Flaming Lips / A Collection of Songs Representing an Enthusiasm for Recording...By Amateurs 1984-1990
Artist Flaming Lips
Album Title: A Collection of Songs Representing an Enthusiasm for Recording...By Amateurs 1984-1990
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Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: General Alternative
Format CD
Released 10/13/1998
Label Restless Records
Catalog No 01877-72963-2
Bar Code No 0 18777 29632 8
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Bag Full Of Thoughts (5:38)
2. Jesus Shootin' Heroin (7:21)
3. One Million Billionth Of A Millisecond On A Sunday Morning (9:23)
4. Chrome Plated Suicide (5:45)
5. Michael Time To Wake Up (0:31)
6. Hell's Angel Cracker Factory (3:02)
7. Unconsciously Screaming (3:54)
8. God Walks Among Us Now (4:45)
9. Strychnine/Peace, Love, And Understanding (3:23)
10. Death Valley '69 (3:04)
11. Thank You (2:30)
12. Ma I Didn't Notice (7:41)
13. After The Gold Rush (4:14)
14. I Want To Kill My Brother; The Cymbal Head (3:40)
Date Acquired 12/12/1998
Personal Rating
Acquired from Roadrunner Records
Purchase Price 14.00

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Video Track: Unconsciously Screaming

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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR9       -0.26 dB   -10.85 dB      5:38 01-Bag Full of Thoughts
DR9       -0.27 dB   -12.66 dB      7:21 02-Jesus Shootin' Heroin
DR7       -0.16 dB   -11.66 dB      9:23 03-One Million Billionth of a Millisecond on a Sunday Morning
DR9       -0.05 dB   -10.65 dB      5:45 04-Chrome Plated Suicide
DR10      -0.59 dB   -15.44 dB      0:32 05-Michael, Time to Wake Up
DR10      -0.37 dB   -14.11 dB      3:03 06-Hell's Angels Cracker Factory
DR3       -0.36 dB    -4.54 dB      3:54 07-Unconsciously Screamin'
DR3       -0.12 dB    -4.94 dB      4:46 08-God Walks Among Us Now
DR6       -0.06 dB    -7.69 dB      3:24 09-Strychnine / Peace, Love, and Understanding
DR6       -0.05 dB    -7.66 dB      3:05 10-Death Valley '69
DR8       -0.05 dB   -10.71 dB      2:30 11-Thank You
DR9       -0.18 dB   -13.13 dB      7:42 12-Ma, I Didn't Notice
DR6       -0.05 dB   -10.60 dB      4:14 13-After the Gold Rush
DR7       -0.26 dB   -10.92 dB      3:39 14-I Want to Kill My Brother; The Cymbal Head
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Number of tracks:  14
Official DR value: DR7

Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   16
Bitrate:           830 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Reviews
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Review by Jason Ankeny
With the exception of the superb In a Priest Driven Ambulance, the Flaming Lips' early albums for the Restless label are at best hit-or-miss affairs; A Collection of Songs Representing an Enthusiasm for Recording...by Amateurs sifts through the debris to rescue the most enduring material from those LPs, revealing a band still struggling to discover its voice but on occasion capable of flickers of startling brilliance. The best tracks here -- "Unconsciously Screamin'," "Jesus Shootin' Heroin," and "One Million, Billionth of a Millisecond on a Sunday Morning" -- rival anything in the group's catalog, while even the weaker selections still suggest a truly original musical vision in embryo. Complete with a batch of unreleased covers making the set as valuable to longtime fans as more recent converts, A Collection of Songs proves once and for all that the Lips didn't simply become a great band overnight -- they always had it in them, with the best still yet to come.
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