In a Priest Driven Ambulance

The Flaming Lips | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 17, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Restless Records
• ASIN: B000003BGI
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #155,088 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Shine On Sweet Jesus-Jesus Song No.5

2. Unconsciously Screamin'

3. Rainin' Babies

4. Take Meta Mars

5. Five Stop Mother Superior Rain

6. Stand In Line

7. God Walks Among Us Now-Jesus Song No.6

8. There You Are-Jesus Song No.7

9. Mountain Side

10. Wonderful World

11. Lucifer Rising

12. Let Me Be It

Editorial Reviews

(2-LP set) The final pre-major label album from The Flaming Lips brought a huge shift in sound that would define their work over the greater part of the next decade. The first album to feature Mercury Rev's Jonathan Donahue on guitar, In A Priest Driven Ambulance features more structured songwriting and tighter production. The lyrical wit and insight of Wayne Coyne had never been better as his obsession with religious imagery moved to the forefront. Features Unconsciously Screamin', Rainin' Babies, and God Walks Among Us Now. Deluxe reissue on pink vinyl. --This text refers to the Vinyl edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Your eardrums belong to us, June 12, 2002

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Scuzzbopper (Pottstown, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In a Priest Driven Ambulance (Audio CD)

This was the 3rd Lips album that I heard (after Transmissions and Clouds) and the one that converted me from a casual fan to a diehard. Everything comes together for this album (their last for the strugging Restless Records) as future Mercury Rev frontman Jonathan Donuhue adds a huge musical punch, adding extra sonic walls of blistering guitars and scorching feedback, creating an alternate universe of joyous noise-pop/rock.
Every song is a classic hard-rocking jam, from the pounding "Unconsciously Screamin" to the deafening feedback-laden "God Walks Among Us Now". The album even adds two bonus tracks from the Screamin' EP: "Lucifer Risin" and "Let Me Be It". My favorite, however, is the downright beautiful cover version of "What A Wonderful World".
The Lips never got as head-banging as this again. Click on that Buy button right now!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Early Stuff, April 23, 2000

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Justin Baumgartner - See all my reviews

This review is from: In a Priest Driven Ambulance (Audio CD)

I've been listening to the Flaming Lips quite a bit ever since "She Don't Use Jelly" became a semi-hit a while back. I just recently heard this album for the first time and I'll have to say I'm incredibly impressed and wish I had gotten this a long time ago. The sound on this album is very different from what they sound like now. It's very much a guitar-based sound and the Brian Wilson and 60's pop influences that really came through on their later stuff like "Clouds Taste Metallic" have yet to appear. Yet, this album is startlingly original; there isn't any other band that they really remotely sound like. The songs are all great, especially "God Walks Among Us" and "Mountain Side", two particularly caustic tracks that are incredibly catchy as well. "Mountain Side" in particular gets me; midway through it goes off into this noise breakdown for a few minutes only to go right back into the song again. To top it all off, the album ends with a great, unexpected cover of "What a Wonderful World". How can you get much better than this?

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars an amazing album, September 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: In a Priest Driven Ambulance (Audio CD)

this is actually the album that got me back into the flaming lips. it's really just fine, every song is wonderful and different and GOOD. lots of jesus/god songs, that really have nothing to do with jesus or god, as far as i can tell. i've never heard the american release, the one with the bonus tracks stuck right in the middle of the album, but i know that the ten tracks i have are among the flaming lips best. this album would be worth it on the merit of any of the single songs alone. buy it.