The discography of the Flaming Lips, an American rock band formed in 1983, consists of 16 studio albums, 18 extended plays, 15 singles, 10 compilation albums, four video albums and an array of various other appearances.
Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales thresholds) US US Heat. AUSPeaks in Australia: All except noted: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots: The Terror: BEL JPN NZ UK Hear It IsReleased: August 22, 1986 Labels: Restless, Enigma/Pink Dust — — — — — — — Oh My Gawd!%21%21Released: November 1, 1987 Labels: Restless, Enigma — — — — — — — Telepathic SurgeryReleased: February 17, 1989 Labels: Restless, Enigma — — — — — — — In a Priest Driven AmbulanceReleased: September 12, 1990 Labels: Restless, City Slang — — — — — — — Hit to Death in the Future HeadReleased: August 11, 1992 Label: Warner Bros. — — — — — — — Transmissions from the Satellite HeartReleased: June 22, 1993 Label: Warner Bros. 108 1 — — — — — Clouds Taste MetallicReleased: September 19, 1995 Label: Warner Bros. — 16 — — — — — ZaireekaReleased: October 28, 1997 Label: Warner Bros. — — N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R The Soft BulletinReleased: June 22, 1999 Label: Warner Bros. — 12 — — — — 39 BPI: Gold Yoshimi Battles the Pink RobotsReleased: July 16, 2002 Label: Warner Bros. 50 — 62 — 80 47 13RIAA: Gold ARIA: Gold BPI: Platinum At War with the MysticsReleased: April 4, 2006 Label: Warner Bros. 11 — 20 47 50 36 6 BPI: Gold Once Beyond HopelessnessReleased: November 11, 2008 Label: Warner Bros. — — — — — — — EmbryonicReleased: October 13, 2009 Label: Warner Bros. 8 — 43 50 61 — 43 The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfswith Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side of the MoonReleased: December 22, 2009 Label: Warner Bros. 157 — — — — — — The Flaming Lips and Heady FwendsReleased: April 21, 2012 Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death, Bella Union 139 — — 199 — — 99 The TerrorReleased: April 1, 2013 Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death, Bella Union 21 — 100 39 50 — 42 The Time Has Come to Shoot You Down... What a SoundReleased: November 29, 2013 Label: Lovely Sorts of Death — — — — — — — With a Little Help from My FwendsReleased: October 28, 2014 Label: Warner Bros. 58 — — 108 — — 84 Atlas Eets ChristmasReleased: November 28, 2014 Labels: — — — — — — — Oczy Mlody Released: January 13, 2017 Labels: Warner Bros./Bella Union 62 — — 43 — — 38 King's Mouth Released: July 19, 2019 Labels: Warner Bros./Bella Union — — — 174 — — 78 American Head Released: September 11, 2020 Labels: Warner Bros./Bella Union 172 — — 17 — — 17 "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Compilations TitleAlbum details A Collection of Songs Representing an Enthusiasm for Recording...By AmateursReleased: September 29, 1998 Labels: Restless Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking AcidReleased: September 17, 2002 Labels: Restless, Rykodisc Shambolic Birth and Early Life OfReleased: September 17, 2002 Labels: Restless, Rykodisc The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus EggReleased: October 1, 2002 Labels: Restless, Rykodisc Late Night Tales: The Flaming LipsReleased: March 14, 2005 Label: Azuli 20 Years of Weird: Flaming Lips 1986–2006Released: October 16, 2006 Label: Warner Bros. iTunes Originals – The Flaming LipsReleased: July 3, 2007 Heady Nuggs: The First Five Warner Bros. Records 1992–2002Released: April 16, 2011 Label: Warner Bros. Heady Nuggs: 20 Years After Clouds Taste Metallic 1994–1997Released: November 27, 2015 Greatest Hits, Vol. 1Released: June 1, 2018 Label: Warner Bros. Scratching the Door: The First Recordings of the Flaming LipsReleased: April 20, 2018 Label: Rhino Entertainment Company Seeing the Unseeable: The Complete Studio Recordings of the Flaming Lips 1986–1990Released: June 29, 2018 Label: Rhino Entertainment Company The Soft Bulletin CompanionReleased: 2021
Extended plays {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col"|Title ! scope="col"|EP details ! scope="col"|Notes |- ! scope="row"| The Flaming Lips | Released: 1984 Labels: Lovely Sorts of Death, Restless, Enigma/Pink Dust
! scope="row"| Unconsciously Screamin''' | Released: 1990 Labels: Atavistic, City Slang |CD single containing the non-album tracks "Ma, I Didn't Notice", "Lucifer Rising", and "Let Me Be It" |- ! scope="row"| Yeah, I Know It's a Drag... But Wastin' Pigs Is Still Radical| Released: October 31, 1991 Label: Warner Bros.
! scope="row"| Due to High Expectations... the Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles for Your Balloons| Released: July 12, 1994 Label: Warner Bros. |Peaked at No. 182 on the US Billboard 200 |- ! scope="row"| The Southern Oklahoma Cosmic Trigger Contest| Released: March 10, 2001 Label: Independent
! scope="row"| Fight Test| Released: April 22, 2003 Label: Warner Bros. |CD single containing non-album tracks "The Strange Design of Conscience" and "Thank You Jack White (for the Fiber-Optic Jesus That You Gave Me)" Peaked at No. 93 on the US Billboard 200 |- ! scope="row"| Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell| Released: November 18, 2003 Label: Warner Bros. |CD single non-album tracks "Assassination of the Sun", "I'm a Fly in a Sunbeam (Following the Funeral Procession of a Stranger)", "Sunship Balloons", and "A Change at Christmas (Say It Isn't So)" |- ! scope="row"| Yoshimi Wins! (Live Radio Sessions)| Released: November 15, 2005 Label: Warner Bros.
! scope="row"| It Overtakes Me| Released: November 13, 2006 Label: Warner Bros. |CD single containing non-album track "I'm Afraid of Dying... Aren't You?" |- ! scope="row" | Paranoia and Peace (with Tame Impala) | Released: October 29, 2013 Label: Lovely Sorts of Death |Split vinyl EP sold at Halloween concerts, with the Flaming Lips covering Tame Impala and Tame Impala covering the Flaming Lips. |- ! scope="row"| Peace Sword| Released: October 29, 2013 Label: Warner Bros. |The title track, "Peace Sword (Open Your Heart)", was written for the film Ender's Game. The other tracks on the EP, however, were not accepted by the producers.
Singles TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum US US Alt. AUS UK "Drug Machine" 1989 — — — —Telepathic Surgery "Unconsciously Screamin'" 1990 — — — —In a Priest Driven Ambulance "She Don't Use Jelly" 1993 55 9 25 94Transmissions from the Satellite Heart "Turn It On" 1995 — — — — "Bad Days" — — — 77Clouds Taste Metallic "This Here Giraffe" 1996 — — — 72 "Brainville" — — — — "Race for the Prize" 1999 — — — 39The Soft Bulletin "Waitin' for a Superman" — — — 73 "Do You Realize??" 2002 — — — 32 RIAA: GoldYoshimi Battles the Pink Robots "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1" 2003 — — — 18 "Fight Test" — — — 28 "Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell" — — — — — "The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)" 2006 108 — — 41At War with the Mystics "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)" — — 79 16 "It Overtakes Me" — — — — 155 "Love the World You Find" 2007 — — — —Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium "Look... The Sun is Rising" 2013 — — — — The Terror "Sun Blows Up Today" — — — — "Space Oddity" 2016 — — — —non-album single "The Castle" — — — —Oczy Mlody "How??" — — — — "Sunrise (Eyes of the Young)" — — — — "We a Famly" 2017 — — — — "Nigdy Nie (Never No)" — — — — "Flowers of Neptune 6" 2020 — — — —American Head "My Religion Is You" — — — — "Dinosaurs on the Mountain" — — — — "You n Me Sellin' Weed" — — — — "Will You Return / When You Come Down" — — — — "Mother Please Don't Be Sad" — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
The Flaming Lips 2011 series TitleMonthDetailsTypeNotesThe Flaming Lips 2011 #1: Two Blobs FuckingFebruaryReleased: February 14, 2011 Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Deathmusic videoReleased as a 12-piece track on YouTube, each accompanied by its own respective video. Similar to their Zaireeka album, it is meant to be played simultaneously on 12 separate smartphones.The Flaming Lips 2011 #2: The Flaming Lips with Neon IndianMarchReleased: March 23, 2011 Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of DeathEPCollaborative mini-album with Neon Indian released at various records stores on special colored 12" vinyl.The Flaming Lips 2011 #3: Gummy Song SkullAprilReleased: April 20, 2011 Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of DeathReleased at various record stores as a giant skull made of an edible gelatin substance. Inside the skull was a USB stick containing 4 new songs.The Flaming Lips 2011 #4: The Flaming Lips with Prefuse 73MayReleased: May 23, 2011 Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of DeathCollaborative mini-album with Guillermo Scott Herren, released at various records stores on randomly colored 12" vinyls.The Flaming Lips 2011 #5: The Soft Bulletin Live la Fantastique de Institution 2011JuneReleased: June 14, 2011 Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Deathremix albumRerecorded version of The Soft Bulletin live in-studio, released at two shows at the Hollywood Cemetery, The Flaming Lips 2011 #6: Gummy Song FetusReleased: June 25, 2011 Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of DeathEPReleased at various record stores as a replica of an unborn fetus made of an edible gelatin substance. Inside the fetus was a USB stick containing 3 new songs.The Flaming Lips 2011 #7: The Flaming Lips with Lightning BoltJulyReleased: July 26, 2011 Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of DeathCollaborative mini-album with Lightning Bolt, released at various records stores.The Flaming Lips 2011 #8: Strobo Trip – Light & Audio Phase Illusions ToySeptemberReleased: September 20, 2011 Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of DeathalbumBox set released at various records stores containing a stroboscope light and a memory stick with three tracks of music, including one six-hour track.The Flaming Lips 2011 #9: 7 Skies H3 – 24 Hour SkullOctober Released: October 31, 2011 Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of DeathOne 24-hour track released on limited edition flash drives encased in real human skulls, for Halloween. A website was also set up, streaming the song on an endless loop.The Flaming Lips 2011 #10: Atlas Eets Christmas – Infinite Christmas SoundsNovemberReleased: November 27, 2011 Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Deathcompilation albumAnthology of Flaming Lips Christmas songs, streamed on a loop at atlaseetschristmas.com.The Flaming Lips 2011 #11: The Flaming Lips with Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono BandDecemberReleased: December 31, 2011 Labels: Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of DeathEPCollaborative EP with Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band, released at a New Year's Eve concert, on 2000 multi-colored 12" vinyl, 600 of which glowed in the dark.
Music videos
Everyone Wants To Live Forever (1992) Frogs (1992) Turn It On (1993) She Don't Use Jelly (1993) Be My Head (1994) Bad Days (1995) Christmas At The Zoo (1995) When You Smile (1995) This Here Giraffe (1996) Race For The Prize (1999) Watin' For A Superman (1999) Do You Realize?? (2002) Are You A Hypnotist?? (2002) Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots PT1 (2002) Phoebe Battles the Pink Robots (2002) Fight Test (2002) The Golden Path (2003) Spongebob & Patrick Confront the Psychic Wall of Energy (2004) Mr. Ambulance Driver (2005) The W.A.N.D. (2006) The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (2006) I Can Be A Frog (2009) Watching The Planets (2009) Powerless (2010) The Sparrow Looks Up At The Machine (2010) See The Leaves (2010) I Wanna Get High But I Don't Want Brain Damage (2011) Girl, You're So Weird (2012) Supermoon Made Me Want To Pee (2012) The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face (2012) I'm Working At NASA On Acid (2012) The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face [Amanda Palmer cut] (2012) Ashes In The Air (2013) Bohemian Rhapsody (2013) Look... The Sun Is Rising (2013) You Lust (2013) Try To Explain (2013) Be Free... A Way (2013) Turning Violent (2013) How?? (2017) There Should Be Unicorns (2017) Sunrise (Eyes Of The Young) (2017) Nigdy Nie (Never No) (2017) The Castle (2017) Almost Home (Blisko Domu) (2017) We A Famly (2017) Giant Baby (2019) How Many Times (2019)