Embryonic (Deluxe Version)
The Flaming Lips
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| Name | Artist | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Convinced of the Hex | The Flaming Lips | 3:54 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | The Sparrow Looks Up At the Machine | The Flaming Lips | 4:10 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Evil | The Flaming Lips | 5:38 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Aquarius Sabotage | The Flaming Lips | 2:10 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | See the Leaves | The Flaming Lips | 4:24 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 6 | If | The Flaming Lips | 2:04 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 7 | Gemini Syringes | The Flaming Lips | 3:41 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 8 | Your Bats | The Flaming Lips | 2:34 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 9 | Powerless | The Flaming Lips | 6:57 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 10 | The Ego's Last Stand | The Flaming Lips | 5:39 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 11 | I Can Be a Frog | The Flaming Lips | 2:14 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 12 | Sagittarius Silver Announcement | The Flaming Lips | 2:58 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 13 | Worm Mountain | The Flaming Lips | 5:21 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 14 | Scorpio Sword | The Flaming Lips | 2:01 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 15 | The Impulse | The Flaming Lips | 4:06 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 16 | Silver Trembling Hands | The Flaming Lips | 3:58 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 17 | Virgo Self-Esteem Broadcast | The Flaming Lips | 3:44 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 18 | Watching the Planets | The Flaming Lips | 5:16 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 19 | UFOs Over Baghdad (Bonus Track) | The Flaming Lips | 5:17 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 20 | What Does It Mean? (Bonus Track) | The Flaming Lips | 5:10 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 21 | Just Above Love (Bonus Track) | The Flaming Lips | 4:48 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 22 | Anything You Say Now, I Believe You (Bonus Track) | The Flaming Lips | 6:40 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 22 Songs |
iTunes Review
The Flaming Lips like challenges. They like to take noises and found sound, electronically manipulated instrumentation and sonically altered vocals, and find the song after the damage is done. Their film Christmas On Mars included some of the band’s most atmospheric and formless songwriting and it’s from this starting point that Embryonic begins its creation. The album’s title was chosen since Lips leader Wayne Coyne wished to keep the songs and sounds in their earliest stages before too much thinking and development would alter their initial inspirations. The sounds are occasionally abrasive and ugly (“Convinced of the Hex”). Tunes vary in scope, with the deep ‘70s funk of “See the Leaves,” or pop melodies altered for great effect (“Evil”) with flashes of hazy innocence (“If”). Five tunes are abbreviated pieces named from Zodiac signs (“Aquarius Sabotage,” “Gemini Syringes”). “Your Bats,” “Powerless,” “Silver Trembling Hands” near conventional songwriting, but are sonically altered to the point of near obliteration. “Watching the Planets” ends things with a final crunch. And a cosmic concept hides under the tough, spacey pieces of instrumental wreckage.
Recent Customer Reviews
This is a terribly fantastic album.
by birdbath4everVery, very good album from start to finish. Best Flaming Lips album in a long time. The whole thing's great, but "Convinced of the Hex" is phenomenal.
Make me go huh? In a good way.
by clarkknowlesAfter reading reviews here, I think it is safe to say that many people had expectations that were not met with this group of songs. Even some longtime fans wondered what the FLips were up to. I have no idea what they are up to, but I've listened to the songs once all the way through, and I have no clue what most of the bad reviews are all about. Many people complained of headaches and I suspect that once one person wrote that, it was easier to make that claim. How in the world would this album give you headaches? It is a strange, confounding group of songs, but doesn't that make the most lasting music, really? Would people still be listening to Radiohead if they made "The Bends" again and again? Coming to this Lips album, I was wondering where they'd go with their music--and they went way out in left field. Strange arrangement, muted vocals, ringing, clanging, screeching--but for me, it all came together. It feels like a jazz album in a lot of ways. It seems they set themselves a few wide boundaries and then from within those boundaries, they had total freedom. This, to me, shows a restless, adventurous spirit. I love the ramshackle howling combined with the off-kilter drumming, the abrupt rhythmic changes, the songs that start and stop without becoming what you'd expect. What surprised me the most with the reviews is that so many people had such overboard hatred for the music. I wonder what Lips they'd been listening to before this? I recommend it, and I do believe that it is bizarre and difficult, but I can't wait to listen to it again and again.
Average...
by legittly unlawfulThis album really isnt worth your time. Dont get excited people, the Flaming Lips arent the next Pink Floyd or anything. Silver Trembling Hands and Evil, and I Can Be A Frog are all really great tracks, and I do ecourage ou to buy them, but dont buy the album as a whole.
Everything else is just.....the same. They all have the same chord progression and the lyrics are just boring. Ill give it a 3/5 for the tracks I mentioned earlyer but dont waste time with the rest.
Biography
Formed: 1983 in Oklahoma City, OK
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s
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- $13.99
- Genres: Alternative, Music
- Released: Oct 09, 2009
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