In a Priest Driven Ambulance | ||||
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Released | September 18, 1990 | |||
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Length | 46:36(original release) 55:43 (1995 re-release) | |||
Label | Restless Records/Enigma | |||
Producer | The Flaming Lips, Dave Fridmann | |||
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The Great Rock Discography | 6/10 [3] |
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Select | 4/5 [6] |
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In a Priest Driven Ambulance (With Silver Sunshine Stares) is the fourth album by the Flaming Lips, released in 1990. It is the first Flaming Lips album to feature Jonathan Donahue (also of Mercury Rev) and drummer Nathan Roberts. This line-up would subsequently be signed by Warner Bros. Records and go on to record the follow-up album Hit to Death in the Future Head . It is a concept album primarily focused on frontman Wayne Coyne's fascination with religion.
A music video for the song "Unconsciously Screamin" was shot at a religious theme park called Holy Land USA in Waterbury, Connecticut, as well as Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts and City Gardens in Trenton, New Jersey. It was directed by Jim Spring and Jens Jurgensen.
The album was re-released as a CD with two bonus tracks on January 17, 1995, although the full name with subtitle appears only on the vinyl release. It was also re-released in a two-CD special edition in 2002 under the title The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg . The first disc of this release, composed of the entire Priest album and numerous bonus tracks, was also released as a limited-edition two-record vinyl release on pink vinyl.
"Unconsciously Screamin'" was released as an EP in 1991 to promote the album. Two of the B-sides were featured as bonus tracks on the 1995 re-release.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Shine on Sweet Jesus" | 4:27 |
2. | "Unconsciously Screamin'" | 3:52 |
3. | "Rainin' Babies" | 4:28 |
4. | "Take Meta Mars" | 3:13 |
5. | "Five Stop Mother Superior Rain" | 6:19 |
6. | "Stand in Line" | 4:42 |
7. | "God Walks Among Us Now" | 4:46 |
8. | "There You Are" | 4:32 |
9. | "Mountain Side" | 6:36 |
10. | "What a Wonderful World" | 3:44 |
In a Priest Driven Ambulance was reissued in 2005 on pink vinyl. The reissue is on four sides and contains the bonus tracks “Lucifer Rising”, “Ma, I Didn’t Notice”, “Let Me Be It”, “Drug Machine”, and “Strychnine/Peace, Love, and Understanding”. The cover has promotional photos and the inside sleeve has a story about the early Lips by Scott Booker.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Shine on Sweet Jesus" | 4:28 |
2. | "Unconsciously Screamin’" | 3:53 |
3. | "Rainin’ Babies" | 4:29 |
4. | "Take Meta Mars" | 3:13 |
5. | "Five Stop Mother Superior Rain" | 6:20 |
No. | Title | Length |
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6. | "Stand in Line" | 4:37 |
7. | "God Walks Among Us Now (Jesus Song No. 6)" | 4:53 |
8. | "There You Are (Jesus Song No. 7)" | 4:32 |
9. | "Mountain Side" | 6:36 |
10. | "(What a) Wonderful World" | 3:41 |
No. | Title | Length |
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11. | "Lucifer Rising" | 3:36 |
12. | "Ma, I Didn’t Notice" | 8:11 |
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "Let Me Be It" | 5:32 |
14. | "Drug Machine" | 2:53 |
15. | "Strychnine/Peace, Love and Understanding" | 3:59 |
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