Hear It Is
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| Released | January 21, 1986 | |||
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| Length | 44:22 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| The Great Rock Discography | 5/10[3] |
| MusicHound | 3/5[4] |
| Paste | 6.9/10[5] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
Hear It Is is the debut studio album by American rock band The Flaming Lips, released on January 21, 1986, by Restless Records. It marked the official debut of Wayne Coyne on vocals after the departure of his brother Mark Coyne.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by the Flaming Lips, except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "With You" | 3:39 |
| 2. | "Unplugged" | 2:14 |
| 3. | "Trains, Brains & Rain" | 3:39 |
| 4. | "Jesus Shootin' Heroin" | 7:21 |
| 5. | "Just Like Before" | 3:22 |
| 6. | "She Is Death" | 4:04 |
| 7. | "Charlie Manson Blues" | 4:22 |
| 8. | "Man from Pakistan" | 3:59 |
| 9. | "Godzilla Flick" | 4:05 |
| 10. | "Staring at Sound/With You (Reprise)" | 5:08 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Summertime Blues" (On some editions) | 2:30 |
| 12. | "Bag Full of Thoughts" (On "Pink Dust" edition) | 5:38 |
| 13. | "Out for a Walk" (On "Pink Dust" edition) | 3:20 |
| 14. | "Garden of Eyes/Forever Is a Long Time" (On "Pink Dust" edition) | 5:27 |
| 15. | "Scratching the Door" (On "Pink Dust" edition) | 7:09 |
| 16. | "My Own Planet" (On "Pink Dust" edition) | 4:12 |
Personnel
[edit]The Flaming Lips
- Wayne Coyne – lead vocals, guitars
- Mike Ivins – bass, backing vocals
- Richard English – drums, keyboards, backing vocals
Technical personnel
- Randy Burns – engineer
- The Flaming Lips – design
- Michele Vlasimsky – photography
References
[edit]- ^ "Hear It Is – The Flaming Lips". Allmusic.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "The Flaming Lips". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
- ^ Strong, Martin C. (2004). "Flaming Lips". The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Canongate Books. p. 543–544. ISBN 1-84195-615-5.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Schonfeld, Zach (July 31, 2018). "The Flaming Lips: Hear It Is/Oh My Gawd!!!/Telepathic Surgery Reissues". Paste.
- ^ Cross, Charles R. (2004). "Flaming Lips". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 300. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
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