Clouds Taste Metallic
by The Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips bestography
Clouds Taste Metallic is ranked 3rd 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 10,888.
(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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Clouds Taste Metallic track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/14/2025 19:40 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,151 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/08/2025 02:28 |  Kingturtle | 7,530 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 08:03 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
| ! | 10/07/2025 02:32 | JacobMullis | 732 | 88/100 |
| ! | 09/16/2025 10:41 |  eclab | 1,552 | 84/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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A fuzzy sounding low fi record that is extremely consistent in the fact that every song on here is at least good and there is 0 filler content. This is such a tight and compact record that it really flies by whenever I hear it. It flows from one track to the next masterfully with them all matching perfectly in tone, atmosphere and style. Instrumentally, it can be simplistic but it is always effective and their performances are exceptional adding so much energy that flows right through to the listener. Due to this we become captivated in this noise they are creating and become lost in the raw nature of the sound which I absolutely love. This makes revisiting the album so much fun as you get this independent and unique sound that some records can miss out on when they are made too slick with their production. Also, the vocal is amazing and it has that classic Flaming Lips sound that makes the voice have an edge to it. Overall, a fantastic experience with no filler that is a fun filled adventure right from the opening track which makes this record rival the groups best work.
teague 02/20/2021 23:24 | #266553
Absolute classic. I prefer Hit to Death in the Future Head, but this is definitely their "psychedelic noise pop" peak. Every song is actually great, I really enjoy This Here Giraffe, Kim's Watermelon Gun, and Brainville.
Top 3 Lip's album. It was a strange point in their career. It was a slight improvement over Transmissions, but no real radio hit so it didn't sell and they were in danger of being dropped at this point. They were typecast as a one hit wonder and had a lot to prove. But some great songs here, Abandoned Hospital ship, psychiatric exploration and brainville are highlights
Vatsal 06/21/2020 07:57 | #254027
Why isn't this album up there with with soft bulletin and pink robots? Its better than both in my opinion.
I've only heard it a few times and it's solid enough throughout - but hasn't quite grabbed me like Transmissions, Yoshimi or Soft Bulletin.
ExTeaSea 07/04/2019 03:03 | #238888
Bumped this album up a bunch on my main chart. Listening to this again I was thinking, well shoot I love this album so much I never get tired of it. Flaming Lips at their best!
JulianR 11/07/2017 05:09 | #200892
Loud, abrasive, and proud. The way only the Flaming Lips could do
Komorebi-D 03/19/2017 11:10 | #187650
Total lo-fi mastery. If GBV wrote this, it would be their magnum opus.
This is one of my favourite Flaming Lips albums. A kind of psychedelic indie pop for the nineties, Brian Wilson meets Todd Rundgren at an acid party. Like most Lips records it's beautiful and noisy, featuring great songs in, brainville, guy gets a headache, and, kim's watermelon gun. Some great songtitles here. Great fun.
Love this album...so naturally quirky. My favourite album of theirs.
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