Flaming Lips / Due to High Expectations The Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles for Your Balloons
Artist Flaming Lips
Album Title: Due to High Expectations The Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles for Your Balloons
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Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Avant Rock
Format CD EP
Released 07/12/1994
Label Warner Bros. Records
Catalog No 2-45748
Bar Code No 0 9362-45748-2 8
Packaging Cardboard Sleeve
Tracks
1. Bad Days (4:35)
2. Jets Part 2 (My Two Days As An Ambulance Driver) (3:50)
3. Ice Drummer (4:25)
4. Put The Waterbug In The Policeman's Ear (5:20)
5. Chewin' The Apple Of Yer Eye (5:26)
6. Chosen One (7:28)
7. Little Drummer Boy (5:28)
8. Slow-Nerve-Action (7:33)
Date Acquired 08/18/1994
Personal Rating
Acquired from Roadrunner Records
Purchase Price 15.00

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Due to High Expectations The Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles for Your Balloons
Track 1 Recorded April '94.
Track 2 Recorded Summer '92 on 8-track at Alien Studio, Norman.
Track 3 Recorded for Suicide tribute. 4-track done at the House, May '93.
Track 4 Ghetto Blaster recording at the Art School - Sept. '93.
Track 6 Originally performed by Bill Callahan, from the album 'Julius Caesar'.
Track 7 Recorded at Northern Lights Record Store in Minneapolis.
Track 8 Broadcast live on Top 40 Radio Stadion KJ-103 in OKC. Fri. March 25 '94. Ronald is human beat box...
©? Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. Made in the U.S.A.
Published by Lovely Sorts of Death (BMI) except ?, ? and ?

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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR10      -0.64 dB   -14.95 dB      4:36 01-Bad Days
DR8       -0.82 dB   -10.71 dB      3:51 02-Jets Part 2 (My Two Days as an Ambulance Driver)
DR12      -1.50 dB   -15.94 dB      4:26 03-Ice Drummer
DR15      -9.79 dB   -28.11 dB      5:20 04-Put the Waterbug in the Policeman's Ear
DR11      -3.10 dB   -17.07 dB      5:27 05-Chewin' the Apple in Your Eye
DR12      -3.01 dB   -20.74 dB      7:28 06-Chosen One
DR10      -2.19 dB   -18.62 dB      5:29 07-Little Drummer Boy
DR7       -0.92 dB   -10.65 dB      7:33 08-Slow Nerve Action
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Number of tracks:  8
Official DR value: DR11

Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   16
Bitrate:           789 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by Ned Raggett
A catchall of random tracks from all over the place, most previously unissued, Providing Needles served as a fun stopgap release between Transmissions and Clouds Taste Metallic. Kicking off with the joyful invocation of boss killing and the like of "Bad Days," matched to a semi-"California Girls" start, jaunty groove, and giddy all-around performance, Providing Needles hops and skips around much like the band itself. A definite treat comes with the inclusion of three songs from a live show done as an in-store for a record shop in Minneapolis. After a soft take on Transmissions' "Chewin' the Apple of Your Eye," the Lips break into calm but grand versions of Smog's "Chosen One" and an arrangement of the Christmas traditional "Little Drummer Boy." Wayne Coyne's between-song comments merely confirm his reputation as one of the most amiable and friendly guys in rock, humorous and fun to listen to -- especially his story about catching a Smog show near his hometown. A nicely twangy, fuzz bass-heavy cover of Suicide's "Ice Drummer," recorded for a tribute album, also provides much joy, but the absolute killer is an amazing version of Transmissions' "Slow Nerve Action" -- recorded live with distortion up to maximum for a Top 40 station broadcast!
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