The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg (2002)

About this title: Nothing proves a band's ambitions, or probes its emotions (or both) quite like a concept album. So, after adding guitarist Jonathan Donahue and enlisting producer Dave Fridmann, the Flaming Lips focused on Wayne Coyne's ongoing quest for metaphysical enlightenment to record their first great album, In a Priest Driven Ambulance. The contributions of Donahue and Fridmann were immediately apparent, the duo appearing simultaneously as supremely fitting voices to frame Coyne's brilliantly shambling lyrics and sun-scorched delivery. The songs improved as well, ranging from the freak-out epic ... read more

Tracks:

1. Shine on Sweet Jesus [Flaming Lips]
2. Unconsciously Screamin' [Flaming Lips]
3. Rainin' Babies [Flaming Lips]
4. Take Meta Mars [Flaming Lips]
5. Five Stop Mother Superior Rain [Flaming Lips]
6. Stand in Line [Flaming Lips]
7. God Walks Among Us Now [Flaming Lips]
8. There You Are [Flaming Lips]
9. Mountain Side [Flaming Lips]
10. (What A) Wonderful World [Adamson/Savitt/Wats]
11. Lucifer Rising [Flaming Lips]
12. Ma, I Didn't Notice [Flaming Lips]
13. Let Me Be It [Flaming Lips]
14. Drug Machine [Flaming Lips]
15. Strychnine/Peace, Love and Understanding [Roslie]
16. Take Meta Mars [Flaming Lips]
17. Mountain Side [Flaming Lips]
18. There You Are [Flaming Lips]
19. Five Stop Mother Superior Rain [Flaming Lips]
20. Rainin' Babies [Flaming Lips]
21. Unconsciously Screamin' [Flaming Lips]
22. Stand in Line [Flaming Lips]
23. God's a Wheeler Dealer [Flaming Lips]
24. Agonizing [Flaming Lips]
25. One Shot [Flaming Lips]
26. Cold Day [Flaming Lips]
27. Jam [Flaming Lips]
28. She's Gone Mad [Meade]
29. Golden Hearse [Flaming Lips]
30. Unconsciously Screamin' [Flaming Lips]
31. Stand in Line [Flaming Lips]
32. I Want to Kill My Brother; The Cymbal Head [Flaming Lips]
33. Five Stop Mother Superior Rain [Flaming Lips]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.