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| Released | October 28, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1996–97 | |||
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| Length | 45:26 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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Zaireeka is the eighth studio album by the American rock band the Flaming Lips, released on October 28, 1997, by Warner Bros. Records. It consists of four CDs designed so that when played simultaneously on four separate audio systems, they would produce a harmonic or juxtaposed sound; the discs could also be played in different combinations, omitting one, two or three discs. Each of its eight songs consists of four stereo tracks, one from each CD.
The album's title is a portmanteau of two words: Zaire, chosen as a symbol of anarchy after Wayne Coyne heard a radio news story about the political instability of the African nation (which, at the time, was undergoing the transition from the Mobutu dictatorship to a democratic regime which would result in the country restructuring itself as the Democratic Republic of the Congo), and Eureka (literally: "I have found it"), an expression of joyous discovery.[1]
Zaireeka was the first album by the band after the departure of guitarist Ronald Jones.[2] It acted as a preview of the music and style that would surface on the next album The Soft Bulletin (1999), which was recorded during the same sessions as Zaireeka,[3] and is the predecessor to the band's more conventional surround sound releases.[4]
- ^ Zaireeka (booklet). The Flaming Lips. Warner Bros. 1997.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ DeRogatis, Jim (2006). Staring at Sound. New York: Broadway Books. p. 160.
- ^ DeRogatis, Jim (2006). Staring at Sound. New York: Broadway Books. p. 164.
- ^ Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots 5.1 (booklet). The Flaming Lips. Warner Bros. 2003.
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