The Soft Bulletin was an album released by The Flaming Lips on June 22, 1999 (see 1999 in music). The album was considered to mark a change in course for the band, with somewhat more accessible music (their previous album, 1997's Zaireeka, was a quadruple album meant to be played on four separate stereo systems simultaneously) and lyrics that were more serious and thoughtful in content, perhaps most notably in the song "Waitin' for a Superman". The Flaming Lips at this time consisted of Wayne Coyne, songwriting, vocals, and guitar; Michael Ivins, bass and vocals; and Steven Drozd, drums.
Track listing
- "Race for the Prize" (remix) (4:09)
- "A Spoonful Weighs a Ton" (3:32)
- "The Spark That Bled" (5:55)
- "The Spiderbite Song" (4:02)
- "Buggin'" (3:16)
- "What is the Light?" (4:05)
- "The Observer" (4:11)
- "Waitin' for a Superman" (4:17)
- "Suddenly Everything Has Changed" (3:54)
- "The Gash" (4:02)
- "Feeling Yourself Disintegrate" (5:17)
- "Sleeping on the Roof" (3:09)
- "Race for the Prize" (4:18)
- "Waitin' for a Superman" (remix, featuring Scott Bennett on bass) (4:19)