The Flaming Lips new albums is simply awe inspiring.

This album is just what I've been looking for, and I've been looking for a long time. The first song (Convinced of the Hex) just froze me in place, and I couldn't stop listening to the Album. I also recommend Worm Mountain and Watching The Planets.

This is the first Flaming Lips album that I've ever gotten. Anybody else a fan? Recommendations as to which album I should get next?

And if you've not given these guys a listen yet I highly recommend you do.

Meh, i liked their older stuff more.Dr_Brocoli

Any recommendations? I wanna buy another album soon.

Not a fan but grab The Soft Bulletin

Maybe I need to be more specific. My huge influences are Pink Floyd, The Velvet Underground, Animal Collective, King Crimson, The Mars Volta, The Pixies, The Strokes, and Radiohead to name a few. Any recommendations now?

The Soft Bulletin is essential listening. Check out "The Gash", "Race for the Prize", "Suddenly Everything Has Changed", "A Spoonful Weighs A Ton".

"Driving home the sky accelerates, and the clouds all form a geometric shape...it goes fast, think of the past"

God, that album is so brilliant. There literally isn't anything like it. Never could get into any of their other stuff, though.

I enjoyed Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. Has an alternative/electronic kind of style to it. Bit tough to get into but it is mesmerising if you do. Also Clouds Taste Metallic is a good album by them, bit less experimental but the definition of what alternative actually is. Oh and The Soft Bulletin is brilliant as others have said.

The Soft Bulletin is essential listening. Check out "The Gash", "Race for the Prize", "Suddenly Everything Has Changed", "A Spoonful Weighs A Ton".

"Driving home the sky accelerates, and the clouds all form a geometric shape...it goes fast, think of the past"

God, that album is so brilliant. There literally isn't anything like it. Never could get into any of their other stuff, though.

UpInFlames

Thanks man, I'll pick this up later.

I thought Soft Bulletin and Yoshmi were actually two of their weaker albums. There were some really great songs on both, but I can't listen to either front to back...

The rest of their catalouge isn't as "spacy" or floydish, if you will as Embryionic. They actually just put out a cover album of Dark Side of the Moon so you may want to check it out. I haven't listened to it but one of my buddies said it was REALLY disappointing, so don't get your hopes up.

Bulletin and Yoshmi were pretty damn poppy. A lot of people saw Embryonic as sort of a return to their older sound. Check out their albums Clouds Taste Metallic and Priest Driven Ambulance. I really liked At War With the Mystics too. It was probably their poppiest album, but it just stuck with me for some reason, You should really check out their entire catalogue since all their albums are really different.

I suggest checking out Eels, they have a similar sound to The Flaming Lips.