''Oh My Gawd!!!'' (also known as ''Oh My Gawd!!!...The Flaming Lips'') is

The Flaming Lips The Flaming Lips are an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The band currently consists of Wayne Coyne (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Steven Drozd (guitars, keyboards, bass, drums, vocals), Derek Brown (k ...

' second album, released on

Restless Records Restless Records is a record label that was started in El Segundo, California in 1986 by Enigma Records and primarily released alternative, metal, and punk records. Restless also licensed and released records from Bar/None Records, Metal Blade R ...

in 1987.

Production

According to liner notes on a 1998 compilation,

Wayne Coyne Wayne Michael Coyne (born January 13, 1961) is an American musician. He is the lead singer, guitarist, keyboardist, theremin player and songwriter for the band the Flaming Lips. Early life Coyne was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United Stat ...

and

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 ...

were experimenting with sleep deprivation while recording this album.

Track listing

Notes * The first track opens with the quote, "Take this, brother. May it serve you well," from

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' "

Revolution 9 "Revolution 9" is a sound collage from the Beatles' 1968 self-titled double album (also known as the "White Album"). The composition, credited to Lennon–McCartney, was created primarily by John Lennon with assistance from Yoko Ono and George ...

" * The last track closes with a loop of the phrase "turn off your mind, relax..." sampled from the Beatles' "

Tomorrow Never Knows "Tomorrow Never Knows" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written primarily by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was released in August 1966 as the final track on their album ''Revolver'', although it was the firs ...

" * 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 "Talk Dirty to Me" is a single from American glam metal band Poison. Released on February 18, 1987, it was the second single from their debut album ''Look What the Cat Dragged In''. The song peaked at No. 9 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becomin ...

" 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, 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 *

– lead vocals, guitar *

– 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 {{1980s-album-stub