''Clouds Taste Metallic'' is the seventh studio album by American

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band

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, released on September 19, 1995, by

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. It was the last album to feature guitarist Ronald Jones. The album's recording is heavily featured in the '' Fearless Freaks'' documentary. ''Clouds Taste Metallic'' was projected to be the band's first commercially successful release after the major success of "

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" from their previous album ''

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'' (1993), but failed to garner the same commercial success of its predecessor. However, in recent years, it has been regarded by critics and fans as one of the Flaming Lips' best albums, and has achieved

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. The name of the album comes from an account by former

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bassist

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. After flying through a cloud in a roofless airplane, the pilot remarked: "You know, it's weird, clouds taste metallic."

Track listing

''Heady Nuggs: 20 Years After Clouds Taste Metallic''

On December 18, 2015, ''Heady Nuggs: 20 Years After Clouds Taste Metallic: 1994-1997'' was released, which contained a three-CD or five-LP compilation including the album, the 1994 odds-and-ends EP '' Due to High Expectations... The Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles for Your Balloons'', a previously unreleased concert called ''Psychiatric Exploration Of The Fetus With Needles (Live In Seattle 1996)'', and a further rarities collection titled ''The King Bug Laughs''. The CD only release also contains an original comic written and illustrated by Wayne Coyne. The vinyl reissue of ''Clouds Taste Metallic'' contains autographs signed by Wayne Coyne, and the deluxe edition contains a bundle of several out of print posters & T-shirts of the band that were originally available at concerts on their tour in 1995-1996 in support of Clouds Taste Metallic. Also included are digital downloads for songs such as the 1996 live versions of "Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus With Needles" and "Put The Waterbug In The Policeman's Ear", studio versions of both said songs, and two additional studio recordings of "Hot Day", which was recorded for the soundtrack to the 1996 film ''

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'', and "Chosen One", which is a cover of Smog.

Personnel

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– vocals, guitar *

Steven Drozd Steven Gregory Drozd (born June 11, 1969) is an American musician and actor. He is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter for the Flaming Lips, Electric Würms, and other projects. Early life Drozd was born in Houston, Texas, and gre ...

– drums, piano, keyboards, guitar, vocals, glockenspiel *

Michael Ivins Michael Lee Ivins (born March 17, 1963, in Omaha, Nebraska) is the former bassist, keyboardist, backing vocalist and founding member of The Flaming Lips. Along with Mark Coyne and Wayne Coyne, he formed The Flaming Lips in 1983 in Oklahoma Ci ...

– bass, backing vocals * Ronald Jones – guitar, vocals

Alternate version

As part of Record Store Day 2016, the CD ''Lightning Strikes the Postman'' was released. This was an alternate mix of ''Clouds Taste Metallic'' prominently featuring ex-guitarist Ronald Jones.

Cover versions

"They Punctured My Yolk" was sampled on the Beastie Boys' album ''

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'' in the song "We Got The." "Lightning Strikes the Postman" was covered by Scottish rock band

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on their album '' Seclusion''.

References

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