Clouds Taste Metallic

1995 studio album by The Flaming Lips

Clouds Taste Metallic

Studio album by

The Flaming Lips

Released| September 19, 1995
Genre|

* Alternative rock
* noise pop
* neo-psychedelia

Length| 47:31
Label| Warner Bros.
Producer|

* The Flaming Lips
* Dave Fridmann

The Flaming Lips chronology
| Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
(1993)  | Clouds Taste Metallic
(1995)  | Zaireeka
(1997)

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Singles from  Clouds Taste Metallic

1. "Bad Days"
Released: October 1995[citation needed]
2. "This Here Giraffe"
Released: February 1996
3. "Brainville"
Released: August 1996

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [2]
The Great Rock Discography| 7/10[3]
Los Angeles Times| [4]
MusicHound| 4.5/5[5]
NME| 5/10[6]
The Philadelphia Inquirer| [7]
Rolling Stone| [8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide| [9]
Spin| 7/10[10]

Clouds Taste Metallic is the seventh studio album by American rock band the Flaming Lips, released on September 19, 1995, by Warner Bros. Records. It was the last album to feature guitarist Ronald Jones. The album's recording is heavily featured in the Fearless Freaks documentary.

Clouds Taste Metallic was projected to be the band's first commercially successful release after the major success of "She Don't Use Jelly" from their previous album Transmissions from the Satellite Heart (1993), but failed to garner the same commercial success of its predecessor. However, in recent years, it has been regarded by critics and fans as one of the Flaming Lips' best albums, and has achieved cult status.

The name of the album comes from a story by former Tool bassist Paul D'Amour, who, after being flown through a cloud in a roofless airplane, heard the pilot remark: "You know, it's weird, clouds taste metallic."[11]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Length

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1.| "The Abandoned Hospital Ship"| 3:38
2.| "Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus with Needles"| 3:27
3.| "Placebo Headwound"| 3:40
4.| "This Here Giraffe"| 3:46
5.| "Brainville"| 3:13
6.| "Guy Who Got a Headache and Accidentally Saves the World"| 4:29
7.| "When You Smile"| 3:13
8.| "Kim's Watermelon Gun"| 3:21
9.| "They Punctured My Yolk"| 4:21
10.| "Lightning Strikes the Postman"| 2:50
11.| "Christmas at the Zoo"| 3:06
12.| "Evil Will Prevail"| 3:45
13.| "Bad Days" (Aurally Excited Version)| 4:38

## Heady Nuggs: 20 Years After Clouds Taste Metallic

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On December 18, 2015, Heady Nuggs: 20 Years After Clouds Taste Metallic: 1994-1997 was released, which contained a three-CD or five-LP compilation including the album, the 1994 odds-and-ends EP Due to High Expectations... The Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles for Your Balloons, a previously unreleased concert called Psychiatric Explorations Of The Fetus With Needles (Live In Seattle 1996), and a further rarities collection titled The King Bug Laughs. The CD only release also contains an original comic written and illustrated by Wayne Coyne. The vinyl reissue of Clouds Taste Metallic contains autographs signed by Wayne Coyne, and the deluxe edition contains a bundle of several out of print posters & T-shirts of the band that were originally available at concerts on their tour in 1995-1996 in support of Clouds Taste Metallic. Also included are digital downloads for songs such as the 1996 live versions of "Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus With Needles" and "Put The Waterbug In The Policeman's Ear", studio versions of both said songs, and two additional studio recordings of "Hot Day", which was recorded for the soundtrack to the 1996 film subUrbia, and "Chosen One", which is a cover of Smog.

Side oneNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "The Abandoned Hospital Ship"| 3:38
2.| "Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus with Needles"| 3:27
3.| "Placebo Headwound"| 3:40
4.| "This Here Giraffe"| 3:46
5.| "Brainville"| 3:13
6.| "Guy Who Got a Headache and Accidentally Saves the World"| 4:29

Side twoNo.| Title| Length

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7.| "When You Smile"| 3:13
8.| "Kim's Watermelon Gun"| 3:21
9.| "They Punctured My Yolk"| 4:21
10.| "Lightning Strikes the Postman"| 2:50
11.| "Christmas at the Zoo"| 3:06
12.| "Evil Will Prevail"| 3:45
13.| "Bad Days" (Aurally Excited Version)| 4:38

Side threeNo.| Title| Length

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14.| "Bad Days"| 4:35
15.| "Jets Part 2 (My Two Days as an Ambulance Driver)"| 3:50
16.| "Ice Drummer"| 4:25
17.| "Put the Waterbug in the Policeman's Ear"| 5:20
18.| "Chewin' the Apple of Yer Eye"| 5:26

Side fourNo.| Title| Length

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19.| "Chosen One" (Live)| 7:28
20.| "Little Drummer Boy" (Live)| 5:28
21.| "Slow Nerve Action" (Live)| 7:33

Side fiveNo.| Title| Length

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22.| "The Abandoned Hospital Ship" (Live)| 7:25
23.| "Unconsciously Screamin'" (Live)| 4:21
24.| "Take Meta Mars" (Live)| 4:26

Side sixNo.| Title| Length

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25.| "Moth in the Incubator" (Live)| 6:49
26.| "Put The Waterbug In The Policeman’s Ear" (Live)| 6:04
27.| "Lightning Strikes the Postman" (Live)| 3:28

Side sevenNo.| Title| Length

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28.| "Bad Days" (Live)| 5:26
29.| "She Don't Use Jelly" (Live)| 3:48
30.| "Chewin' the Apple of Your Eye" (Live)| 6:42
31.| "When You Smile" (Live)| 5:37

Side eightNo.| Title| Length

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32.| "Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus with Needles" (Live)| 9:35
33.| "Love Yer Brain" (Live)| 5:11
34.| "Placebo Headwound" (Live)| 4:44

Side nineNo.| Title| Length

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35.| "It Was a Very Good Year"| 3:56
36.| "Sun Arise"| 5:20
37.| "Life on Mars?"| 4:04
38.| "Ballroom of Mars" (T. Rex cover)| 4:29

Side tenNo.| Title| Length

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39.| "Hot Day"| 1:41
40.| "Nobody Told Me"| 3:49
41.| "Magician vs. the Headache"| 3:39
42.| "She Don't Use Jelly (Live at KJ103)"| 3:33

## Personnel

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* Wayne Coyne – vocals, guitar
* Steven Drozd – drums, piano, keyboards, guitar, vocals, glockenspiel
* Michael Ivins – bass, backing vocals
* Ronald Jones – guitar, vocals

## Alternate version

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As part of Record Store Day 2016, the CD Lightning Strikes the Postman was released. This was an alternate mix of Clouds Taste Metallic prominently featuring ex-guitarist Ronald Jones.

## Cover versions

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"They Punctured My Yolk" was sampled on the Beastie Boys' album To the 5 Boroughs in the song "We Got The." "Lightning Strikes the Postman" was covered by Scottish rock band Aereogramme on their album Seclusion.

## References

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1. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Clouds Taste Metallic – The Flaming Lips". AllMusic. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "The Flaming Lips". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
3. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2004). "Flaming Lips". The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Canongate Books. p. 543–544. ISBN 1-84195-615-5.
4. ^ Masuo, Sandy (October 28, 1995). "The Flaming Lips, 'Clouds Taste Metallic,' Warner Bros". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
5. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). "The Flaming Lips". MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. p. 428–429. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
6. ^ Sutherland, Mark (September 30, 1995). "The Flaming Lips: Clouds Taste Metallic". NME. p. 55.
7. ^ Warren, Bruce (October 22, 1995). "The Flaming Lips: Clouds Taste Metallic (Warner Bros.)". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
8. ^ Weisel, Al (November 2, 1995). "Clouds Taste Metallic". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
9. ^ Kot, Greg (2004). "The Flaming Lips". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 300. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
10. ^ Arnold, Gina (November 1995). "The Flaming Lips: Clouds Taste Metallic". Spin. Vol. 11, no. 8\. p. 126. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
11. ^ Weiss, Dan (September 18, 2015). "The Flaming Lips Answer 20 Questions for the 20th Anniversary of 'Clouds Taste Metallic'". Spin. Retrieved May 17, 2022.

* v
* t
* e

The Flaming Lips

* Wayne Coyne
* Steven Drozd
* Derek Brown
* Matt Duckworth Kirksey
* Nicholas Ley

* Mark Coyne
* Jonathan Donahue
* Kliph Scurlock
* Michael Ivins

Studio albums|

* Hear It Is
* Oh My Gawd!!!
* Telepathic Surgery
* In a Priest Driven Ambulance
* Hit to Death in the Future Head
* Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
* Clouds Taste Metallic
* Zaireeka
* The Soft Bulletin
* Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
* At War with the Mystics
* Embryonic
* The Terror
* Oczy Mlody
* King's Mouth
* American Head

EPs|

* The Flaming Lips
* Yeah, I Know It's a Drag... But Wastin' Pigs Is Still Radical
* Due to High Expectations... The Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles for Your Balloons
* Fight Test
* Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell
* Yoshimi Wins! (Live Radio Sessions)
* It Overtakes Me
* Gummy Song Skull
* Gummy Song Fetus
* Strobo Trip
* 24 Hour Song Skull

Compilations|

* A Collection of Songs Representing an Enthusiasm for Recording...By Amateurs
* Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid
* Shambolic Birth and Early Life Of
* The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg
* 20 Years of Weird
* iTunes Originals
* Heady Nuggs
* Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
* Scratching the Door: The First Recordings of the Flaming Lips

Soundtracks|

* The Southern Oklahoma Cosmic Trigger Contest
* Once Beyond Hopelessness

Singles|

* "She Don't Use Jelly"
* "This Here Giraffe"
* "Race for the Prize"
* "Waitin' for a Superman"
* "Do You Realize??"
* "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1"
* "Fight Test"
* "The Golden Path"
* "The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)"
* "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)"

Films and videos|

* The Fearless Freaks
* VOID
* U.F.O.s at the Zoo
* Christmas on Mars

Collaborations|

| Albums|

* The Dark Side of the Moon
* The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends
* The Time Has Come to Shoot You Down... What a Sound
* With a Little Help from My Fwends

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EPs|

* The Flaming Lips with Neon Indian
* The Flaming Lips with Prefuse 73
* The Flaming Lips with Lightning Bolt

Other albums|

* Atlas Eets Christmas (as Imagene Peise)

Related articles|

* Discography
* Late Night Tales: The Flaming Lips
* Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz
* Dave Fridmann
* Bradley Beesley
* George Salisbury
* Ray Suen
* Electric Würms
* Flaming Lips Alley
* Deap Lips

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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