The Flaming Lips discography

The Flaming Lips discography
The Flaming Lips performing in Mexico City
Studio albums16
EPs18
Compilation albums10
Singles15
Video albums4

The discography of the Flaming Lips, an American rock band formed in 1983, consists of 16 studio albums, 18 extended plays, 15 singles, 10 compilation albums, four video albums and an array of various other appearances.

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[1] 		US Heat.
[2] 		AUS
[3] 		BEL
[4] 		JPN
[5] 		NZ
[6] 		UK
[7]
Hear It Is — — — — — — —
Oh My Gawd!!!
  • Released: November 1, 1987
  • Labels: Restless, Enigma
 — — — — — — —
Telepathic Surgery
  • Released: February 17, 1989
  • Labels: Restless, Enigma
 — — — — — — —
In a Priest Driven Ambulance
  • Released: September 12, 1990
  • Labels: Restless, City Slang
 — — — — — — —
Hit to Death in the Future Head — — — — — — —
Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
  • Released: June 22, 1993
  • Label: Warner Bros.
 108 1 — — — — —
Clouds Taste Metallic
  • Released: September 19, 1995
  • Label: Warner Bros.
 — 16 — — — — —
Zaireeka
  • Released: October 28, 1997
  • Label: Warner Bros.
 — — N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R
The Soft Bulletin
  • Released: June 22, 1999
  • Label: Warner Bros.
 — 12 — — — — 39
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
  • Released: July 16, 2002
  • Label: Warner Bros.
 50 — 62 — 80 47 13
At War with the Mystics
  • Released: April 4, 2006
  • Label: Warner Bros.
 11 — 20 47 50 36 6
Once Beyond Hopelessness
  • Released: November 11, 2008
  • Label: Warner Bros.
 — — — — — — —
Embryonic
  • Released: October 13, 2009
  • Label: Warner Bros.
 8 — 43 50 61 — 43
The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs
with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side of the Moon
  • Released: December 22, 2009
  • Label: Warner Bros.
 157 — — — — — —
The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends
  • Released: April 21, 2012
  • Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death, Bella Union
 139 — — 199 — — 99
The Terror
  • Released: April 1, 2013
  • Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death, Bella Union
 21 — 100 39 50 — 42
The Time Has Come to Shoot You Down... What a Sound
  • Released: November 29, 2013
  • Label: Lovely Sorts of Death
 — — — — — — —
With a Little Help from My Fwends
  • Released: October 28, 2014
  • Label: Warner Bros.
 58 — — 108 — — 84
Atlas Eets Christmas
  • Released: November 28, 2014
  • Labels:
 — — — — — — —
Oczy Mlody
  • Released: January 13, 2017
  • Labels: Warner Bros./Bella Union
 62 — — 43 — — 38
King's Mouth
  • Released: July 19, 2019
  • Labels: Warner Bros./Bella Union
 — — — 174 — — 78
American Head
  • Released: September 11, 2020
  • Labels: Warner Bros./Bella Union
 172 — — 17 — — 17
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilations

Title Album details
A Collection of Songs Representing an Enthusiasm for Recording...By Amateurs
  • Released: September 29, 1998
  • Labels: Restless
Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid
  • Released: September 17, 2002
  • Labels: Restless, Rykodisc
Shambolic Birth and Early Life Of
  • Released: September 17, 2002
  • Labels: Restless, Rykodisc
The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg
  • Released: October 1, 2002
  • Labels: Restless, Rykodisc
Late Night Tales: The Flaming Lips
  • Released: March 14, 2005
  • Label: Azuli
20 Years of Weird: Flaming Lips 1986–2006
  • Released: October 16, 2006
  • Label: Warner Bros.
iTunes Originals – The Flaming Lips
  • Released: July 3, 2007
Heady Nuggs: The First Five Warner Bros. Records 1992–2002
  • Released: April 16, 2011
  • Label: Warner Bros.
Heady Nuggs: 20 Years After Clouds Taste Metallic 1994–1997
  • Released: November 27, 2015
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
  • Released: June 1, 2018[11]
  • Label: Warner Bros.
Scratching the Door: The First Recordings of the Flaming Lips
  • Released: April 20, 2018
  • Label: Rhino Entertainment Company
Seeing the Unseeable: The Complete Studio Recordings of the Flaming Lips 1986–1990
  • Released: June 29, 2018
  • Label: Rhino Entertainment Company
"The Soft Bulletin Companion Album"
  • Released: 2021

Extended plays

Title EP details Notes
The Flaming Lips
  • Released: 1984
  • Labels: Lovely Sorts of Death, Restless, Enigma/Pink Dust
Unconsciously Screamin' CD single containing the non-album tracks "Ma, I Didn't Notice", "Lucifer Rising", and "Let Me Be It"
Yeah, I Know It's a Drag... But Wastin' Pigs Is Still Radical
  • Released: October 31, 1991
  • Label: Warner Bros.
Due to High Expectations... the Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles for Your Balloons
  • Released: July 12, 1994
  • Label: Warner Bros.
 Peaked at No. 182 on the US Billboard 200[1]
The Southern Oklahoma Cosmic Trigger Contest
  • Released: March 10, 2001
  • Label: Independent
Fight Test
  • Released: April 22, 2003
  • Label: Warner Bros.
 CD single containing non-album tracks "The Strange Design of Conscience" and "Thank You Jack White (for the Fiber-Optic Jesus That You Gave Me)"

Peaked at No. 93 on the US Billboard 200[1]

Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell
  • Released: November 18, 2003
  • Label: Warner Bros.
 CD single non-album tracks "Assassination of the Sun", "I'm a Fly in a Sunbeam (Following the Funeral Procession of a Stranger)", "Sunship Balloons", and "A Change at Christmas (Say It Isn't So)"
Yoshimi Wins! (Live Radio Sessions)
  • Released: November 15, 2005
  • Label: Warner Bros.
It Overtakes Me
  • Released: November 13, 2006
  • Label: Warner Bros.
 CD single containing non-album track "I'm Afraid of Dying... Aren't You?"
Paranoia and Peace (with Tame Impala)
  • Released: October 29, 2013
  • Label: Lovely Sorts of Death
 Split vinyl EP sold at Halloween concerts, with the Flaming Lips covering Tame Impala and Tame Impala covering the Flaming Lips.[12]
Peace Sword
  • Released: October 29, 2013
  • Label: Warner Bros.
 The title track, "Peace Sword (Open Your Heart)", was written for the film Ender's Game. The other tracks on the EP, however, were not accepted by the producers.[13]

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[14] 		US Alt.
[14] 		AUS
[3] 		UK
[7][15]
"Drug Machine"[A] 1989 — — — — Telepathic Surgery
"She Don't Use Jelly" 1993 55 9 25 94 Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
"Turn It On" 1995 — — — —
"Bad Days"[B] — — — 77 Clouds Taste Metallic
"This Here Giraffe" 1996 — — — 72
"Brainville" — — — —
"Race for the Prize" 1999 — — — 39 The Soft Bulletin
"Waitin' for a Superman" — — — 73
"Do You Realize??" 2002 — — — 32 Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
"Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1" 2003 — — — 18
"Fight Test" — — — 28
"The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)" 2006 108 — — 41 At War with the Mystics
"The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)" — — 79 16
"Love the World You Find" 2007 — — — — Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
(featuring Miley Cyrus and Moby) 		2014 — — — — With a Little Help from My Fwends
"Space Oddity" 2016 — — — — non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

The Flaming Lips 2011 series

Title Month Details Type Notes
The Flaming Lips 2011 #1: Two Blobs Fucking February
  • Released: February 14, 2011
  • Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death
 music video Released as a 12-piece track on YouTube, each accompanied by its own respective video. Similar to their Zaireeka album, it is meant to be played simultaneously on 12 separate smartphones.[18]
The Flaming Lips 2011 #2: The Flaming Lips with Neon Indian March
  • Released: March 23, 2011
  • Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death
 EP Collaborative mini-album with Neon Indian released at various records stores on special colored 12" vinyl.
The Flaming Lips 2011 #3: Gummy Song Skull April
  • Released: April 20, 2011
  • Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death
 Released at various record stores as a giant skull made of an edible gelatin substance. Inside the skull was a USB stick containing 4 new songs.
The Flaming Lips 2011 #4: The Flaming Lips with Prefuse 73 May
  • Released: May 23, 2011
  • Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death
 Collaborative mini-album with Guillermo Scott Herren, released at various records stores on randomly colored 12" vinyls.
The Flaming Lips 2011 #5: The Soft Bulletin Live la Fantastique de Institution 2011 June
  • Released: June 14, 2011
  • Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death
 remix album Rerecorded version of The Soft Bulletin live in-studio, released at two shows at the Hollywood Cemetery,
The Flaming Lips 2011 #6: Gummy Song Fetus
  • Released: June 25, 2011
  • Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death
 EP Released at various record stores as a replica of an unborn fetus made of an edible gelatin substance. Inside the fetus was a USB stick containing 3 new songs.
The Flaming Lips 2011 #7: The Flaming Lips with Lightning Bolt July
  • Released: July 26, 2011
  • Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death
 Collaborative mini-album with Lightning Bolt, released at various records stores.
The Flaming Lips 2011 #8: Strobo Trip – Light & Audio Phase Illusions Toy September
  • Released: September 20, 2011
  • Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death
 album Box set released at various records stores containing a stroboscope light and a memory stick with three tracks of music, including one six-hour track.
The Flaming Lips 2011 #9: 7 Skies H3 – 24 Hour Skull October
  • Released: October 31, 2011
  • Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death
 One 24-hour track released on limited edition flash drives encased in real human skulls, for Halloween. A website was also set up, streaming the song on an endless loop.
The Flaming Lips 2011 #10: Atlas Eets Christmas – Infinite Christmas Sounds November
  • Released: November 27, 2011
  • Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death
 compilation album Anthology of Flaming Lips Christmas songs, streamed on a loop at atlaseetschristmas.com.[19]
The Flaming Lips 2011 #11: The Flaming Lips with Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band December
  • Released: December 31, 2011
  • Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death
 EP Collaborative EP with Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band, released at a New Year's Eve concert, on 2000 multi-colored 12" vinyl, 600 of which glowed in the dark.[20]

Other appearances

Studio

Year Title Release Notes
1989 "After the Gold Rush" The Bridge: A Tribute to Neil Young Neil Young cover
1992 "Ballrooms of Mars" split single with Mr. Bungle T-Rex cover
1993 "Sun Arise" Welcome to Our Nightmare: A Tribute to Alice Cooper Rolf Harris cover
"It Was a Very Good Year" Chairman of the Board: Interpretations of Songs Made Famous by Frank Sinatra[21] Ervin Drake cover
"Life on Mars?" split single with the Lemonheads David Bowie cover
1994 "Ice Drummer" Your Invitation to Suicide: A Tribute to Songs of Martin Rev, Alan Vega[22] Suicide cover; some sources give release as 1993
1995 "Nobody Told Me" Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon John Lennon cover
1997 "Hot Day" SubUrbia original song
2000 "White Christmas" It's a Cool Cool Christmas Irving Berlin cover
2004 "Go" The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered Daniel Johnston cover with Sparklehorse
"SpongeBob & Patrick Confront the Psychic Wall of Energy" The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: Music from the Movie and More... original song
2005 "Seven Nation Army" Late Night Tales: The Flaming Lips The White Stripes cover
"Bohemian Rhapsody" Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen Queen cover
"If I Only Had a Brain" Stubbs the Zombie: The Soundtrack Written by Yip Harburg and Harold Arlen
2007 "The Supreme Being Teaches Spider-Man How to Be in Love" Spider-Man 3 original song
"(Just Like) Starting Over" Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur John Lennon cover
"I Was Zapped by the Lucky Super Rainbow" Good Luck Chuck original song
"The Tale of the Horny Frog" and "Maybe I'm Not the One" The Heartbreak Kid[23]
"Love the World You Find" Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium[24]
2009 "Borderline" Covered, a Revolution in Sound Madonna cover
"Kundalini Express" New Tales to Tell: A Tribute to Love and Rockets Love and Rockets cover
2011 "Smothered in Hugs" Sing for Your Meat: A Tribute to Guided by Voices Guided by Voices cover
2012 "God Only Knows" MOJO Presents Pet Sounds Revisited The Beach Boys cover
"Smoke on the Water" Re-Machined: A Tribute to Deep Purple's Machine Head Deep Purple cover
2015 "Atlantis" Gazing with Tranquility: A Tribute to Donovan Donovan cover
2016 "Dark Star" Day of the Dead Grateful Dead cover
2019 "Little Hands" More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album Skip Spence cover
"Sing It Now, Sing It Somehow" Hanukkah+[25] original song
2021 "Snail: I'm Avail" The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
"Lay Lady Lay" Dylan ...Revisited[26] Bob Dylan cover
2022 "Mrs. Lennon" Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono[27] Yoko Ono cover
"Lucifer Hummingbird" For the Birds: Vol. II[28] original song

Radio

Year Title Original broadcast Original artist Release
1996 "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" KCRW, May 1996 B. J. Thomas "Brainville" B-side
2003 "Can't Get You Out of My Head" KEXP, August 2002 Kylie Minogue "Fight Test" B-side
"The Golden Age" CD101, August 2002 Beck "Fight Test" B-side
"Knives Out" KCRW, August 2002 Radiohead "Fight Test" B-side
2007 "War Pigs" iTunes, 2007 Black Sabbath iTunes Originals

Live

Video albums

Title Album details
The Fearless Freaks
  • Released: May 17, 2005
  • Formats: DVD
VOID
  • Released: August 23, 2005
  • Formats: DVD
U.F.O.s at the Zoo
  • Released: August 7, 2007
  • Formats: DVD
Christmas on Mars
  • Released: November 11, 2008
  • Formats: DVD, Vinyl + DVD, DVD + CD

Guest appearances

Albums

Singles

Notes

  1. ^ b/w "Strychnine/(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding" (non-album track)[16]
  2. ^ b/w "Girl with Hair Like an Explosion" (non-album track)[17]

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  20. ^ "Flaming Lips Release Collab EP with Plastic Ono Band on Multi-Color, Glow-In-Dark 12″ – Also Plan Gummy Frog". The Future Heart. December 23, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  21. ^ "Various – Chairman Of The Board – Interpretations Of Songs Made Famous By Frank Sinatra". Discogs. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  22. ^ "Various – Your Invitation to Suicide – A Tribute to the Songs of Martin Rev, Alan Vega". Discogs. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
  23. ^ "Various – The Heartbreak Kid Music From The Motion Picture". Discogs. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  24. ^ "Alexandre Desplat And Aaron Zigman – Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]". Discogs. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
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