''Oh My Gawd!!!'' (also known as ''Oh My Gawd!!!...The Flaming Lips'') is
The Flaming Lips' second album, released on
Restless Records in 1987.
Production
According to liner notes on a 1998 compilation,
Wayne Coyne and
Michael Ivins were experimenting with
sleep deprivation
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while recording this album.
Track listing
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
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and contains a 30-second clip of "
Talk Dirty to Me" when played backward on the vinyl version of the album.
Retrospective reviews
Critics have noted the album's similarity to the music of
Pink Floyd
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, particularly on the track "One Million Billionth of a Millisecond on a Sunday Morning."
Zach Schonfeld, writing for
''Paste'', described ''Oh My Gawd!!!'' as the Flaming Lips' "most eclectic early offering", albeit with "plenty of the band’s hooky hillbilly-punk in between."
Brad Shoup wrote for ''Stereogum'' that "in time, the Flaming Lips would learn to incorporate their experiments into the songs, rather than cramming them in for the hell of it. But their glee at what they get away with here is infectious."
Personnel
;The Flaming Lips
*
Wayne Coyne – lead vocals, guitar
*
Michael Ivins – bass
* Richard English – drums, piano, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Can't Exist" and "Thanks to You"
;Technical
*Ruben Ayala - engineer
*The Flaming Lips - front cover painting
*Michele Vlasimsky - photography
References
1987 albums
The Flaming Lips albums
Restless Records albums
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