Le critique Daniel Zugna écrit: «Toujours considéré par de nombreux fans comme leur œuvre majeure, The Soft Bulletin marque le virage pop opéré par les Flaming Lips [...]. Chef-d’œuvre conceptuel (sans être un album à thème), The Soft Bulletin propose une vision claire et profonde qui le déleste de toute prétention.»[1].
The Spark That Bled (The Softest Bullet Ever Shot) (5:55)
The Spiderbite Song (4:02)
Buggin' (Mokran Remix) (3:16)
What Is the Light? (An Untested Hypothesis Suggesting That the Chemical [In Our Brains] by Which We Are Able to Experience the Sensation of Being in Love Is the Same Chemical That Caused the Big Bang That Was the Birth of the Accelerating Universe) (4:05)
The Observer (4:11)
Waitin' for a Superman (Is It Gettin' Heavy?) (4:17)
Suddenly Everything Has Changed (Death Anxiety Caused by Moments of Boredom) (3:54)
The Gash (Battle Hymn for the Wounded Mathematician) (4:02)
Feeling Yourself Disintegrate (5:17)
Sleeping on the Roof (extrait de Should We Keep the Severed Head Awake?) (3:09)
Race for the Prize (Sacrifice of the New Scientists) (4:18)