Hear It Is

Hear It Is
Studio album by the Flaming Lips
Released	July 1986 [1]
Genre	Alternative rock noise rock
Length	44:22
Label	Restless Rykodisc
Producer	The Flaming Lips Randy Burns
The Flaming Lips chronology
The Flaming Lips (1984) Hear It Is (1986) Oh My Gawd!!! (1987)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
The Great Rock Discography	5/10 [4]
MusicHound	3/5 [5]
Paste	6.9/10 [6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[7]

Hear It Is is the debut studio album by American rock band The Flaming Lips, released on July 1986, ^[1] by Restless Records. It marked the official debut of Wayne Coyne on vocals after the departure of his brother Mark Coyne.

Track listing

All tracks are written by the Flaming Lips, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"With You"	3:39
2.	"Unplugged"	2:14
3.	"Trains, Brains & Rain"	3:39
4.	"Jesus Shootin' Heroin"	7:21
5.	"Just Like Before"	3:22
6.	"She Is Death"	4:04
7.	"Charlie Manson Blues"	4:22
8.	"Man from Pakistan"	3:59
9.	"Godzilla Flick"	4:05
10.	"Staring at Sound/With You (Reprise)"	5:08

Bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Summertime Blues" (On some editions)	2:30
12.	"Bag Full of Thoughts" (On "Pink Dust" edition)	5:38
13.	"Out for a Walk" (On "Pink Dust" edition)	3:20
14.	"Garden of Eyes/Forever Is a Long Time" (On "Pink Dust" edition)	5:27
15.	"Scratching the Door" (On "Pink Dust" edition)	7:09
16.	"My Own Planet" (On "Pink Dust" edition)	4:12

Personnel

The Flaming Lips

• Wayne Coyne – lead vocals, guitars
• Mike Ivins – bass, backing vocals
• Richard English – drums, keyboards, backing vocals

Technical personnel

• Randy Burns – engineer
• The Flaming Lips – design
• Michele Vlasimsky – photography

References

1. "MM Band Life: Flaming Lips". Melody Maker . August 21, 1993. p. 45. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
2. "Hear It Is – The Flaming Lips". Allmusic.
3. Larkin, Colin (2011). "The Flaming Lips". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958 – via Google Books.
4. Strong, Martin C. (2004). "Flaming Lips". The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Canongate Books. p.  543–544. ISBN   1-84195-615-5.
5. Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). "The Flaming Lips". MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. p.  428–429. ISBN   1-57859-061-2.
6. Schonfeld, Zach (July 31, 2018). "The Flaming Lips: Hear It Is/Oh My Gawd!!!/Telepathic Surgery Reissues". Paste .
7. Cross, Charles R. (2004). "Flaming Lips". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  300. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.