Due to High Expectations...The Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles for Your Balloons [Limited Edition, EP, Single]

The Flaming Lips | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 12, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Limited Edition, EP, Single
• Label: Warner Bros / WEA
• ASIN: B000005JCC
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #274,163 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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FLAMING LIPS Providing Needles For Your Balloons (Deleted 1994 US 8-track import CD album including Bad Days housed in a card wallet picture sleeve)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Reissue of a fun EP from '94, January 4, 2011

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William Merrill "eclecticist" (San Antonio, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Due To High Expectations...The Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles For Your Balloons (MP3 Download)

This 44-minute EP download is a reissue of a 1994 physical product from the Lips. It starts off with "Bad Days," a carnival romp reminiscent of Wild Honey era Brian Wilson, and from there, gradually disintegrates into the kind of fun-filled, chaotic madness we've come to expect from Coyne Country (or Category). This includes the blissful guitar and fuzzed bass on "Ice Drummer;" plus "Waterbug," a "true story" about Wayne's brother and a grocery store arrest; and a rambling cover of a Bill Callahan/Smog song, "Chosen One." There's a fair amount of Wayne talking on this EP, introducing the songs live or in the studio, which is mildly entertaining. In all, this EP marked a fairly low-key but still enjoyable point on the Flaming Lips' journey through this strange world.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Hard Find- But Worth It!, November 4, 2003

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MooT BooXLe (his computer) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Due to High Expectations...The Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles for Your Balloons (Audio CD)

When I was in high school, my friend bought this EP and some other Flaming Lips stuff. I borrowed it for a long time, and since this was in the days before CD burning was in vogue, I made myself a tape of this record. This and Transmissions From The Satellite Heart were the foundation for what has become my songwriting career. I am to this day completely inspired and refreshed when I hear this record. So anyway, after I wore the tape out, I decided I needed to legally (!) purchase the disc. And it has not been an easy find. I began looking a couple of years ago. I got it in the mail last week.

WHY DO GREAT THINGS GO OUT OF PRINT?
I wish I knew. Fans of bands like the Flaming Lips thrive on EP's and unreleased b-sides. And if you are a Flaming Lips fan reading this review, I strongly urge you to do whatever you can to find this record. Your collection MUST include it.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a must have ep fo flamin lips fans, July 16, 2002

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C. Kirby "drhuckyit" (Mt Pleasant, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Due to High Expectations...The Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles for Your Balloons (Audio CD)

This is a fine ep that kind of is an album. What I mean is, it clocks in at just under 45 minutes, and it contains nothing but unheard material. No, it isn't all major studio work, but where would the Residents be if that is all that matters? A great unknown piece of the flaming lips puzzle. Enjoy....baby.