by Jason Ankeny
An erratic, underdeveloped debut, the five-track Flaming Lips nonetheless succeeds on the strength of its ingenuity, wit, and bracing dementia. Even from the outset, the group sounds quite like no one else: &My Own Planet& is a rallying cry of alienation and independence while &Bag Full of Thoughts& and &Garden of Eyes/Forever Is a Long Time& are idiot-savant gems.