Oh My Gawd!!!

Oh My Gawd!!! (also known as Oh My Gawd!!!...The Flaming Lips) is The Flaming Lips' second album, released on Restless Records in 1987.

Oh My Gawd!!!
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 6, 1987
GenreAlternative rock, neo-psychedelia
Length47:59
LabelRestless
ProducerThe Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips chronology
Hear It Is
(1986)
Oh My Gawd!!!
(1987)
Telepathic Surgery
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Flaming Lips.

No.TitleLength
1."Everything's Explodin'"4:44
2."One Million Billionth of a Millisecond on a Sunday Morning"9:21
3."Maximum Dream for Evil Knievel"2:50
4."Can't Exist"2:48
5."Ode to C.C. (Part I)"0:46
6."The Ceiling Is Bendin'"3:45
7."Prescription: Love"6:10
8."Thanks to You"3:56
9."Can't Stop the Spring"4:11
10."Ode to C.C. (Part II)"1:50
11."Love Yer Brain"7:43
Total length:47:59

Notes

  • The first track opens with the quote, "Take this, brother. May it serve you well," from The Beatles' "Revolution 9"
  • The last track closes with a loop of the phrase "turn off your mind, relax..." sampled from The Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows"
  • The track "Ode to C.C. (Part I)" references C.C. DeVille from the glam rock band Poison and contains a 30 second clip of "Talk Dirty to Me" when played backward on the vinyl version of the album.

Personnel

  • Wayne Coyne – lead vocals, guitar
  • Michael Ivins – bass
  • Richard English – drums, piano, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Can't Exist" and "Thanks To You"

References

  1. "Oh My Gawd!!!...The Flaming Lips – The Flaming Lips". AllMusic.
  2. Cross, Charles R. (2004). "Flaming Lips". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 300. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.


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