The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends is the first album in the "Fwends" series by the American rock band the Flaming Lips in collaboration with a variety of guests.
Recorded throughout 2011 and 2012, the album was released as a limited edition on vinyl for Record Store Day on April 21, 2012 and on CD, vinyl and digitally on June 26, 2012.[1] Four songs from the album were previously released on collaborative EPs in 2011.
Following their last full-length album, 2009's Embryonic, the band produced several EPs with other artists including Neon Indian, Lightning Bolt, Prefuse 73, and Yoko Ono.[2] Four tracks from these sessions appear on the album. The remaining seven songs were recorded at different times and locations, and are exclusive to the LP. The CD, vinyl reissue and digital releases of the album omit the track "I Don't Want You to Die" featuring Chris Martin, but feature an exclusive track with Aaron Behrens of Ghostland Observatory, "Tasered and Maced".[1]
Other pairings resulted from the initiative of other artists, such as the Kesha track.[4] Kesha had expressed interest in working with the Flaming Lips while visiting the band's hometown, Oklahoma City. She contacted Coyne by text message on his birthday. Her track, "2012 (You Must Be Upgraded)", was recorded in Kesha's home studio in Nashville.[4]
Pitchfork commented on the wide variety of collaborators; mainstream artists such as Kesha and Coldplay's Chris Martin share space with more experimental artists such as Lightning Bolt and Prefuse 73. Despite the disparate artists involved, Pitchfork stated "[t]his piecemeal patchwork of tracks hangs together amazingly well as a front-to-back album."[2] The website rated the album 8.2 out of 10.[2]Entertainment Weekly gave the album an A rating.[7]Spin was less positive; giving a 6 out of 10 rating, they quipped that the other artists were "globetrotters on Gilligan's Acid Island".[8]Clash commented that the numerous guests tempered the band's usual outlandish workouts but did note that "Whilst that suppressed weirdness may be a detraction to the diehard fans, it makes for the band's most accessible work since Yoshimi...."[10]
The music video for "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" provoked controversy between the band and guest vocalist Erykah Badu when a rough cut was leaked online that misrepresented Badu.[11] As a result, this video was never officially released, however new vocals were recorded featuring Amanda Palmer, and a similar video to the one with Badu was filmed also featuring Palmer.[12]
Packagingedit
The band released the double LP in vinyl form in a 10,000 unit run on April 21, 2012, as part of Record Store Day. Each disc was hand-pressed using multiple shades of vinyl pellets and has a unique pattern.[13] Coyne claimed that he had requested and was given blood samples from some of the album's collaborators, including Kesha and Neon Indian's Alan Palomo.[4] His plan was to have small amounts of the blood sandwiched into the vinyl of a limited edition of the album, and make them available to "interested rich Flaming Lips people."[14][15] The double LPs with blood inside were pressed at United Record Pressing in Nashville. Custom editions have been sold via the headyfwends.com site: One copy was traded for two copies of prominent United customer Jack White's blue liquid-filled 12" single "Sixteen Saltines" (a Record Store Day 2012 exclusive only available at the Third Man Records store).[16] 10 more copies (encased in plexiglass with a photo collage cover made from the front cover photo of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins) were sold by Wayne Coyne for $2,500 USD each (plus $200 hand-delivery fee), with the proceeds going to the Oklahoma Humane Society and the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma. Customers who bought a copy of this edition also received a copy of the regular vinyl set for listening. The records were hand-delivered by AnatomyOne, of Oklahoma City's Womb Gallery, and photos of the buyers holding their copies were linked on Coyne's Twitter account.
Vinyl edition has locked grooves at the end of each side.
Referencesedit
^ abcdeBattan, Carrie (May 31, 2012). "The Flaming Lips to Release Collaborative Album Heady Fwends Comp Digitally and on CD". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
^ abcdBerman, Stuart. "The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
^ abRogulewski, Charley (April 21, 2012). "Erykah Badu Talks Flaming Lips Record Store Day Collaboration". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
^ abcFitzmaurice, Larry (April 5, 2012). . Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on August 23, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
^"Reviews for The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends by The Flaming Lips". Metacritic. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
^Heaney, Gregory. "The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends – The Flaming Lips". AllMusic. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
^ abAnderson, Kyle. "Music Review – The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
^ abWeingarten, Christopher. "The Flaming Lips, 'And Heady Fwends'". SPIN. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
^"The Flaming Lips – The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends – Clash Music Latest Album Review". Clash. July 23, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
^"The Flaming Lips – The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends – Clash Music Latest Album Review". Clash. July 23, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
^Hyden, Steven (June 7, 2012). "The Flaming Lips infuriate Erykah Badu, chase silly Guinness World Record". The A.V. Club. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
^Breihan, Tom (August 27, 2012). "The Flaming Lips & Amanda Palmer – "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" Video (NSFW)". Retrieved June 3, 2019.
^Triplett, Gene (April 20, 2012). "CD review: The Flaming Lips 'The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends'". Look at OKC. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
^Erlich, Brenna (March 27, 2012). "The Flaming Lips' 'Fwends' Vinyl Will Contain Collaborators' Blood". MTV Hive. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
^Hudson, Alex (March 27, 2012). "The Flaming Lips Collecting Collaborators' Blood for 'Heady Fwends' Release". Exclaim!.
^"Wayne Coyne Tweets Show How Blood Vinyl Is Made". Glide Magazine. May 2, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
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The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends is the first album in the Fwends series by the American rock band the Flaming Lips in collaboration with a variety of guests The Flaming Lips and Heady FwendsStandard edition coverStudio album by the Flaming LipsReleasedApril 21 2012 2012 04 21 Recorded2011 2012GenreExperimental rock psychedelic rockLength69 17LabelWarner Bros Lovely Sorts of Death Bella UnionProducerThe Flaming Lips Dave FridmannThe Flaming Lips chronologyThe Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side of the Moon 2009 The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends 2012 The Terror 2013 CD Digital cover Recorded throughout 2011 and 2012 the album was released as a limited edition on vinyl for Record Store Day on April 21 2012 and on CD vinyl and digitally on June 26 2012 1 Four songs from the album were previously released on collaborative EPs in 2011 Contents 1 Background 2 Reception 3 Packaging 4 Track listing 4 1 Compact disc and digital editions 4 2 Vinyl original RSD edition 4 3 Vinyl reissue edition 5 References 6 External linksBackground editFollowing their last full length album 2009 s Embryonic the band produced several EPs with other artists including Neon Indian Lightning Bolt Prefuse 73 and Yoko Ono 2 Four tracks from these sessions appear on the album The remaining seven songs were recorded at different times and locations and are exclusive to the LP The CD vinyl reissue and digital releases of the album omit the track I Don t Want You to Die featuring Chris Martin but feature an exclusive track with Aaron Behrens of Ghostland Observatory Tasered and Maced 1 The Erykah Badu version of Ewan MacColl s The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face was a result of Lips frontman Wayne Coyne s unsolicited calls to the singer 3 Badu was initially opposed to covering the well known 1957 song but Coyne was able to convince her 3 Other pairings resulted from the initiative of other artists such as the Kesha track 4 Kesha had expressed interest in working with the Flaming Lips while visiting the band s hometown Oklahoma City She contacted Coyne by text message on his birthday Her track 2012 You Must Be Upgraded was recorded in Kesha s home studio in Nashville 4 Reception editProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic72 100 5 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 6 Entertainment WeeklyA 7 Pitchfork8 2 10 2 Spin6 10 8 Clash8 10 9 Pitchfork commented on the wide variety of collaborators mainstream artists such as Kesha and Coldplay s Chris Martin share space with more experimental artists such as Lightning Bolt and Prefuse 73 Despite the disparate artists involved Pitchfork stated t his piecemeal patchwork of tracks hangs together amazingly well as a front to back album 2 The website rated the album 8 2 out of 10 2 Entertainment Weekly gave the album an A rating 7 Spin was less positive giving a 6 out of 10 rating they quipped that the other artists were globetrotters on Gilligan s Acid Island 8 Clash commented that the numerous guests tempered the band s usual outlandish workouts but did note that Whilst that suppressed weirdness may be a detraction to the diehard fans it makes for the band s most accessible work since Yoshimi 10 The music video for First Time Ever I Saw Your Face provoked controversy between the band and guest vocalist Erykah Badu when a rough cut was leaked online that misrepresented Badu 11 As a result this video was never officially released however new vocals were recorded featuring Amanda Palmer and a similar video to the one with Badu was filmed also featuring Palmer 12 Packaging editThe band released the double LP in vinyl form in a 10 000 unit run on April 21 2012 as part of Record Store Day Each disc was hand pressed using multiple shades of vinyl pellets and has a unique pattern 13 Coyne claimed that he had requested and was given blood samples from some of the album s collaborators including Kesha and Neon Indian s Alan Palomo 4 His plan was to have small amounts of the blood sandwiched into the vinyl of a limited edition of the album and make them available to interested rich Flaming Lips people 14 15 The double LPs with blood inside were pressed at United Record Pressing in Nashville Custom editions have been sold via the headyfwends com site One copy was traded for two copies of prominent United customer Jack White s blue liquid filled 12 single Sixteen Saltines a Record Store Day 2012 exclusive only available at the Third Man Records store 16 10 more copies encased in plexiglass with a photo collage cover made from the front cover photo of John Lennon and Yoko Ono s Unfinished Music No 1 Two Virgins were sold by Wayne Coyne for 2 500 USD each plus 200 hand delivery fee with the proceeds going to the Oklahoma Humane Society and the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma Customers who bought a copy of this edition also received a copy of the regular vinyl set for listening The records were hand delivered by AnatomyOne of Oklahoma City s Womb Gallery and photos of the buyers holding their copies were linked on Coyne s Twitter account Track listing editCompact disc and digital editions edit The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends track listingNo TitleFeaturingLength1 2012 You Must Be Upgraded Kesha Biz Markie amp Hour of the Time Majesty 124 092 Ashes in the Air Bon Iver6 133 Helping the Retarded to Know God Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros7 034 Supermoon Made Me Want to Pee Prefuse 733 175 Children of the Moon Tame Impala5 326 That Ain t My Trip Jim James of My Morning Jacket3 477 You Man Human Nick Cave3 348 I m Working at NASA on Acid Lightning Bolt7 599 Do It Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band3 2810 Is David Bowie Dying Neon Indian6 3611 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face written by Ewan MacColl Erykah Badu10 0412 Girl You re So Weird New Fumes3 2113 Tasered and Maced Aaron Behrens of Ghostland Observatory2 43 1 Total length 69 17 Vinyl original RSD edition edit Side 1No TitleFeaturingLength1 2012 You Must Be Upgraded Kesha Biz Markie amp Hour of the Time Majesty 124 092 Ashes in the Air Bon Iver6 133 Helping the Retarded to Know God Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros7 03 Side 2No TitleFeaturingLength4 Supermoon Made Me Want to Pee Prefuse 733 175 Children of the Moon Tame Impala5 326 That Ain t My Trip Jim James of My Morning Jacket3 477 You Man Human Nick Cave3 34 Side 3No TitleFeaturingLength8 I m Working at NASA on Acid Lightning Bolt7 599 Do It Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band3 2810 Is David Bowie Dying Neon Indian6 36 Side 4No TitleFeaturingLength11 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face written by Ewan MacColl Erykah Badu10 0412 Girl You re So Weird New Fumes3 2113 I Don t Want You to Die Chris Martin4 09 1 Total length 69 17 Vinyl reissue edition edit Side 1No TitleFeaturingLength1 2012 You Must Be Upgraded Kesha Biz Markie amp Hour of the Time Majesty 124 092 Ashes in the Air Bon Iver6 133 Helping the Retarded to Know God Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros7 03 Side 2No TitleFeaturingLength4 Supermoon Made Me Want to Pee Prefuse 733 175 Children of the Moon Tame Impala5 326 That Ain t My Trip Jim James of My Morning Jacket3 477 You Man Human Nick Cave3 34 Side 3No TitleFeaturingLength8 I m Working at NASA on Acid Lightning Bolt7 599 Do It Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band3 2810 Is David Bowie Dying Neon Indian6 36 Side 4No TitleFeaturingLength11 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face written by Ewan MacColl Erykah Badu10 0412 Girl You re So Weird New Fumes3 2113 Tasered and Maced Aaron Behrens of Ghostland Observatory2 43 1 Total length 69 17 Vinyl edition has locked grooves at the end of each side References edit a b c d e Battan Carrie May 31 2012 The Flaming Lips to Release Collaborative Album Heady Fwends Comp Digitally and on CD Pitchfork Media Retrieved June 12 2012 a b c d Berman Stuart The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends Pitchfork Media Retrieved April 22 2012 a b Rogulewski Charley April 21 2012 Erykah Badu Talks Flaming Lips Record Store Day Collaboration Rolling Stone Retrieved April 22 2012 a b c Fitzmaurice Larry April 5 2012 Wayne Coyne Talks New Flaming Lips LP Working With Ke ha Blood Pitchfork Media Archived from the original on August 23 2013 Retrieved April 22 2012 Reviews for The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends by The Flaming Lips Metacritic Retrieved July 28 2015 Heaney Gregory The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends The Flaming Lips AllMusic Retrieved June 26 2012 a b Anderson Kyle Music Review The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends Entertainment Weekly Retrieved April 22 2012 a b Weingarten Christopher The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends SPIN Retrieved April 22 2012 The Flaming Lips The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends Clash Music Latest Album Review Clash July 23 2012 Retrieved July 30 2012 The Flaming Lips The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends Clash Music Latest Album Review Clash July 23 2012 Retrieved July 23 2012 Hyden Steven June 7 2012 The Flaming Lips infuriate Erykah Badu chase silly Guinness World Record The A V Club Retrieved June 7 2012 Breihan Tom August 27 2012 The Flaming Lips amp Amanda Palmer The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Video NSFW Retrieved June 3 2019 Triplett Gene April 20 2012 CD review The Flaming Lips The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends Look at OKC Retrieved May 4 2012 Erlich Brenna March 27 2012 The Flaming Lips Fwends Vinyl Will Contain Collaborators Blood MTV Hive Retrieved April 23 2012 Hudson Alex March 27 2012 The Flaming Lips Collecting Collaborators Blood for Heady Fwends Release Exclaim Wayne Coyne Tweets Show How Blood Vinyl Is Made Glide Magazine May 2 2012 Retrieved July 28 2015 External links editThe official website for selling the blood vinyl version Wayne Coyne walks through The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends amp oldid 1185358713, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
