On The Soft Bulletin, he turned inward, getting so personal “that I never thought anybody would be able to relate to it.” In fact, it’s Coyne’s naked emotionality that transmits over the multitude of orchestral tracks, causing many critics to compare the album to the Beach Boys masterpiece Pet Sounds. The album was released to widespread acclaim, and was hailed by critics as a departure from their previous guitar-heavy alternative rock sound into a more layered, intricately arranged work. Records on May 17, 1999, in the United Kingdom, and on June 22, 1999, in the United States. Lyrically, Coyne had previously tended toward the lofty or even the faux-religious (“God Walks Among Us Now” or “Shine On Sweet Jesus”). The Soft Bulletin is the ninth studio album by American rock band the Flaming Lips, released by Warner Bros. Record will ship in a Diskeeper Ultimate Audiophile Inner Sleeve. hence this first ever official release on rather fetching silver vinyl. THE FLAMING LIPS: The Soft Bulletin Companion 2LP Silver Vinyl RSD 2021 Sealed - EUR 36,79. THE FLAMING LIPS Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots LP20021st Press Red VinylNM Near mint 1st European pressing on red vinyl with gatefold cover in original shrink.
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Vinyl re-press of the ninth full length studio album from the American rockers The Flaming Lips, originally released in 1999.Īs Coyne explains in a video for Yahoo, at the time that the band-drummer Steven Drozd, bassist Michael Ivins, and Coyne himself - was making The Soft Bulletin, “We were working towards things that seemed more emotional.” Coyne’s father was dying of cancer, Ivins had recently been involved in a bizarre traffic accident that trapped him in his car for hours, and Drozd nearly had his arm amputated due to what he said was a spider bite, but that was actually an infection from heroin use. FLAMING LIPS, The - The Soft Bulletin Companion (Record Store Day RSD 2021). About The Soft Bulletin LP The Soft Bulletin is the ninth studio album by American rock band The Flaming Lips, released by Warner Bros.
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