King's Mouth

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King's Mouth
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 13, 2019 (2019-04-13)
Genre
Length41:10
Label
Producer
The Flaming Lips chronology
Oczy Mlody
(2017)
King's Mouth
(2019)
American Head
(2020)

King's Mouth: Music and Songs is the fifteenth studio album by experimental rock band The Flaming Lips. It was released on Record Store Day on April 13, 2019 as a limited run of 4,000 gold-coloured records for the event. An official commercial version was released on July 19, 2019. [1]

Contents

King's Mouth is a concept album that was conceived as the soundtrack to an art exhibit of the same name by frontman Wayne Coyne, which opened in 2017. The album features Mick Jones of The Clash providing narration on several tracks. [2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Consequence of Sound B− [5]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Pitchfork 7.0/10 [7]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]

On Metacritic, King's Mouth received a score of 74 out of 100 based on 22 reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception. [3] In a review for AllMusic, Heather Phares stated that the album "boasts enough beautiful music and striking imagery to make it well worth hearing". [4] Writing for NME , Mark Beaumont called the album the band's most "playful, cinematic and cohesive" album since 2002's Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots . [6] Chris Ingalls of PopMatters rated the album 8 out of 10 stars and described it as a "strange, compelling head trip of an album". [8] Reviewing the album for Consequence of Sound , David Sackllah characterized King's Mouth as a "return to form" for the band. [5] Jeremy Winograd of Slant Magazine said the album was a "partial return to form" for the band, calling it an album of "heartwarming melodies set to hit-and-miss lyrics". [9]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."We Don't Know How and We Don't Know Why"1:10
2."The Sparrow"5:38
3."Giant Baby"3:50
4."Mother Universe"1:51
5."How Many Times"3:22
6."Electric Fire"4:26
7."All for the Life of the City"4:38
8."Feedaloodum Beedle Dot"2:50
9."Funeral Parade"2:58
10."Dipped in Steel"1:31
11."Mouth of the King"4:47
12."How Can a Head"4:09
Total length:41:10

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [10] 174
Scottish Albums (OCC) [11] 22
UK Albums (OCC) [12] 78

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