Hear It Is
by The Flaming Lips

Hear It Is by The Flaming Lips
Year: 1986
Overall rank: 16,614th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 62 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (233rd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,227th)
Award Best albums of all time (16,614th)

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The Flaming Lips bestography

Hear It Is is ranked 17th best out of 47 albums by The Flaming Lips on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Flaming Lips is Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots which is ranked number 119 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 10,783.

The Flaming Lips album bestography « Higher ranked (15,133rd)
With A Little Help From My Fwends
This album (16,614th)
Hear It Is
Lower ranked (16,723rd) »
The Flaming Lips And Stardeath And White Dwarfs With Henry Rollins And Peaches Doing The Dark Side Of The Moon

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Hear It Is rankings

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Overall rank: 16,614th | 1980s rank: 2,227th | 1986 rank: 233rd

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Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 62 votes)
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02/15/2026 10:36 eclab  Ratings distribution  1,55484/100
 
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11/28/2025 14:19 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,35969/100
 
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From 01/13/2017 15:56 | #182456
Suprisingly good debut from this incredible band. Very different sound to their later stuff but their penchant for weirdness and a cracking good melody is already apparent. Much rockier/punkier though, which is a fun surprise. Sounds like early R.E.M./My Bloody Valentine and even Nirvana at points. Great album.
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Best Albums of 1986
1. The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
2. Master Of Puppets by Metallica
3. Graceland by Paul Simon
4. So by Peter Gabriel
5. Skylarking by XTC
6. The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk
7. Reign In Blood by Slayer
8. Lifes Rich Pageant by R.E.M.
9. Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys
10. Black Celebration by Depeche Mode
11. Evol by Sonic Youth
12. Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi
13. Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? by Megadeth
14. Parade by Prince And The Revolution
15. Somewhere In Time by Iron Maiden
16. Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.
17. Invisible Touch by Genesis
18. Atomizer by Big Black
19. True Blue by Madonna
20. Your Funeral... My Trial by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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