Zoetrope Edition

Tracklist:

LP 1

1. Race for the Prize
2. A Spoonful Weighs a Ton
3. The Spark That Bled
4. The Spiderbite Song
5. Buggin
6. What is the Light?
7. The Observer

LP 2

1. Waitin for a Superman
2. Suddenly Everything Has Changed
3. The Gash
4. Slow Motion
5. Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
6. Sleeping on the Roof

The Flaming Lips will celebrate 25 years of their seminal 1999 album, The Soft Bulletin, with the brand new The Soft Bulletin 25TH Anniversary Vinyl out September 6. It will be available in limited-edition 2LP Vinyl with stunning Zoetrope designs notably co-created by Drew Tetz and band frontman Wayne Coyne. Plus, it boasts brand new sleeve artwork in addition to an insert with text penned by Wayne.

The Flaming Lips first unveiled The Soft Bulletin on May 17, 1999. Anchored by staples such as Race for the Prize, Waitin for a Superman, and Feeling Yourself Disintegrate, it earned some of the highest critical praise of the bands career. Pitchfork placed it at #3 among The Top 100 Albums of the 1990s, hailing it as godlike music and professing, Remarkably, the band’s music maintains a general air of feel-goodness while their lyrics concern sobering subjects as bleeding, bites, and mortality. Moreover, Entertainment Weekly bestowed an A rating upon the record, Spin scored it 9-out-of-10, NME applauded it with a 9-out-of-10, and Pitchfork delivered a rare perfect 10.0 score.