The Flaming Lips The Soft Bulletin
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Kompys2000
Emeritus
June 20th 2020


9423 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Any of their albums from Transmissions to Yoshimi would give them a lifetime pass on their own tbh

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
June 23rd 2020


47588 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

"The Mokran mix of Buggin' is better than the original.....fight me"



you're not wrong, but that's the only Mokran mix that's better (absolutely butchered Superman especially). Buggin' works because it's a silly, lightweight pop song anyway so the extra gloss makes it shine, but the other two songs were perfect as they are



...man between that and removing maybe the best song from the tracklist, the label really fucked this on the first release lol. so glad the Aus release has Slow Motion

Demon of the Fall
June 23rd 2020


33593 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Listened to this again the other day because of you guys. Holds up very well.

Yotimi
June 24th 2020


7666 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Actually prefer the remix of Waitin for a superman. Those vocal harmonies do it for me

Yotimi
June 26th 2020


7666 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Recently performed race for the prize on Stephen Colbert and it was phenomenal. The beefed up orchestration sounded so good

tectactoe
June 26th 2020


7272 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

'you're not wrong, but that's the only Mokran mix that's better (absolutely butchered Superman especially).'

I wouldn't go that far, but that's just my opinion. I could take either version of the other Mokran mixes, honestly - I like both them and the originals for various reasons. Agreed that Buggin' is the only one that's decisively superior.

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
June 26th 2020


47588 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

the extra harmonies are what ruin his remix of Superman for me, lol. I can see why people like them, but the whole reason that's one of my favourite songs... ever is because Wayne's voice sounds so fragile and lonely. take that away and it gets a lot more generic ballad-y



"Recently performed race for the prize on Stephen Colbert and it was phenomenal. The beefed up orchestration sounded so good"



have you peeped the live Soft Bulletin with a symphony album from last year? literally gave me goosebumps at a few points (even though they didn't play Slow Motion smfh)

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
June 26th 2020


27392 Comments


i just straight up don't like "waitin for a superman"

Deathconscious
June 26th 2020


27347 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

The fuck

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
June 26th 2020


47588 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

yikes chief

TheSpaceMan
June 26th 2020


13614 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

'the extra harmonies are what ruin his remix of Superman for me, lol. I can see why people like them, but the whole reason that's one of my favourite songs... ever is because Wayne's voice sounds so fragile and lonely. take that away and it gets a lot more generic ballad-y'



agreed 100% !!

TheSpaceMan
June 26th 2020


13614 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

do you have a reason for the 4.8? like is it a case of would be a five but... or is there no active retraction of 0.2 involved its just is a 4.8

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
June 26th 2020


47588 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

I don't even know, the weird-ass tracklisting I guess lol. the 5.1 release of this is a straight 5 for me, Slow Motion where it should be and I much prefer Buggin' and Spiderbite as bonuses - great individual tunes but I don't think they fit the aesthetic here

Deathconscious
June 26th 2020


27347 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

5.1 is the version i have.

SandwichBubble
June 26th 2020


13796 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

You guys doing math in here or something?

TheSpaceMan
June 26th 2020


13614 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

yeah that makes sense. i sorta hate when an album has like 5 different tracklistings let alone some releases having extra tracks, especially when they get tacked on at the end. however i super love spiderbite

Deathconscious
June 26th 2020


27347 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Buggin' and Spiderbite werent considered bonus tracks as far as i know.

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
June 26th 2020


27392 Comments


"spiderbite song" is one of my mom's favorites, gotta love it

Kompys2000
Emeritus
June 26th 2020


9423 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I think Buggin' was probably the song where the brilliance of this album first snapped into focus for me, definitely wouldn't put it amongst my favorites on here nowadays but it earns its place on the track list, I feel.

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
June 26th 2020


60261 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Just killed the shit out of a mosquito and hmm ig Slow Motion is very much not a highlight but Spiderbite holds its own, but also my version has Slow Motion so idk



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