Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb is the third studio album released by Tripping Daisy

Tripping Daisy

Tripping Daisy was a neo psychedelic pop rock band that was formed in Dallas, Texas, USA by lead singer/guitarist Tim DeLaughter in 1990 along with Jeff Bouck , Wes Berggren and Mark Pirro .-History:...

 in 1998. The album was produced by Eric Drew Feldman

Eric Drew Feldman

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 and Tripping Daisy

Tripping Daisy

Tripping Daisy was a neo psychedelic pop rock band that was formed in Dallas, Texas, USA by lead singer/guitarist Tim DeLaughter in 1990 along with Jeff Bouck , Wes Berggren and Mark Pirro .-History:...

. Songs on this album included radio hit "Sonic Bloom". Artwork was created by Tim DeLaughter

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. This is the first of two albums (the second being the band's swan-song, Tripping Daisy

Tripping Daisy

Tripping Daisy was a neo psychedelic pop rock band that was formed in Dallas, Texas, USA by lead singer/guitarist Tim DeLaughter in 1990 along with Jeff Bouck , Wes Berggren and Mark Pirro .-History:...

2000) to feature Ben Curtis on drums; he would later go on to form The Secret Machines

The Secret Machines

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 and School of Seven Bells

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. The album expanded the band's sound, ditching most of their "90's Grunge

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 sound" for a more layered "Neo-Psychedelic" sound similar to Clouds Taste Metallic

Clouds Taste Metallic

- Personnel :* Wayne Coyne - vocals, guitar* Steven Drozd - drums* Michael Ivins - bass* Ronald Jones - guitar- Cover versions :"Lightning Strikes the Postman" was covered by Scottish rock band Aereogramme on their album Seclusion....

 Era Flaming Lips. The album was critically acclaimed, but sold poorly due to lack of support and marketing from the now defunct label Island Records

Island Records

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 which was going under at the time. The album is now out of print.

"Indian Poker Pt. 2 & 3" (a combined cover of the Brainiac

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 songs from the album Hissing Prigs in Static Couture

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, 1996) was "dedicated to the late Timmy Taylor and his band, Brainiac

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" in the album's liner notes.

Track listing

1. "Field Day Jitters"
2. "Waited a Light Year"
3. "Sonic Bloom"
4. "Bandaids for Hire"
5. "Mechanical Breakdown"
6. "Your Socks Have No Name"
7. "Geeareohdoubleyou"
8. "New Plains Medicine"
9. "Our Drive to the Sun / Can a Man Mark It?"
10. "Human Contact"
11. "Pillar"
12. "8 Ladies"
13. "About the Movies"
14. "Tiny Men"
15. "Indian Poker Pt. 2 & 3"