We Did Not Know the Forest Spirit Made the Flowers Grow

We Did Not Know the Forest Spirit Made the Flowers Grow is the Black Lips' second LP album, released in 2004. The name is a reference to a line from the Hayao Miyazaki film Princess Mononoke.

We Did Not Know the Forest Spirit Made the Flowers Grow
Studio album by Black Lips
Released	May 18, 2004
Genre	Garage rock, lo-fi
Length	28:55
Label	Bomp!
Black Lips chronology
Black Lips! (2003) We Did Not Know the Forest Spirit Made the Flowers Grow (2004) Let It Bloom (2005)

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"Notown Blues" features Bradford Cox of Deerhunter on drums. Notown was the name of a studio and rehearsal space in Marietta, Georgia. Original Black Lips guitarist Ben Eberbaugh, who died in a car accident in 2002, played on "Juvenile."

Track listing

1. "M.I.A." - 2:24
2. "Time of the Scab" - 2:17
3. "Dawn of the Age of Tomorrow" - 1:47
4. "Nothing At All/100 New Fears" - 3:17
5. "Stranger" - 2:15
6. "Juvenile" - 1:50
7. "Notown Blues" - 2:57
8. "Ghetto Cross" - 2:14
9. "Jumpin Around" - 1:26
10. "Super X-13" - 9:10
11. "Hope Jazz" (Bonus track)