The Terror (album)

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The Terror
The Terror cover.jpg
Studio album by
the Flaming Lips
ReleasedApril 1, 2013 (2013-04-01)
RecordedFebruary–April 2012
StudioTarbox Road Studios in Cassadaga, New York and Pink Floor Studios in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Genre
Length54:53
Label
Producer
The Flaming Lips chronology
The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends
(2012)		The Terror
(2013)		 The Time Has Come to Shoot You Down... What a Sound
(2013)
Singles from The Terror
  1. "Look... The Sun Is Rising"
    Released: March 3, 2013
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.8/10 [1]
Metacritic 77/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The A.V. Club A− [4]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Entertainment Weekly C [6]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
NME 8/10 [9]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [10]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Spin 9/10 [12]

The Terror is the thirteenth studio album by experimental rock band the Flaming Lips, released on April 1, 2013 worldwide and April 16 in the U.S., on Warner Bros in the United States and Bella Union in the United Kingdom. [13] [14] It is the first album for band member Derek Brown and last with drummer Kliph Scurlock. Lead vocalist Wayne Coyne described the album's general idea in a press release:

Contents

"We want, or wanted, to believe that without love we would disappear, that love, somehow, would save us that, yeah, if we have love, give love and know love, we are truly alive and if there is no love, there would be no life. The Terror is, we know now, that even without love, life goes on... we just go on… there is no mercy killing." [13]

Experimental composer Dan Deacon remixed the album in its entirety.

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Flaming Lips

No.TitleLength
1."Look...the Sun Is Rising"5:11
2."Be Free, a Way"5:13
3."Try to Explain"5:00
4."You Lust" (featuring Phantogram)13:02
5."The Terror"6:21
6."You Are Alone"3:46
7."Butterfly, How Long It Takes to Die"7:30
8."Turning Violent"4:16
9."Always There...In Our Hearts"4:34
Total length:54:53
iTunes exclusive bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
10."Sun Blows Up Today"3:08
11."We Don't Control the Controls" (Mashed-the-F-Up Remix)14:36
UK exclusive bonus 3" mini CD
No.TitleLength
10."Sun Blows Up Today"3:10
11."All You Need Is Love" (written by Lennon–McCartney, featuring Alex and Jade of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros)5:06

Personnel

The Flaming Lips

Guest performers

Production

Packaging

Charts

Chart performance for The Terror
Chart (2013)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [15] 100
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [16] 39
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [17] 199
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [18] 50
UK Albums (OCC) [19] 42
US Billboard 200 [20] 21
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [21] 6
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [22] 6

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