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THE FLAMING LIPS

'Telepathic Surgery'

Originally released 1989

This reissue released 2018

Remastered

Drug Machine In Heaven

Right Now

Michael, Time To Wake Up

Chrome Plated Suicide

Hari-Krishna Stomp Wagon (Fuck Led Zeppelin)

Miracle On 42nd Street

U.F.O. Story

Redneck School Of Technology

Shaved Gorilla

The Spontaneous Combustion Of John

The Last Drop Of Morning Dew

Begs And Achin'

With a few more studio tweaks and tricks at play, part of the band's continual efforts to find out just what could be done with a studio, Telepathic Surgery is pretty much the companion piece to Oh My Gawd!!!, blending the same great, crazy combination of influences into the mix. That the opening track has everything from a rushed Sonic Youth rhythm roil to heavily flanged guitar solos that are all treble and back again isn't surprising at all, really. Coyne later described the album as more open-ended experimentation with overdubs than a collection of songs per se -- some of the random orchestral samples and other drop-ins indicate as much -- but Telepathic Surgery has its joys, as much garage rock nuttiness as fried, off-kilter post-punk. Coyne himself is still in rough voice in plenty of places, but finding his own bit by bit; he still doesn't really sound like he would in the '90s, but the gentler side creeps in here and there. "Chrome Plated Suicide," another in the string of Lips songs with brilliant titles, has him sounding a lot more wistful than on numerous other full-on crunch monsters. Call it the bells on "Chrome Plated Suicide" that also help the slightly dreamier feeling, even as Coyne peels off a nicely zonked guitar solo halfway through. Other fun titles (and fine songs) include "Redneck School of Technology" and "The Spontaneous Combustion of John," the latter a short but fun little track.

This reissue LP is brand new and sealed. 

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