Album Review: The Flaming Lips, "Embryonic" (Warner Bros.)

After flirting with the mainstream so successfully that their "Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" ended up as the improbable soundtrack to a salad dressing commercial, perhaps The Flaming Lips [ tickets ] had no other choice but to go back and rediscover their inner freak. That's exactly what Wayne Coyne and company do on the sprawling, 18-song "Embryonic." Aside from the TV advert, the Lips' more pop-oriented material has become a commodity on TV and film soundtracks over the years, not necessarily a bad ...

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