Hear It Is

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studio album
First released:
1986

Overview Edit

Hear It Is is The Flaming Lips' first full-length album. It was released on Restless Records in 1986. This album marks the debut of Wayne Coyne on vocals, after the departure of his brother Mark.

It is included on the first disc of the compilation Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid as tracks 6-15. This version omits the track "Summertime Blues".

An early CD pressing on the "Pink Dust" label includes the bonus track "Summertime Blues" as well as the entire The Flaming Lips (EP).

In an early interview, the band claimed that the back cover was an image of drummer Richard English's eye when he was on acid.

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Catalog number:
72173
Release dates:
  • 1986 in United Kingdom

Genres

Alternative Rock, Indie, Rock, Alternative, Experimental, Neo-Psychedelia, Pop, Space Rock. Vote on Genres

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4 stars Psychedelic, or nascent genius?
Timing is everything, and the Flaming Lips debut album is a perfect validation of that statement. The Lips self-released eponymous EP paved the way for their signing to indie label Restless in the mid-'80's, a time when bands like the Replacements and Sonic Youth were just making their dent in what was to become "alternative" rock. Back then, it was just "college rock," and the Lips couldn't have stumbled into a better category. Their indefinable sound was a melange of psychedelia and self-effac…
Written by caparo@email.unc.edu
3 stars the Lips say "Yo, we're here."
After the Lips released an unimpressive EP in 1985, they made a very wise choice and let Wayne Coyne take over as lead vocalist, and let his drug-addict brother Mark step down. Their 1986 debut album, "Hear It Is", is nowhere near the hard rockin' trippiness of their later work, but still worth a listen. It's much darker than their follow-ups, especially on such songs as "Godzilla Flick" (a really sad song about Mark's near-fatal battle with drugs). There is slight signs of the Lips' trademark g…
Written by Scuzzbopper

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16 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: 1986 in United States
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Hear It Is 11 tracks format: 1 x vinyl
release dates: Oct 5 2007
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