The Soft Bulletin

~ Release by The Flaming Lips (see all versions of this release, 14 available)

Annotation

Companies etc▼
Pressed By – Pallas
Credits▼
Performer – Michael Ivins, Steven Drozd, Wayne Coyne
Producer – Scott Booker
Producer, Mixed By, Recorded By – Dave Fridmann, Flaming Lips, The
Notes▼
Reissued double 180 GM of this classic Flaming Lips album
This album also included a CD entitled "The Soft Bulletin Outtakes Music and Songs by The Flaming Lips" that is sleeved in a cardboard sleeve with artwork from what appears to be a live performance. The catalog number on the CD is PRO-CD-518619.

Annotation last modified on 2012-04-05 00:56 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
#TitleRatingLength
A1Race for the Prize (Sacrifice of the New Scientists)
recording engineer and mixer:
The Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann
additional producer and additional mixer:
Peter Mokran
producer:
Scott Booker, The Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann
recording of:
Race for the Prize
writer:
Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins
44:09
A2A Spoonful Weighs a Ton
recording engineer and mixer:
The Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann
additional producer and additional mixer:
Peter Mokran
producer:
Scott Booker, The Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann
recording of:
A Spoonful Weighs a Ton
writer:
Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins
3.83:32
A3The Spark That Bled (The Softest Bullet Ever Shot)
recording engineer and mixer:
The Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann
additional producer and additional mixer:
Peter Mokran
producer:
Scott Booker, The Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann
recording of:
The Spark That Bled
writer:
Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins
3.55:55
A4The Spiderbite Song
recording of:
Spiderbite Song
writer:
Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins
34:02
B1Buggin’ (The Buzz of Love Is Busy Buggin’ You)
additional producer:
Peter Mokran
producer:
The Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann
mixer:
Peter Mokran
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
recording of:
Buggin’
writer:
Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins
43:16
B2What Is the Light? (An Untested Hypothesis Suggesting That the Chemical (In Our Brains) By Which We Are Able to Experience the Sensation of Being in Love Is the Same Chemical That Caused the “Big Bang” That Was the Birth of the Accelerating Universe)
recording engineer and mixer:
The Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann
additional producer and additional mixer:
Peter Mokran
producer:
Scott Booker, The Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann
recording of:
What Is the Light?
writer:
Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins
publisher:
Lovely Sorts of Death Music
3.254:05
B3The Observer
recording engineer and mixer:
The Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann
additional producer and additional mixer:
Peter Mokran
producer:
Scott Booker, The Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann
recording of:
The Observer
composer:
Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins
publisher:
Lovely Sorts of Death Music
34:11
C1Waitin’ for a Superman (Is It Getting Heavy?)
recording engineer and mixer:
The Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann
additional producer and additional mixer:
Peter Mokran
producer:
Scott Booker, The Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann
recording of:
Waitin’ for a Superman
writer:
Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins
44:17
C2Suddenly Everything Has Changed (Death Anxiety Caused by Moments of Boredom)
recording engineer and mixer:
The Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann
additional producer and additional mixer:
Peter Mokran
producer:
Scott Booker, The Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann
recording of:
Suddenly Everything Has Changed
writer:
Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Lovely Sorts of Death Music and Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
3.63:54
C3The Gash (Battle Hymn for the Wounded Mathematician)
recording engineer and mixer:
The Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann
additional producer and additional mixer:
Peter Mokran
producer:
Scott Booker, The Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann
recording of:
The Gash
writer:
Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins
3.84:02
D1Slow Motion
recording of:
Slow Motion
writer:
Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins
publisher:
Lovely Sorts of Death Music
53:53
D2Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
recording engineer and mixer:
The Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann
additional producer and additional mixer:
Peter Mokran
producer:
Scott Booker, The Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann
recording of:
Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
writer:
Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins
35:17
D3Sleeping on the Roof (excerpt From “Should We Keep the Severed Head Awake??”)
recording engineer and mixer:
The Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann
additional producer and additional mixer:
Peter Mokran
producer:
Scott Booker, The Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann
recording of:
Sleeping on the Roof
composer:
Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins
publisher:
Lovely Sorts of Death Music
2.653:09
2▶CD: The Soft Bulletin Outtakes

Credits

Release group

associated singles/EPs:Race for the Prize
Waitin’ for a Superman
live performances:The Soft Bulletin: Live at Red Rocks by The Flaming Lips feat. The Colorado Symphony & André de Ridder (conductor)
included in:Clouds Taste Metallic / Hit to Death in the Future Head / The Soft Bulletin
Heady Nuggs: 20 Years After Clouds Taste Metallic 1994-1997
Heady Nuggs: The First 5 Warner Bros. Records 1992-2002
part of:Pitchfork: 10/10 (number: 1999.07.01) (order: 1)
David Starkey: Best of 99 (number: 2) (order: 2)
Pitchfork: Top 10 Albums of 1999 (number: 2) (order: 2)
Scott Sepich: Best of 99 (number: 4) (order: 4)
Steve Lichtenstein: Best of 99 (number: 5) (order: 5)
The Top 20 Albums of the Year (SPIN magazine, 2000-01) (number: 7) (order: 7)
Peter Solderitsch: Best of 99 (number: 18) (order: 18)
Justin Stranzl: Best of 1999 (number: 25) (order: 25)
Jaguaro: One Hundred Albums You Should Remove From Your Collection Immediately (number: 32) (order: 32)
Sarah Zupko: Best of 1999 (number: 35) (order: 35)
Uncut: The 500 Greatest Albums of the 1990s (number: 37) (order: 37)
Exclaim! 1999 Shocks & Surprises (number: Surprises (Chuck Molgat)) (order: 78)
Pitchfork: The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s (2022-09-28) (number: 99) (order: 99)
Exclaim! 1999 Shocks & Surprises (number: Surprises (Michael Edwards)) (order: 160)
Exclaim! 1999 Shocks & Surprises (number: Surprises (Rob Bolton)) (order: 179)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 891) (order: 892)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/114223 [info]
reviews:http://www.avclub.com/review/the-flaming-lips-emthe-soft-bulletinem-20766 [info]
https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/9w5c [info]
other databases:https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_flaming_lips/the_soft_bulletin/ [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000667374 [info]
Wikidata:Q915468 [info]