Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Flaming Lips album)

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Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedApril 2018
Recorded1992–2017
Genre Alternative rock, experimental rock, psychedelic pop, dream pop
Length223:47
Label Warner Bros. Records
The Flaming Lips chronology
Oczy Mlody
(2017)
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
(2018)
Death Trippin' at Sunrise: Rarities, B-Sides & Flexi Discs: 1986–1990
(2018)

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.

Contents

Release

On 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

Professional ratings
Review scores
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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

All tracks written by Coyne/Drozd/Ivins, except when noted. [2]

Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Talking 'Bout the Smiling Deathporn Immortality Blues (Everyone Wants to Live Forever)" (from Hit To Death In The Future Head ) 3:50
2."Hit Me Like You Did the First Time" (from Hit To Death In The Future Head ) 3:30
3."Frogs" (from Hit To Death In The Future Head ) 4:26
4."Felt Good To Burn" (from Hit To Death In The Future Head ) 3:21
5."Turn It On" (from Transmissions From The Satellite Heart )Coyne/Drozd/Ivins/Jones4:40
6."She Don't Use Jelly" (from Transmissions From The Satellite Heart )Coyne/Drozd/Ivins/Jones3:19
7."Chewin' the Apple of Your Eye" (from Transmissions From The Satellite Heart )Coyne/Drozd/Ivins/Jones3:48
8."Slow Nerve Action" (from Transmissions From The Satellite Heart )Coyne/Drozd/Ivins/Jones5:53
9."Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus with Needles" (from Clouds Taste Metallic )Coyne/Drozd/Ivins/Jones3:28
10."Brainville" (from Clouds Taste Metallic )Coyne/Drozd/Ivins/Jones3:13
11."Lightning Strikes the Postman" (from Clouds Taste Metallic )Coyne/Drozd/Ivins/Jones2:50
12."When You Smile" (from Clouds Taste Metallic )Coyne/Drozd/Ivins/Jones3:03
13."Bad Days [Aurally Excited Version]" (from Clouds Taste Metallic )Coyne/Drozd/Ivins/Jones4:38
14."Riding to Work in the Year 2025" (from Zaireeka ) 5:53
15."Race for the Prize (Sacrifice of the New Scientists)" (from The Soft Bulletin ) 4:16
16."Waitin' for a Superman (Is It Gettin' Heavy?)" (from The Soft Bulletin ) 4:18
17."The Spark That Bled" (from The Soft Bulletin ) 5:55
18."What Is the Light?" (from The Soft Bulletin ) 4:04
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1" (from Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots )Booker/Coyne/Drozd/Fridmann/Ivins4:42
2."In the Morning of the Magicians" (from Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots )Booker/Coyne/Drozd/Fridmann/Ivins6:17
3."All We Have Is Now" (from Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots )Booker/Coyne/Drozd/Fridmann/Ivins3:54
4."Do You Realize??" (from Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots )Booker/Coyne/Drozd/Fridmann/Ivins3:32
5."The W.A.N.D." (from At War With The Mystics ) 3:42
6."Pompeii am Gotterdammerung" (from At War With The Mystics ) 4:21
7."Vein of Stars" (from At War With The Mystics ) 4:10
8."The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)" (from At War With The Mystics ) 4:54
9."Convinced of the Hex" (from Embryonic ) 3:55
10."See the Leaves" (from Embryonic ) 4:25
11."Silver Trembling Hands" (from Embryonic ) 4:00
12."Is David Bowie Dying?" (from The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends )Coyne/Drozd6:39
13."Try to Explain" (from The Terror )Coyne/Drozd4:44
14."Always There in Our Hearts" (from The Terror )Coyne/Drozd4:36
15."How??" (from Oczy Mlody )Coyne/Drozd4:24
16."There Should Be Unicorns" (from Oczy Mlody )Coyne/Drozd5:51
17."The Castle" (from Oczy Mlody )Coyne/Drozd4:50
Disc 3
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Zero To a Million" (previously unreleased demo, recorded 1991)Coyne/Donahue/Ivins3:22
2."Jets (Cupid's Kiss Vs. the Psyche of Death) [2-Track Demo]" (from Yeah, I Know It's a Drag... But Wastin' Pigs Is Still Radical EP)Coyne/Donahue/Ivins4:21
3."Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair" (from Zaireeka ) 4:38
4."The Captain" (from The Soft Bulletin 5.1 ) 5:09
5."1000 Ft Hands" (from The Soft Bulletin 5.1 ) 5:46
6."Noodling Theme [Epic Sunset Mix #5]" (from The Southern Oklahoma Cosmic Trigger Contest EP)Coyne/Drozd3:23
7."Up Above the Daily Hum" (from Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 5.1 DVD) 3:49
8."The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (In Anatropous Reflex)" (from At War with the Mystics 5.1 )Coyne/Donahue/Ivins4:17
9."We Can't Predict the Future" (from The Soft Bulletin 5.1 ) 3:03
10."Your Face Can Tell the Future" (from At War with the Mystics 5.1 ) 5:08
11."You Gotta Hold On" (from At War with the Mystics 5.1 ) 4:03
12."What Does It Mean?" (from Embryonic )Coyne/Drozd/Ivins/Scurlock5:09
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/Drozd2:50
14."I Was Zapped By the Lucky Super Rainbow" (from Good Luck Chuck Motion Picture Soundtrack) 3:33
15."Enthusiasm for Life Defeats Existential Fear, Pt. 2" (from Gummy Song Fetus EP)Coyne/Drozd5:06
16."If Only I Had a Brain" (from Stubbs the Zombie: The Soundtrack )Arlen/Harburg2:16
17."Silent Night/Lord, Can You Hear Me" (from Silent Night Single)Pierce4:33
Total length:3:43:47

Charts

2023 chart performance for Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ) [3] 9

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