The Soft Bulletin vs. Yoshimi

[Hatfield]

Might be blasphemy to even compare the two, but which album do you reach for more frequently?

[bune]

Yoshimi, but then that's my entry point.

The 5.1 mix they released is outstanding.

[PHATJ]

Probably The Soft Bulletin but I love Yoshimi too. It’s been a long time since I’ve gone through a Flaming Lips phase. They used to be one of my absolute favorite bands but they lost me after At War with the Mystics.

[tragabigzanda]

[bodysnatcher]

Soft Bulletin. Dig both albums though, of course. I had a copy of Clouds Taste Metallic on cassette, and the novelty of Zaireeka blew my college freshman mind, but I never really listened to it other than drunken listening parties with 4 boomboxes. Soft Bulletin was just next level. Bulletin and Yoshimi are obviously peak FL, it's hard to pick one. But gotta go with Soft Bulletin bc it was truly the first great Lips album.

Same as above, totally lost me with Mystics. Then Wayne's antics just made me totally lose interest in the band.

[epilogue]

Soft Bulletin and it's not even close.

[LoathedVermin72]

This is a band I have had zero interest in revisiting post-High School

[epilogue]

Yoshimi doesn't mean as much to me as it does to others. It's certainly not a bad record, but it's not one I really have any desire to listen to and it was the last Flaming Lips album that I bought and listened to from beginning to end. They have a lot of great stuff pre-Yoshimi, but nothing they've done since has been all that interesting to me.

I still listen to Soft Bulletin fairly regularly, though.

[Jammer XCI]

Clouds Taste Metallic >>>>

Embryonic is really good too but they’ve done jack shit since then worth a damn.

[LoathedVermin72]

Oh yeah there are some good songs on CTM

[chewm]

The Soft Bulletin is soooo good.

[spike]

The Soft Bulletin

[diesel]

I had listened to SB prior to Yoshimi but it was yoshimi (and the 5.1) that really grabbed me. but now I think SB is a better album overall.

[washing machine]

The Soft Bulletin

and it's not even really that close.

[bodysnatcher]

i'll do back-to-back listens and let you guys know the definitive answer

[LoathedVermin72]

thanks snatch

[50 Million Feet of Earth...]

I love Yoshimi, but Soft Bulletin by a mile

[bodysnatcher]

thanks snatch

sorry guys, i got caught up listening to a jazz station. i'll get on this.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

the soft bulletin is such a beautiful album

[PHATJ]

thanks snatch

sorry guys, i got caught up listening to a jazz station. i'll get on this.