The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends
The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends | ||||
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Released | April 21, 2012 | |||
Recorded | 2011–2012 | |||
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Length | 69:17 | |||
Warner Bros., Lovely Sorts of Death, Bella Union | ||||
Producer | The Flaming Lips, Dave Fridmann | |||
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The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends is the first album in the "Fwends" series by the American rock band the Flaming Lips in collaboration with a variety of guests.
Recorded throughout 2011 and 2012, the album was released as a limited edition on vinyl for Record Store Day on April 21, 2012 and on CD, vinyl and digitally on June 26, 2012.[1] Four songs from the album were previously released on collaborative EPs in 2011.
Background
Following their last full-length album, 2009's
The Erykah Badu version of Ewan MacColl's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", was a result of Lips frontman Wayne Coyne's unsolicited calls to the singer.[3] Badu was initially opposed to covering the well-known 1957 song, but Coyne was able to convince her.[3]
Other pairings resulted from the initiative of other artists, such as the
Reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 72/100[5] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [6] |
Entertainment Weekly | A[7] |
Pitchfork | 8.2/10[2] |
Spin | 6/10[8] |
Clash | 8/10[9] |
Pitchfork commented on the wide variety of collaborators; mainstream artists such as Kesha and Coldplay's Chris Martin share space with more experimental artists such as Lightning Bolt and Prefuse 73. Despite the disparate artists involved, Pitchfork stated "[t]his piecemeal patchwork of tracks hangs together amazingly well as a front-to-back album."[2] The website rated the album 8.2 out of 10.[2] Entertainment Weekly gave the album an A rating.[7] Spin was less positive; giving a 6 out of 10 rating, they quipped that the other artists were "globetrotters on Gilligan's Acid Island".[8] Clash commented that the numerous guests tempered the band's usual outlandish workouts but did note that "Whilst that suppressed weirdness may be a detraction to the diehard fans, it makes for the band's most accessible work since Yoshimi...."[10]
The music video for "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" provoked controversy between the band and guest vocalist Erykah Badu when a rough cut was leaked online that misrepresented Badu.[11] As a result, this video was never officially released, however new vocals were recorded featuring Amanda Palmer, and a similar video to the one with Badu was filmed also featuring Palmer.[12]
Packaging
The band released the double LP in vinyl form in a 10,000 unit run on April 21, 2012, as part of
Track listing
Compact disc and digital editions
No. | Title | Featuring | Length |
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1. | "2012 (You Must Be Upgraded)" | Prefuse 73 | 3:17 |
5. | "Children of the Moon" | Tame Impala | 5:32 |
6. | "That Ain't My Trip" | Jim James of My Morning Jacket | 3:47 |
7. | "You, Man? Human???" | Nick Cave | 3:34 |
8. | "I'm Working at NASA on Acid" | Lightning Bolt | 7:59 |
9. | "Do It!" | Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band | 3:28 |
10. | "Is David Bowie Dying?" | Neon Indian | 6:36 |
11. | "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (written by Ewan MacColl) | Erykah Badu | 10:04 |
12. | "Girl, You're So Weird" | New Fumes | 3:21 |
13. | "Tasered and Maced" | Aaron Behrens of Ghostland Observatory | 2:43[1] |
Total length: | 69:17 |
Vinyl original RSD edition
No. | Title | Featuring | Length |
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1. | "2012 (You Must Be Upgraded)" | Kesha, Biz Markie & Hour of the Time Majesty 12 | 4:09 |
2. | "Ashes in the Air" | Bon Iver | 6:13 |
3. | "Helping the Retarded to Know God" | Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros | 7:03 |
No. | Title | Featuring | Length |
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4. | "Supermoon Made Me Want to Pee" | Prefuse 73 | 3:17 |
5. | "Children of the Moon" | Tame Impala | 5:32 |
6. | "That Ain't My Trip" | Jim James of My Morning Jacket | 3:47 |
7. | "You, Man? Human???" | Nick Cave | 3:34 |
No. | Title | Featuring | Length |
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8. | "I'm Working at NASA on Acid" | Lightning Bolt | 7:59 |
9. | "Do It!" | Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band | 3:28 |
10. | "Is David Bowie Dying?" | Neon Indian | 6:36 |
No. | Title | Featuring | Length |
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11. | "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (written by Ewan MacColl) | Erykah Badu | 10:04 |
12. | "Girl, You're So Weird" | New Fumes | 3:21 |
13. | "I Don't Want You to Die" | Chris Martin | 4:09[1] |
Total length: | 69:17 |
Vinyl reissue edition
No. | Title | Featuring | Length |
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1. | "2012 (You Must Be Upgraded)" | Kesha, Biz Markie & Hour of the Time Majesty 12 | 4:09 |
2. | "Ashes in the Air" | Bon Iver | 6:13 |
3. | "Helping the Retarded to Know God" | Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros | 7:03 |
No. | Title | Featuring | Length |
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4. | "Supermoon Made Me Want to Pee" | Prefuse 73 | 3:17 |
5. | "Children of the Moon" | Tame Impala | 5:32 |
6. | "That Ain't My Trip" | Jim James of My Morning Jacket | 3:47 |
7. | "You, Man? Human???" | Nick Cave | 3:34 |
No. | Title | Featuring | Length |
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8. | "I'm Working at NASA on Acid" | Lightning Bolt | 7:59 |
9. | "Do It!" | Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band | 3:28 |
10. | "Is David Bowie Dying?" | Neon Indian | 6:36 |
No. | Title | Featuring | Length |
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11. | "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (written by Ewan MacColl) | Erykah Badu | 10:04 |
12. | "Girl, You're So Weird" | New Fumes | 3:21 |
13. | "Tasered and Maced" | Aaron Behrens of Ghostland Observatory | 2:43[1] |
Total length: | 69:17 |
Vinyl edition has locked grooves at the end of each side.
References
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- ^ a b c d Berman, Stuart. "The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
- ^ a b Rogulewski, Charley (April 21, 2012). "Erykah Badu Talks Flaming Lips Record Store Day Collaboration". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
- ^ a b c Fitzmaurice, Larry (April 5, 2012). "Wayne Coyne Talks New Flaming Lips LP, Working With Ke$ha, Blood". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on August 23, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
- ^ "Reviews for The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends by The Flaming Lips". Metacritic. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
- ^ Heaney, Gregory. "The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends – The Flaming Lips". AllMusic. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
- ^ a b Anderson, Kyle. "Music Review – The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
- ^ a b Weingarten, Christopher. "The Flaming Lips, 'And Heady Fwends'". SPIN. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
- ^ "The Flaming Lips – The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends – Clash Music Latest Album Review". Clash. July 23, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
- ^ "The Flaming Lips – The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends – Clash Music Latest Album Review". Clash. July 23, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
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- ^ Breihan, Tom (August 27, 2012). "The Flaming Lips & Amanda Palmer – "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" Video (NSFW)". Retrieved June 3, 2019.
- ^ Triplett, Gene (April 20, 2012). "CD review: The Flaming Lips 'The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends'". Look at OKC. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
- ^ Erlich, Brenna (March 27, 2012). "The Flaming Lips' 'Fwends' Vinyl Will Contain Collaborators' Blood". MTV Hive. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
- ^ Hudson, Alex (March 27, 2012). "The Flaming Lips Collecting Collaborators' Blood for 'Heady Fwends' Release". Exclaim!.
- ^ "Wayne Coyne Tweets Show How Blood Vinyl Is Made". Glide Magazine. May 2, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2015.