Clouds Taste Metallic

Clouds Taste Metallic
Studio album by
The Flaming Lips
ReleasedSeptember 19, 1995
Genre
Length47:31
LabelWarner Bros.
Producer
The Flaming Lips chronology
Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
(1993) 		Clouds Taste Metallic
(1995) 		Zaireeka
(1997)
Singles from Clouds Taste Metallic
  1. "Bad Days"
    Released: October 1995[citation needed]
  2. "This Here Giraffe"
    Released: February 1996
  3. "Brainville"
    Released: August 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The Great Rock Discography7/10[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
MusicHound4.5/5[5]
NME5/10[6]
The Philadelphia Inquirer[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]
Spin7/10[10]

Clouds Taste Metallic is the seventh studio album by American rock band the Flaming Lips, released on September 19, 1995, by Warner Bros. Records. It was the last album to feature guitarist Ronald Jones. The album's recording is heavily featured in the Fearless Freaks documentary.

Clouds Taste Metallic was projected to be the band's first commercially successful release after the major success of "She Don't Use Jelly" from their previous album Transmissions from the Satellite Heart (1993), but failed to garner the same commercial success of its predecessor. However, in recent years, it has been regarded by critics and fans as one of the Flaming Lips' best albums, and has achieved cult status.

The name of the album comes from a story by former Tool bassist Paul D'Amour, who, after being flown through a cloud in a roofless airplane, heard the pilot remark: "You know, it's weird, clouds taste metallic."[11]

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  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "The Flaming Lips". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2004). "Flaming Lips". The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Canongate Books. p. 543–544. ISBN 1-84195-615-5.
  4. ^ Masuo, Sandy (October 28, 1995). "The Flaming Lips, 'Clouds Taste Metallic,' Warner Bros". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  5. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). "The Flaming Lips". MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. p. 428–429. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  6. ^ Sutherland, Mark (September 30, 1995). "The Flaming Lips: Clouds Taste Metallic". NME. p. 55.
  7. ^ Warren, Bruce (October 22, 1995). "The Flaming Lips: Clouds Taste Metallic (Warner Bros.)". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
  8. ^ Weisel, Al (November 2, 1995). "Clouds Taste Metallic". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  9. ^ Kot, Greg (2004). "The Flaming Lips". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 300. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  10. ^ Arnold, Gina (November 1995). "The Flaming Lips: Clouds Taste Metallic". Spin. Vol. 11, no. 8. p. 126. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  11. ^ Weiss, Dan (2015-09-18). "The Flaming Lips Answer 20 Questions for the 20th Anniversary of 'Clouds Taste Metallic'". Spin. Retrieved 2022-05-17.