TMany thanks to everyone who recently voted for their favorite Flaming Lips albums as part of Albumism’s readers’ poll series! Check out the consensus results & rankings below and stay tuned for our next readers’ poll coming soon.

Albumism Readers’ Poll Results (2,058 Total Votes):

#1 | The Soft Bulletin | 1999 | 522 votes (25% of total)

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#2 | Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots | 2002 | 438 votes (21% of total)

#3 | Clouds Taste Metallic | 1995 | 291 votes (14% of total)

#4 | Transmissions from the Satellite Heart | 1993 | 215 votes (10% of total)

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#5 | At War with the Mystics | 2006 | 146 votes (7% of total)

#6 | American Head | 2020 | 112 votes (5% of total)

#7 | Embryonic | 2009 | 89 votes (4% of total)

#8 | In a Priest Driven Ambulance | 1990 | 65 votes (3% of total)

#9 | Hit to Death in the Future Head | 1992 | 50 votes (2% of total)

#10 | Zaireeka | 1997 | 43 votes (2% of total)

Note: ‘Zaireeka’ is not currently available via major streaming platforms.

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