A wild ride of a concept album that can make you laugh, imagine, and cry. What more could you want? There are a few misses that have it fall out of being a 5 for me and they come at the end of the album. “All we have is now” and “approaching pavonis mons by balloon” are the weakest tracks. Everything before that holds a special place in my heart. Side note, I saw this album performed in its entirety last summer, flaming lips fanfare and all, and it was amazing. Weird ages better than cool, and the Flaming Lips make that apparent.