In A Priest Driven Ambulance
by The Flaming Lips

In A Priest Driven Ambulance by The Flaming Lips
Year: 1990
Overall rank: 4,090th   
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 140 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1990 (56th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (675th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,090th)

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The Flaming Lips bestography

In A Priest Driven Ambulance is ranked 9th 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 120 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 10,849.

The Flaming Lips album bestography « Higher ranked (3,221st)
The Terror
This album (4,090th)
In A Priest Driven Ambulance
Lower ranked (4,381st) »
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In A Priest Driven Ambulance track list

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In A Priest Driven Ambulance rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,090th | 1990s rank: 675th | 1990 rank: 56th

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In A Priest Driven Ambulance ratings

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74/100 (from 140 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.

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From 07/13/2020 22:16 | #255533
In a Priest Driven Ambulance suffers from a serious lack of cohesion, especially for a supposed concept album. Lyrically, every song fits into a puzzle, yet musically it is all over the place. Nothing sounds truly awful, but nothing feels like the same album. A good example is from track 8 to 9, it feels like whiplash. Other than that, this is a fine enough offering from the Flaming Lips.
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From 02/18/2018 20:30 | #208745
Interessante questa miscela di rock a volte furioso a volte acustico, sempre con il marchio della psichedelia ben impresso.
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From 09/04/2017 18:51 | #197251
awesome and eclectic. A modern noise-rock masterpiece. Equal parts insanity and heartfelt balladry, sometimes at the same time
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From 05/17/2016 20:22 | #166320
Here's where the magic begins.
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