The not-quite-complete but a jolly-good-stab-at-it discography of The Flaming Lips (with some commentary)
Now updated!
Albums:
Singles and EPs:
Compilations/reissues:
- A Collection of Songs Representing an Enthusiasm for Recording...By Amateurs (1984-1990) (1998)
Tracklisting:
- Bag Full of Thoughts
- Jesus Shootin' Heroin
- One Million Billionth of a Millisecond on a Sunday Morning
- Chrome-Plated Suicide
- Michael, Time to Wake Up
- Hell's Angels Cracker Factory
- Unconsciously Screamin'
- God Walks among Us Now
- Strychnine / (What's So Funny About) Peace, Love and Understanding
- Death Valley '69
- Thank You
- Ma, I Didn't Notice
- After the Gold Rush
- I Want to Kill My Brother: The Cymbal
- Finally, the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid (1983-1988) (2002)
Reissue of the debut EP and the first three albums plus a whole record's worth of bonus material.
Tracklisting (disc 1):
- Bag Full of Thoughts
- Out for a Walk
- Garden of Eyes / Forever Is a Long Time
- Scratchin' the Door
- My Own Planet
- With You
- Unplugged
- Trains, Brains and Rain
- Jesus Shootin' Heroin
- Just Like Before
- She Is Death
- Charlie Manson Blues
- Man from Pakistan
- Godzilla Flick
- Staring at Sound / With You
- Killer One the Radio
- Batman Theme
- Anywhere, Anyhow, Anyway
- Handsome Johnny
Disc 2:
- Everything's Explodin'
- Maximum Dream for Evil Knievel
- Can't Exist
- Ode to CC (Part I)
- The Ceiling Is Bendin'
- Prescription: Love
- Thanks to You
- Can't Stop the Spring
- Ode to CC (Part II)
- Love Yer Brain
- Groove Room
- Jesus Shootin' Heroin
- Trains, Brains and Rain
- Communication Breakdown
- One Million Billionth of a Millisecond on a Sunday Morning
Disc 3:
- Drug Machine in Heaven
- Right Now
- Michael, Time to Wake Up
- Chrome-Plated Suicide
- Hari-Krishna Stomp Wagon
- Miracle on 42nd Street
- Fryin' Up
- Hell's Angel Cracker Factory
- U.F.O. Story
- Redneck School of Technology
- Shaved Gorilla
- The Spontaneous Combustion of John
- Last Drop of Morning Dew
- Begs and Achin'
- Death Valley '69
- Thank You
- Can't Stop the Spring
- Jesus Shootin' Heroin
- My Own Planet
- After the Gold Rush
- Death Trip at Sunrise
- The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg (2002)
Reissue of In a Priest-Driven Ambulance (With Silver Sunshine Stares) plus demos, outtakes and b-sides.
Tracklisting (disc 1):
- Shine On Sweet Jesus
- Unconsciously Screamin'
- Rainin' Babies
- Take Meta Mars
- Five Stop Mother Superior Rain
- Stand in Line
- God Walks Among Us Now
- There You Are
- Mountain Side
- What a Wonderful World
- Lucifer Rising
- Ma, I Didn't Notice
- Let Me Be It
- Drug Machine in Heaven
- Strychnine / (What's So Funny About) Peace, Love and Understanding
Disc 2:
- Take Meta Mars
- Mountain Side
- There You Are
- Five Stop Mother Superior Rain
- Rainin' Babies
- Unconsciously Screamin'
- Stand in Line
- God's a Wheeler Dealer
- Agonizing
- One Shot
- Cold Day
- Jam
- She's Gone Mad
- Golden Hearse
- Unconsciously Screamin'
- Stand in Line
- I Want to Kill My Brother
- Five Stop Mother Superior Rain
I don't know the details of any singles/EPs that have been released from
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, and I would appreciate updates on that issue.
Completed with the help of the occasionally conflicting sources, http://www.flaminglips.com (which has been remade since I wrote this), http://www.amazon.com and Martin C. Strong's Great Rock Discography (fifth edition) (2000).