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A Collection of Songs Representing an Enthusiasm for Recording...By Amateurs
A Collection of Songs Representing an Enthusiasm for Recording...By Amateurs is a compilation album by The Flaming Lips, released on September 29, 1998 on Restless Records.
| A Collection of Songs Representing an Enthusiasm for Recording...By Amateurs | ||||
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| Compilation album by | ||||
| Released | September 29, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1984–1991 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 64:51 | |||
| Label | Restless | |||
| The Flaming Lips compilation chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide | [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
| Pitchfork | 7.0/10[5] |
Track listing edit
All tracks are written by The Flaming Lips, unless otherwise noted
| No. | Title | Original appearance | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bag Full of Thoughts" | The Flaming Lips (1984) | 5:38 |
| 2. | "Jesus Shootin' Heroin" | Hear It Is (1986) | 7:21 |
| 3. | "One Million Billionth of a Millisecond on a Sunday Morning" | Oh My Gawd!!! (1987) | 9:23 |
| 4. | "Chrome Plated Suicide" | Telepathic Surgery (1989) | 5:45 |
| 5. | "Michael Time to Wake Up" | Telepathic Surgery (1989) | 0:31 |
| 6. | "Hell's Angels Cracker Factory" | Telepathic Surgery (1989) | 3:02 |
| 7. | "Unconsciously Screamin'" | In a Priest Driven Ambulance (1990) | 3:54 |
| 8. | "God Walks Among Us Now" | In a Priest Driven Ambulance (1990) | 4:45 |
| 9. | "Strychnine/Peace, Love, and Understanding" (Gerald Rosie/Nick Lowe) | Double-A-Side with "Drug Machine" (1989) | 3:23 |
| 10. | "Death Valley '69" (Robert Bertelli, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo) | The Bob Flexi #32 | 3:04 |
| 11. | "Thank You" (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) | The Bob Flexi #32 | 2:30 |
| 12. | "Ma, I Didn't Notice" | Unconsciously Screamin' single (1990) | 7:41 |
| 13. | "After the Gold Rush" (Neil Young) | The Bridge: A Tribute to Neil Young (1989) | 4:14 |
| 14. | "I Want to Kill My Brother; The Cymbal Head" | Guitarrorists various artists compilation (1991) | 3:40 |
Tracks 10. & 11. Live from the Milestone Club, Charlotte, NC, 9-11-87
References edit
- ^ "A Collection of Songs Representing an Enthusiasm for Recording...By Amateurs". Allmusic.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. p. 105. ISBN 9780312245603.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011-05-27). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. pp. 300. ISBN 9780743201698.
- ^ Richard-San, Mark (1999-08-01). . Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 2007-02-24. Retrieved 2017-11-17.