What is the best Flaming Lips album?

Nine studio albums across cosmic rock, orchestral wonder, 4-CD experiments, and psychedelic despair — The Flaming Lips are one of rock's most genuinely strange and beautiful bands. Which album do you love most?

1

Transmissions from the Satellite Heart

The 1993 breakthrough featuring She Don't Use Jelly — the song that gave the Lips mainstream exposure.

2

Clouds Taste Metallic

The 1995 album sharpening their psychedelic garage rock into something precise, strange, and beautiful.

3

Zaireeka

The experimental 1997 album released as four simultaneous CDs meant to be played together — a landmark in avant-garde rock.

4

The Soft Bulletin

The 1999 orchestral masterpiece — universally praised as their most emotionally profound record.

5

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

The beloved 2002 concept album about a Japanese girl fighting robots, full of wonder and optimism.

6

At War with the Mystics

The Grammy-winning 2006 album wrapping political commentary in kaleidoscopic psychedelic rock.

7

Embryonic

The raw and sprawling 2009 double album — a return to heavier psychedelia and experimental noise.

8

The Terror

The bleak and hypnotic 2013 album exploring isolation and cosmic dread through dense electronic soundscapes.

9

American Head

The nostalgic 2020 album recalling 1970s Middle America — widely seen as a late-career triumph.