouds Taste Metallic | 3:03 |
| 13. | "Bad Days [Aurally Excited Version]" | Coyne/Drozd/Ivins/Jones | Clouds Taste Metallic | 4:38 |
| 14. | "Riding to Work in the Year 2025" | Zaireeka (1997) | 5:53 | |
| 15. | "Race for the Prize (Sacrifice of the New Scientists)" | The Soft Bulletin (1999) | 4:16 | |
| 16. | "Waitin' for a Superman (Is It Gettin' Heavy?)" | The Soft Bulletin | 4:18 | |
| 17. | "The Spark That Bled" | The Soft Bulletin | 5:55 | |
| 18. | "What Is the Light?" | The Soft Bulletin | 4:04 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1" | Booker/Coyne/Drozd/Fridmann/Ivins | Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (2002) | 4:42 |
| 2. | "In the Morning of the Magicians" | Booker/Coyne/Drozd/Fridmann/Ivins | Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots | 6:17 |
| 3. | "All We Have Is Now" | Booker/Coyne/Drozd/Fridmann/Ivins | Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots | 3:54 |
| 4. | "Do You Realize??" | Booker/Coyne/Drozd/Fridmann/Ivins | Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots | 3:32 |
| 5. | "The W.A.N.D." | At War With the Mystics (2006) | 3:42 | |
| 6. | "Pompeii am Gotterdammerung" | At War With the Mystics | 4:21 | |
| 7. | "Vein of Stars" | At War With the Mystics | 4:10 | |
| 8. | "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)" | At War With The Mystics | 4:54 | |
| 9. | "Convinced of the Hex" | Embryonic (2009) | 3:55 | |
| 10. | "See the Leaves" | Embryonic | 4:25 | |
| 11. | "Silver Trembling Hands" | Embryonic | 4:00 | |
| 12. | "Is David Bowie Dying?" | Coyne/Drozd | The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends (2012) | 6:39 |
| 13. | "Try to Explain" | Coyne/Drozd | The Terror (2013) | 4:44 |
| 14. | "Always There in Our Hearts" | Coyne/Drozd | The Terror | 4:36 |
| 15. | "How??" | Coyne/Drozd | Oczy Mlody (2017) | 4:24 |
| 16. | "There Should Be Unicorns" | Coyne/Drozd | Oczy Mlody | 5:51 |
| 17. | "The Castle" | Coyne/Drozd | Oczy Mlody | 4:50 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Zero To a Million" (previously unreleased demo, recorded 1991) | Coyne/Donahue/Ivins | 3:22 | |
| 2. | "Jets (Cupid's Kiss Vs. the Psyche of Death) [2-Track Demo]" | Coyne/Donahue/Ivins | Yeah, I Know It's a Drag... But Wastin' Pigs Is Still Radical (1991) | 4:21 |
| 3. | "Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair" | Zaireeka (1997) | 4:38 | |
| 4. | "The Captain" | The Soft Bulletin 5.1 (2006) | 5:09 | |
| 5. | "1000 Ft Hands" | The Soft Bulletin 5.1 | 5:46 | |
| 6. | "Noodling Theme [Epic Sunset Mix #5]" | Coyne/Drozd | The Southern Oklahoma Cosmic Trigger Contest (2001) | 3:23 |
| 7. | "Up Above the Daily Hum" | Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots 5.1 (2003) | 3:49 | |
| 8. | "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (In Anatropous Reflex)" | Coyne/Donahue/Ivins | At War with the Mystics 5.1 (2006) | 4:17 |
| 9. | "We Can't Predict the Future" | The Soft Bulletin 5.1 | 3:03 | |
| 10. | "Your Face Can Tell the Future" | At War with the Mystics 5.1 | 5:08 | |
| 11. | "You Gotta Hold On" | At War with the Mystics 5.1 | 4:03 | |
| 12. | "What Does It Mean?" | Coyne/Drozd/Ivins/Scurlock | Embryonic | 5:09 |
| 13. | "Spider-Man Vs. Muhammad Ali" (edit of "The Supreme Being Teaches Spider-Man How To Be In Love" from Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man 3) | Coyne/Drozd | 2:50 | |
| 14. | "I Was Zapped By the Lucky Super Rainbow" | Good Luck Chuck Motion Picture Soundtrack (2007) | 3:33 | |
| 15. | "Enthusiasm for Life Defeats Existential Fear, Pt. 2" | Coyne/Drozd | Gummy Song Fetus (2011) | 5:06 |
| 16. | "If Only I Had a Brain" | Arlen/Harburg | Stubbs the Zombie: The Soundtrack (2005) | 2:16 |
| 17. | "Silent Night/Lord, Can You Hear Me" (from Silent Night Single) | Pierce | 4:33 | |
| Total length: | 3:43:47 | |||
Charts
edit| Chart (2023) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ)[3] | 9 |
References
edit- ^ Monroe, Jazz (August 30, 2018). "The Flaming Lips Announce New Greatest Hits Album". Pitchfork. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ^ a b c Phares, Heather. "Greatest Hits, Vol. 1- The Flaming Lips". AllMusic. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
- ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2023. 37. hét". MAHASZ. Retrieved September 20, 2023.