The Flaming Lips The Soft Bulletin Companion (Colored Vinyl 2LP)

Available on Vinyl for the First Time!

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The Soft Bulletin Companion was originally assembled by Flaming Lips management 22 years ago as a promo-only CD to accompany the band's 1999 groundbreaking album The Soft Bulletin. It consisted of unreleased material, outtakes, early mixes, B-sides, international bonus tracks, and stereo versions of tunes from Zaireeka, and given out to family, friends, and a handful of radio programmers. Among the hidden audio treasures, "The Captain" emerged as a fan favorite rarity and never saw a release on vinyl – until now.

The Soft Bulletin represented a watershed moment in the group's journey. Powered by signature tracks such as "Race for the Prize," Pitchfork notably rated it a perfect score of 10.0 and pegged it at No. 3 on the "Top 100 Albums of the 1990s." Entertainment Weekly awarded the album an "A," and NME scored it 9-out-of-10. It closed out the 20th century for the band and paved the way into the 21st century, setting the stage for three subsequent Grammy Awards, sales in the millions, and unprecedented innovation. One of the most important albums of all time and a turning point, it cemented the group as an iconic alternative institution and asserted them as a perennial creative presence in popular culture.