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The Soft Bulletin (Music)
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The Soft Bulletin is the ninth studio album by The Flaming Lips. Their commercial and critical breakthrough, it was released in 1999 and widely considered by many to be a career high in the extensive Lips canon, as well as one of the best albums of the decade— if not all time.The bulk of The Soft Bulletin was recorded in the same sessions as the band's previous album, the four-disc surround sound experiment Zaireeka. Whilst the two are equally ambitious in scope and form, The Soft Bulletin displays a greater emphasis on songcraft and melody, and is thus the more immediately accessible.Due to its blend of multi-layered, Wall of Sound-style production and poignant, emotional subject matter, critics often pinpoint The Soft Bulletin to being the Spiritual Successor to The Beach Boys album Pet Sounds. The album also acts as a companion piece to Deserter's Songs by Mercury Rev (which Wayne Coyne has acknowledged as a influence): both records were made in the same period, with the same producer on board (Dave Fridmann), and were massive hits at a time when both groups desperately needed them.The Soft Bulletin is noted for being one of only 12 albums to receive a rare 10 out of 10 fromPitchfork on its initial release. (the same site note and same reviewer, no less! which gave Zaireeka an even rarer zero); it was also ranked third on their list of the top 100 albums of the decade (behind Loveless and OK Computer).In 2019, the band released a live version recorded at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado; and in 2021 gave it's companion piece, literally called "The Soft Bulletin Companion", a wide release after it was only given to select journalists for the albums original release. | |
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Title Drop | |
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Title Drop: "The Spark That Bled" (somewhat): | |
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New Sound Album | |
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New Sound Album: Whilst still very spacey and psychedelic, this record drops the guitar noise of old for orchestral pop, with the only song that prominently uses guitars being "Feeling Yourself Disintegrate" | |
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Heroic Sacrifice | |
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Heroic Sacrifice: In "Race for the Prize," the scientists' eventual fate in finding the cure for the disease will lead to this: | |
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Epic Rocking | |
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Epic Rocking: "The Spark That Bled" (5:55). | |
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Instrumentals | |
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Instrumentals: "The Observer" and "Sleeping on the Roof", which both act as codas to "What is the Light?" and "Feeling Yourself Disintegrate", respectively. | |
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Truck Driver's Gear Change: "Suddenly Everything Has Changed" changes key with each verse, which constantly alters the mood of the song. | |
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Big "YES!" | |
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Big "YES!": "I stood up, and I said YEAH!" | |
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Questioning Title? | |
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Questioning Title?: "What is the Light?" (its subtitle provides the answer) and "Waitin' for a Superman (Is It Gettin' Heavy?)" | |
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Silly Love Songs | |
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Silly Love Songs: "Buggin'" is arguably an non-ironic example; and the last third of "The Spiderbite Song" describing the feeling of falling in love. | |
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Based on a True Story | |
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Based on a True Story: "The Spiderbite Song" recounts two real life events that happened to members of the band: Steven Drozd's hand almost got amputated when he believed he was bitten by a spider (later discovered to be an abscess brought upon by his heroin addiction), whilst Michael Ivins and his wife had a freak automobile accident which caused them to be trapped in their car for several hours. | |
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Science Hero | |
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Science Hero: "Race for the Prize" being about Scientists racing to create a cure, knowing the risk that it could kill them. | |
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Lighter and Softer | |
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Lighter and Softer: Zig-Zagged, Although the sound of The Soft Bulletin is certainly more melodic and less noisy than previous Flaming Lips records, the lyrical tone is far less surreal and whimsical, dealing mostly with weighty topics such as depression, terminal illness, and the inevitability of death. | |
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You Are Not Alone | |
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You Are Not Alone: "Waitin' for a Superman" is a subversion - Superman probably isn't coming, we have to do this on our own. | |
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Either/Or Title: A large majority of the tracks come with alternative or extended titles. | |
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Grief Song | |
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Grief Song: "Feeling Yourself Disintegrate" was inspired by Wayne Coyne's father succumbing to cancer. | |
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Fading into the Next Song | |
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Fading into the Next Song: "What is the Light?" and "The Observer" are threaded together by an insistent thumping beat; and "Feeling Yourself Disintegrate" and "Sleeping on the Roof" being threaded by the sound of bugs buzzing and Wayne's voice fading out. | |
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