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10.0
43408
10.0 |
Art Rocker
Another classic from America’s fruitiest band
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8.2
43309
8.2 |
Pitchfork
What at first seems rather silly actually proves to be quite purposeful
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8.0
43307
8.0 |
BBC
For sheer frazzled sonics and sci-fi future textures, Heady Fwends can’t be beat. Actual songs are few and far between, and anyone looking for heart-stopping melodies will be disappointed. But if you’re in the mood for a 70-minute aural assault, listen no further
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8.0
43313
8.0 |
Uncut
A terrific package. Print edition only
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8.0
43804
8.0 |
God Is In The TV
Despited its occasional fragmentation and disjointedness this highly experimental exercise follows a logical course and reverberates with a spirited harmonious warmth. Perhaps one of the best things this group has ever done
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8.0
44385
8.0 |
Clash
Where they head to next is anybody’s guess of course, but the band’s catalogue is enriched by what is a fearless shot of genius in the dark
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8.0
44495
8.0 |
The Scotsman
Probably won’t attract any new followers to their punk music of the spheres but Coyne and cohorts have more important work to do than pandering to the masses
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8.0
44553
8.0 |
Evening Standard
The music is very much what we’ve come to expect from the band – staccato rhythms, distant guitars, a variety of strange noises, underlying melancholy, occasional whimsy, bonkers song titles
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8.0
44580
8.0 |
The Independent
This is actually one of the Lips' more coherent efforts, despite its wild diversity and devil-may-care attitude
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8.0
44581
8.0 |
Independent on Sunday
One day, maybe the Lips will play nice again. Until then, they and their Fwends have given us plenty to get our heads around
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7.8
43310
7.8 |
Beats Per Minute
As a roadmap of the last year or so of the Flaming Lips’ long, strange trip, Heady Fwends delivers. As an album, maybe not so much. But with individual highlights that shine like they do, and missteps so scant, what more could we really ask for?
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7.0
43311
7.0 |
PopMatters
It works more often then it doesn’t, but when digested as a whole, it’s hard to think of an album released this year that is as wall-to-wall memorable as The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends, flaws and all
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7.0
43314
7.0 |
NME
A deeply deranged and intermittently great listen
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7.0
43711
7.0 |
Under The Radar
If someone had edited or polished this collection more heavily, this could have been not only a top-tier Flaming Lips record but one of the best records of the decade
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7.0
44391
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
This is precisely the kind of mega fan friendly far-out limited edition fare you’d expect bands to put out on Record Store Day, as this album originally was
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7.0
44687
7.0 |
DIY
We're left here with a reminder of musically, just what a great band the Flips themselves actually are
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7.0
46570
7.0 |
The AU Review
The CD is full of bleeps, bloops, quarks and that funny sound that sounds like a cello farting, at times making you want to lift your headphones off for a few seconds to give your brain some relief
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6.5
44151
6.5 |
Tone Deaf
For diehard fans, or even those semi-acquainted with just how psychedelic The Flaming Lips can be, Heady Fwends is great fun
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6.5
43406
6.5 |
Prefix
Surprisingly cohesive, and has more than it's share of solid tunes
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6.0
43308
6.0 |
The Observer
A madcap compilation with all the unity of theme of a proper album and, arguably, a more enjoyable one than their last, 2009's Embryonic
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6.0
44481
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
The best moments are those which eschew any attempt to write proper 'songs' and instead simply try to convince the listener that he or she is travelling on an epic, wobbly, thrilling and frightening, mind-expanding journey through outer space
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6.0
44569
6.0 |
Q
An atmosphere of uninhibited adventure. Print edition only
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6.0
44521
6.0 |
The Guardian
Beneath the sludge and churning distortions is a characteristically generous squaring-up to life's horror and humanity that is worth excavating
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6.0
44589
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
At its best ... this is certainly an album that will linger in the memory
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6.0
44623
6.0 |
Mojo
One day we will forget how gnarly and subversive they once appeared. Print edition only
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4.0
44045
4.0 |
The Irish Times
It’s all quite peculiar, and most of it is look-at-me-I’m-nuts ridiculous, but for sheer exasperating experimentation alone, this one hums like a hoover
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2.0
43783
2.0 |
The Skinny
There's nothing on here that bears listening to more than once – and little that deserves to make it even that far
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2.0
44715
2.0 |
The Quietus
A flatulent folly, humming with the sulphurous reek of self-indulgence
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