Zaireeka

Zaireeka is the eighth studio album by the American rock band the Flaming Lips, released on October 28, 1997, by Warner Bros. Records. It consists of four CDs designed so that when played simultaneously on four separate audio systems, they would produce a harmonic or juxtaposed sound; the discs could also be played in different combinations, omitting one, two or three discs. Each of its eight songs consists of four stereo tracks, one from each CD.

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It is catalogued under topics including 1990s concept albums, 1997 albums and Album articles lacking alt text for covers.

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Release · MusicBrainz

Type: Album
Artist: Flaming Lips
First released: 1997-10-28

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 7
Total plays: 47

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Music

Genre: Alternative
Year: 1997
Tracks: 32

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publication date: 1997-10-28
number of parts of this work: 8
title: Zaireeka

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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections

Contents

Background
The Parking Lot Experiments
Production
Release
Logistics of listening
The Boom Box Experiments
Aftermath and legacy
Songs
Critical reception
Other formats
Track listing
Personnel
References
External links

The album's title is a portmanteau of two words. Zaire was chosen as a symbol of anarchy after Wayne Coyne heard a radio news story about the nation's political instability. The word Eureka (literally: "I have found it") was selected as an expression of joyous discovery.

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