''Transmissions from the Satellite Heart'' is the sixth studio album by American
rock
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band
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 ...
, released in 1993 by
Warner Bros. Records
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. The album marked the departure of Jonathan Donahue (to
Mercury Rev
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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 ...
.
The track " She Don't Use Jelly" is notable for being the band's first charting radio hit, after its video was featured on the MTV series '' Beavis and Butt-Head'' nearly a year after the album's release. "Turn It On" was also a moderately successful single, and also had two different music videos, one of which was shot at a laundromat. By 2002, ''Transmissions from the Satellite Heart'' had sold 300,000 copies worldwide.
The EP '' Due to High Expectations... The Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles for Your Balloons'' was released the following year to promote the album and featured live versions of "Chewin the Apple of Yer Eye" and "Slow•Nerve•Action."
Critical reception
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Trouser Press
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'' wrote that "as post-punk novelty singles go, 'She Don’t Use Jelly' ... is grade-A whimsy, with Coyne’s wobbly singing the perfect complement to the band’s loose-limbed rumble."
Track listing
All songs written by the Flaming Lips except where noted.
Personnel
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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 ...
– 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, keyboards, guitar, vocals
*
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, backing vocals
* Keith Cleversley – recording engineer, mixing engineer