Hit to Death in the Future Head

by The Flaming Lips

Overview

With Hit to Death in the Future Head, the Flaming Lips make the leap to major-label status as though it were the moment they've been waiting for all their lives. Though not as conceptually tight as In a Priest Driven Ambulance, the album is no less cohesive or imaginative, and in its way serves as the bridge between the band's noisier, more hallucinatory indie work and the acid-bubblegum aesthetic perfected on their later Warner Bros. albums. Nowhere are the band's pop smarts more evident than on "The Sun," which freely quotes Carole King's "So Far Away," or on the undeniably catchy "Gingerale Afternoon (The Astrology of a Saturday)" and "Frogs"; tracks like "Felt Good to Burn" and "Halloween on the Barbary Coast," meanwhile, indulge fully in the trademark weirdness that got the group this far. (And speaking of indulgence, check out the unlisted bonus track, which offers some 29 minutes of speaker-hopping static assault.) ~ Jason Ankeny

Product Details

Release Date:	08/11/1992
Label:	Warner Bros.
UPC:	0075992683821

Tracks

1. Talkin' Bout the Smiling Deathporn Immortality Blues (Everyone Wants to Live Forever)
2. Hit Me Like You Did the First Time
3. The Sun
4. Felt Good to Burn
5. Gingerale Afternoon (The Astrology of a Saturday)
6. Halloween on the Barbary Coast
7. The Magician vs. The Headache
8. You Have to Be Joking (Autopsy of the Devil's Brain)
9. Frogs
10. Hold Your Head
11. Untitled

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Flaming Lips   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Dave Fridmann   Engineer,Producer,Mastering
Keith Cleversley   Engineer
Paula James Booker   Photography
Fate   Design
Michelle Martin   Photography
Michael Ivins   Composer
Jonathan Donahue   Composer
The Flaming Lips   Mastering,Producer,Composer
Wayne Coyne   Composer
Michael Kamen   Composer